BULGARIA - A PLACE FOR ALL SEASONS
Financial Times by Theodor Troev
Financial Times by Theodor Troev
“A number of people, suspected of belonging to the terrorist Al Quaida organization, are making their way towards central Europe and further towards the West through Bulgaria, “ Tomislav Mihalj, Director of the State Border Services of Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Bulgaria’s chances to join the European Union in 2007 are set at 50% according to a survey conducted by Reuters Agency. All 38 of the respondents in the survey are economic and political experts.
Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg held successive meetings with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek, Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, and Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister Zoran Krstevski in Trieste, Italy, on November 23. The leaders exchanged
Deputy Chief Prosecutor Hristo Manchev said he had no information about the initiation of an inquiry on former Prime Minister Ivan Kostov. ”The prosecuting magistracy have found serious violations of privatisation procedure during the transactions conclud
Baroness Henriette van Lynden, Dutch Ambassador to Bulgaria, visited the Black Sea resort of Albena and the village of Batovo on November 23.According to Ambassador van Lynden the government of the Netherlands plans to continue its investments in Bulgaria
Kaloyan Ninov, Deputy Economy Minister, is in Russia on a four-day visit. The visit is scheduled to continue from November 24 till November 28.
The Plovdiv military repair works is likely to be commissioned to repair MiG-29 planes, Stanimir Ilchev, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Policy, Defence and Security, said November 23. MiG aircraft of other countries, such as Syria, Ger
“Bulgaria has no alternative, but EU and NATO entry,” Ursula Seiler-Albring, German Ambassador to Bulgaria, said on November 23. She confirmed Germany’s support for Bulgaria’s accession in the EU.
Representatives of the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” together with Bulgarian businessmen are working on projects for financing educational programs, Boyan Biolchev, Sofia University rector announced on November 24 at the opening of the second me
Georgi Parvanov received congratulations on his election at the presidential election on November 18 from Macedonian President Boris Traykovski, French president Jacques Chirac and Ukraine President Leonid Kuchma. Traykovski expressed satisfaction with th
Dolores Arsenova, Environment and Waters Minister, will attend the annual meeting of EU environment ministers with European Environment Commissioner Margot Wallstrom scheduled for November 26 and 27 in Brussels. Bulgaria’s progress in EU accession talks o
A member of the Turkish right-wing extremist organization Grey Wolves was arrested in Sofia on November 22, representatives of the Interior Ministry announced on November 23. The special operation was conducted by the Anti-Terror Department with the Natio
The proposed BGN 180 per ton excise duty on propane butane is to reduced, the Cabinet decided late in the day on November 22, 2001 after a meeting of the Finance Minister Milen Velchev with gas dealers and representatives of the Union of the Hauliers to t
Swedish Ambassador Sten Ask will make his first visit to Shumen on November 26 at the invitation of Juliana Doncheva, Shumen MP of the Simeon II National Movement. The visit aims at intensifying Swedish-Bulgarian relations in business and culture.
A total of EUR 50 M are to be granted to Bulgaria under a project for Balkans development of the Stability Pact, Michalis Christidis, Greek Ambassador to Bulgaria, announced in Varna on November 23. He was in Varna together with a delegation of Greek busi
Bulgaria will receive a total of USD 20 M from oil transit after completing the construction of the pipeline Burgas-Alexandrupolis, representatives of Bulgaria, Russia and Greece decided on November 23 at a working meeting. Bulgaria and Greece will receiv
Abstracted from Lloyds List BY Keith Walllis
A single offer, from the Bulgarian Foreign Trade company Chimimport, was received for the purchase of the Bulgarian Bank Consolidation Company’s (BCC) share of 32.77% from the equity of the Central Cooperative Bank (CCB).
Employers and trade unions began negotiations for national partnership agreement. That will be the first agreement of that kind, the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria’s (CITUB) chairman Zhelyazko Hristov announced.
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