European Court of Human Rights ruled in favour of Darius Al-Nashif who had filed a human rights lawsuit against Bulgaria for his deportation on the national security grounds. This is the first time that the European Court of Human Rights has deliberated
Varna summer, the oldest Bulgarian music festival, opens for the 76th time on June 22. The festival will present masterpieces of the Bulgarian and world music culture with a new accent – the music culture of the Balkan people.
Tobacco producers' liabilities to the state worth some BGN 20,000 are to be written off, following a decree of President Parvanov. Among those are large families in extremely bad financial situation and unemployed people in Kurdzhali district.
The Supreme Administrative Court will decide whether the way electricity, heating and gas prices are calculated breaks the legislative regulations. The complaint was lodged by the Association for European integration and human rights.
More than 500 people have been killed in a strong earthquake which hit north-west Iran on Saturday, reducing several villages to rubble. The official IRNA news agency said a further 2,000 people had been injured and 12,000 left homeless.
European Union leaders reassured candidate countries Saturday they are "determined" to conclude membership talks by a December deadline despite fears a fight over farm spending could derail the historic expansion into the former communist east.
EU and NATO enlargement topped the agenda of the meeting of Foreign Minister Passy and his Hungarian counterpart Laszlo Kovacs during the second day of European Union leaders summit in Seville. The situation in the two countries was also discussed at the
US publishing magnate Steve Forbes was bestowed an Honorary Doctor's Degree by the New Bulgarian University late in the evening on June 21. In his speech, Forbes said Bulgaria needs to deepen reforms in view of its upcoming NATO accession.
Bulgaria and Italy have huge potential for cooperation in developing transport infrastructure, said Basilio Germana, MP and guarantee for Bulgaria in the Italian parliament within the Azzurri nel Mondo Association. In the opinion of Germana the good conne
Bulgargas, Bulgaria’s gas monopoly, has submitted a proposal to the State Agency for Energy Regulation for a reduction of 2,87 % in the natural gas sell price. Currently the price stands at BGN 294.
Up by some 8 per cent are the Bulgarians who expect nothing good in the coming few months, a representative survey of the MBMD polling agency, conducted June 15-19, shows. The spreading pessimism is affecting the ratings of the executive power representat
Four people have died and another 150 have been injured after a strong earthquake in northwest Iran, according to the official IRNA news agency. Many buildings have been damaged in villages near the epicentre in the province of Qazvin.
Six draft amendments to the Penal Code were adopted in principle by the Parliament June 21. The changes seek to improve the legislation on terrorism, human trafficking, organized crime, computer crimes and the production and use of chemical and biological
Leaders of the European Union are expected to produce a joint action plan against illegal immigration during the second day of their summit in Seville. Britain, Spain and Germany have been forced to give way on tough measures in the light of French and Sw
A summit of European Union leaders began in the Spanish city of Seville, with immigration set to dominate the proceedings. Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg attends the summit, leading a country, which hopes to accelerate its negotiations with the Eur
US-based Entergy and the funding institutions will complete the crediting of the upgrade of thermal power plant Maritza East 3 and start implementing the project in September 2002, Energy Minister Kovachev said. The minister has been assured the deadline
During the last couple of days speculations and untrue information is spread in the Bulgarian media on the trial against the Bulgarian medics in Libya, charged with intentionally infecting children with HIV. The lawyer of the Bulgarian medics in Libya rec
Bulgaria suggests that three projects are funded by the Stability Pact, namely building a regional energy centre, Sofia-Nis highway, and Sofia- Skopje railway, Deputy Economy Minister Sofia Kassidova summed up the results of the two-day Working Table 2 of
The Supreme Cassation Prosecutor’s Office charged former Transport Minister Vilhelm Kraus with a criminal breach of trust, following the parliamentary report on Air Traffic Services Authority. After the one-hour interrogation of Kraus, he said he is going
The trial against Krasimir Dimitrov, one of the captains of the Bulgarian ships arrested in Romania, came to an end and he was released on bail. Unless the Prosecutor’s Office contests the decision of the court, the prosecutor at the Court of Appeals will
European Consortium Kozloduy signed on Friday with Bulgaria’s N-plant Kozloduy a memorandum for the modernization of third and fourth units of the nuclear power plant. Germany's Siemens AG, France's Framatome and Russia's Atomenergoexport are members of t
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