Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz called on Bulgaria to join the Turkish - Romanian agreement on transit of natural gas. Deputy PM Mesut Yilmaz arrived in Bulgaria January 22 for the two-day session of the Bulgarian - Turkish Intergovernmental C
Bilateral relations between Bulgaria and Turkey in the economy field, transport, communications, industry, energy sector and infrastructure were on the agenda of the 15th session of the mixed Bulgarian-Turkish Intergovernmental Committee for Economic and
A gunman opened fire on pedestrians in central Jerusalem Tuesday, the Jerusalem police chief said, wounding as many as 11 people before he was killed. Earlier Tuesday, Israeli troops raided what they called an explosives laboratory in the West Bank town o
Five companies filed bids for upgrading the army's 20 Soviet-built MiG-29 fighters in an international tender aimed at bringing Bulgaria’s air force up to NATO standards. The five offers, opened at the defence ministry came from Russia's RSK MiG, Israel's
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Kmart Corp. on Tuesday filed for bankruptcy protection after a dismal holiday sales season and stiff competition from rivals Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
“The matter of Russia's debt to Bulgaria could be decided as early as the next meeting of the inter-governmental economic cooperation commission due in early February,” Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said after his meeti
The National Trilateral Cooperation Council adopted an Action Plan on Employment at the meeting January 22. The possibility of a future updating of the plan is not ruled out because of the dynamic changes the country goes through, representatives of the C
Bulgaria will close down Nuclear Power plants Units 3 and 4 till 2006-2007, it emerged after the meeting of Greece’s Prime Minister Costas Simitis and his Bulgarian counterpart Simeon Saxe-Coburg. Saxe-Coburg underlined that Bulgaria must focus its effort
Itar-Tass Bulgaria hopes to attract one billion dollars in Russian investments in its national economy within the next few years, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev who is paying a working visit to Moscow said in an exc
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Passy's visit to Denmark started with a meeting with his counterpart Per Stig Muller. Foreign Minister Passy left on January 21 at a two-day official visit to Denmark.
The Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) announced that change of the economic team of the Bulgarian Government is necessary after a meeting of the National Executive Council of the political organization. “In case that Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg does not rea
Bulgaria expects to attract Russian investments worth about USD 1 BLN in the next few years, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev said in an exclusive interview for the Russian news agency Itar-Tass. According to him Sofia counts on
Greece has the ambition to be Bulgaria's top investor and trading partner, Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Ioannis Magriotis said at the Bulgarian-Greek forum, which opened January 22 in the framework of Greece’s Prime Minister Costas Simitis’s visit in Bu
Aid began to arrive in Goma on Tuesday in an effort to help stricken residents who have returned to their homes in the aftermath of the volcanic eruption. Food and water as well as blankets were being delivered by international aid agencies to the town in
As 14 more Afghan war detainees arrived Monday at the U.S.
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Donor countries at the Afghan aid conference in Tokyo have pledged USD 1.8 BLN for 2002, and a total of USD 4.
Greece’s Prime Minister Costas Simitis arrived on a day's working visit in Bulgaria January 22 at the invitation of his counterpart Simeon Saxe-Coburg. Bulgarian Prime Minister welcomed his guest at Sofia Airport and the two left for a meeting at the Cabi
Two unidentified gunmen on motorcycles have opened fire on the American Center in Kolkata (Calcutta), eastern India, killing at least four Indian guards and injuring 14 other people. No U.
A package of some 5% or 700,000 shares in Lukoil Neftochim refinery were traded yesterday on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange at BGN 20 each, immediately raising Sofia index to a record high of 138,49. Lukoil shares are normally traded at BGN 8-BGN 10 each.
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