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A Pakistani court has sentenced former prime minister Benazir Bhutto to three years hard labour for corruption. Ms Bhutto was tried in absentia by a court in the city of Rawalpindi for receiving kickbacks for awarding a contract to a Dubai-based company t
Several thousand people have taken to the streets of the Iranian capital, Tehran, to mark the anniversary of violent street protests three years ago. The protesters defied a government ban on any gathering to commemorate the riots, which were sparked by a
Ailing Turkish premier Bulent Ecevit met his ministers and coalition partners on Wednesday as signs mounted he might yet bow to pressure for the early elections he argues would damage the country's frail economy. Ecevit chaired a meeting of his cabinet, h
Braving freezing temperatures, a disparate group of unemployed people, unionists, students and human rights activists gathered for the peaceful demonstration to mark Argentina's Independence Day on Tuesday. A coalition of protesters had called for massive
The first summit of the African Union has opened in Durban, South Africa, amidst flamboyant celebrations and calls for a new beginning for the troubled continent. South African President Thabo Mbeki, the first chairman of the AU, called the new organisati
A public interest legal group filed a shareholder lawsuit on Wednesday alleging Vice President Dick Cheney and the oil services company he ran for five years, Halliburton Co., as well as accounting firm Andersen, defrauded shareholders through accounting
An internet audio clip reported to be that of an al-Qaeda spokesman has claimed that Osama Bin Laden and other leaders are safe and planning their next attacks. The Arabic-language Middle East Broadcasting Company broadcast a message on Tuesday night whic
Israelis and Palestinians voiced a hope their first round of high-level talks in many months would help to ease 21 months of violence and eventually clear the way for making Middle East peace. While peace "looks distant at this time, it seems to me that m
Up to BGN 7,7 B will be spent by 2020 to upgrade Bulgaria’s water mains under a strategy for management of the water sector that is expected to be approved by late July. The state budget will provide only five percent of the necessary funding, Deputy Regi
More than 95% of all lev-denominated deposits of retail clients do not exceed BGN 1,000, data of the Bulgarian National Bank, shows.
Artists Bar & Terrace at the Hilton Sofia is the place to unwind during the hot summer evenings. On Friday, July 5, 2002 and every upcoming Thursday from 20.
Active political dialogue between Turkey and Bulgaria is underpinned by clear principles and has good prospects, President Parvanov said at his meeting with Turkish Defence Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu, who is on a three-day official visit. The Turkish
Denmark's key priority during its presidency of the EU will be the enlargement process, Danish Ambassador to Sofia Christian Faber-Rod said at his meeting with representatives of the Euroclub with the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Attending
Some 30 projects, worth USD 230,000, aiming to improve the urban landscape in 29 Bulgarian municipalities will be implemented under a program of the Reform in Local Government Foundation with the financial support of USAID, the foundation Executive Direct
National Electricity Transmission Company (NETC)contracted London-based electricity trader Energy Financing Team to intermediate the export of 100 MW of electricity in July.
A 49% stake in Pleven-based company Prospecting and Extraction of Oil and Natural Gas will be floated on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange, Dnevnik Daily reported. The company is part of a group of companies a portion of whose equity will be listed in Septembe
The Bulgarian Socialist Party wants the government to make public the contract for the purchase of the SS-23 missiles from Russia. “We need to know whether this contract is being followed and whether there is possibility the demolition to question Bulgari
There is data for the operations of a drug trafficking channel by sea, Interior Ministry Chief Secretary General Boyko Borissov said at a news conference at the military base of Atiya near the Black Sea town of Burgas. In his opinion the police raids alon
Bulgaria’s oldest brewery Shumensko Pivo will be the official distributor of the Carlsberg beer brand in Bulgaria. In the spring of 203, Shumensko Pivo will start producing the Tuborg brand, some time later – the Carlsberg brand.
There are new technical circumstances at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant that give sufficient grounds to urge the Research/Nuclear Affairs Group (RNA Group) with the Council of the European Union to reconsider its position regarding the facility. That wa
The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry announced that the additional interrogations of the Bulgarian medics, charged with intentionally infecting with HIV Libyan children have ended. The interrogations were ordered by the Arraignment Chamber at its session on Jun
Aniventure Comic Con Returns to Bulgaria with Star Guest Christopher Judge!
Global Fuel Shock: Oil Jumps Over 40% Since Iran War Began
