TEN NATIONS ON TRACK TO JOIN EU
Financial Times; Nov 13, 2001 By LEYLA BOULTON and JUDY DEMPSEY
Financial Times; Nov 13, 2001 By LEYLA BOULTON and JUDY DEMPSEY
“The NYC plane crash will not affect the Bulgarian issue of Eurobonds since trading was already completed,” Finance Minister Milen Velchev said after the Airbus A-300 crash. The co-managers of the issue from Morgan Stanley have informed Velchev that s
On November 12 Sofia Mayor Stefan Sofianski withdrew his membership from the Union of the Democratic Forces (UDF) at the local UDF club in Oborishte district. Later he commented that the forthcoming second round of the presidential elections, and not his
The Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy and the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Euro-Asian Affairs Janet Boug exchanged notes on overflight, transit passage and stay on Bulgarian territory of US troops.
Novaya Gazeta In its latest issue the Russian newspaper “Novaya Gazeta” published an article on the echelon of Bulgarian spent fuel and radioactive elements "smuggled" into Russia.
The private nationwide televion bTV announced that in connection with the coming run offs, there a debate between the presidential candidates Parvanov and Stoyanov is to be broadcasted in the air of the television. The debate will take place in “Slavi’s s
Bulgaria ranks first in Europe and second in the world in smokers per capita, data of the World Health Organization show. Bulgaria is preceded only by Cuba in the black statistics.
The Bulgarian Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg has not cancelled his visit to New York in spite of the extraordinary circumstances due to the crash of the airbus with 255 passengers aboard in Queens, New York. The Bulgarian President Stoyanov does not plan to s
CNN A computer crash has thrown Bulgarian elections into chaos with officials saying they will not be able to announce a result until Tuesday.
Turkish Daily News BY MOVING INTO THE UPPER-MIDDLE INCOME BRACKET, TURKEY MOVES AHEAD OF ALL ITS
The Independent - United Kingdom The Bulgarian President, Petar Stoyanov, will face the Socialist Party leader, Georgi Parvanov, in an election run-off next Sunday, exit polls indicate.
"Bulgaria is looking to attract Israeli investors," Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev said in Qatar, Doha, quoted by the Internet edition of "The Jerusalem Post." Vassilev, who heads the Bulgarian delegation to the Four
Associated Press Voter apathy marred Bulgaria's presidential elections with a record low turnout of less then 50 percent, forcing election officials to hold a run-off next Sunday between incumbent President Petar Stoyanov and Socialist Party leader Georg
Union “Izbori”, the scrutineer consortium, selected by the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), does not exist, Info Radio announced. Under the contract with the Council of Ministers, the state was supposed to pay BGN 377,000 to Union "Izbori.
The Central Electoral Commission began receiving protocols from the Regional Electoral Commissions at around 2.30pm local time.
*** In Veliko Turnovo, 30,66 % supported Stoyanov, 37,72% voted for Parvanov.
The presidential candidate, running for second mandate, Petur Stoyanov invited Parvanov who is to be his opponent in the coming run offs on TV debates. The debates are to take place on Wednesday and Friday on bTV and the Bulgarian National Television resp
Bulgaria was unanimously elected member of the Council of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) at the 31st Session of the FAO Conference on November 12, 2001 The organization’s headquarters are in Rome. The FAO Council is the supreme
The presidential candidate Georgi Parvanov, supported by “Coalition for Bulgaria” got highest results in the Dobrich region with 38,32% from the voters. 28,12% of the voters supported Stoyanov.
The United Democratic Forces (UDF) conducts parallel counting of the votes from the first round of the presidential elections. This is being done in connection with the technical problems of the Central Electoral Commission.
The United Democratic Forces representative in the Central Electoral Commission Mihail Konstantinov commented that with the decision the commission to count the votes, "unpleasant incidents in the computing centers have been prevented." "The members of th
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