US President George W. Bush urged Bulgaria on Tuesday to redouble its efforts to be admitted to Nato during the alliance's November summit, visiting Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg said.
I hope Bulgaria will join NATO because the conditions for this are very favourable, Republican Senator John McCain said after his meeting with Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg on the last day of his visit in the United States. Among the conditions favour
Argentina's President Eduardo Duhalde has said that his country's only way out of its worst economic crisis is to live up to its international agreements and continue seeking help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He was talking after signing wh
The man who headed the Yugoslav army under President Slobodan Milosevic has left Belgrade to face charges at the war crimes tribunal in The Hague. General Dragoljub Ojdanic, who is accused of war crimes in Kosovo, is on a list of 23 people ordered to surr
The Israeli army says one of its undercover units has shot dead five Palestinian policemen near the West Bank city of Hebron, hours after an Israeli incursion into the area. But Palestinian security sources dispute the figure, saying only one of the men d
Bulgaria and Belarus may consider the introduction of "open economic space" regulations as is the case between Belarus and Russia, Belarus Ambassador Alyaksandr Pyatrov said at a a roundtable “Belarus: Promising trade partner" organized by the Bulgarian C
More than 60 Bulgarian and foreign IT companies, including BTC, Microsoft Bulgaria, Siemens, Ericsson, Specter Net, Intracom and Orbitel take place in the third BAIT Internet EXPO Telecomex. The event was opened by President Parvanov and will run till Apr
Red-tape, corruption, numerous licensing and authorization requirements and fuzzy points in key economic laws are some of the obstacles German investors in Bulgaria face, which were enumerated at the working meeting of the Roland Berger consulting firm wi
Securing Canada’s support for Bulgaria’s NATO bid and boosting bilateral relations is the aim of Foreign Minister Passy’s visit to Canada April 23-27. This is the first visit of a Bulgarian foreign minister to Canada after the two countries established di
Under the sell-off plan of the State Savings Bank the Cabinet is expected to transfer 75 percent, it owns in the State Savings Bank to the Bank Consolidation Company (BCC), the government body that manages the privatisation of state banks. The operation i
No cases of infections with the unidentified virus that hit Greece and claimed the lives of five persons there have been registered in Bulgaria, Health Minister Bozhidar Phinkov said. The Health care Ministry asked for more information about the mysteriou
Bulgaria’s preparations to join NATO received the thumbs up from the North Atlantic Council, Foreign Minister Passy said after a meeting of the Council in Brussels. A report on the implementation of Bulgaria’s membership action plan was approved at the me
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators resumed talks Wednesday in Bethlehem to try to hammer out an end to the three week-old standoff at the Church of the Nativity. The delegations, along with intermediaries, held two sessions Tuesday near Manger Square whe
An earthquake with an epicentre some 130 km southwest of Sofia outside Bulgarian territory was felt in Bulgaria at 1:52 pm April 24. The quake lasted more than one minute, followed by another three tremors later on, measuring 4,3; 4,4 and 4,5 on the Richt
An international press center that will cover the visit of Pope John Paul II in Bulgaria will open May 22 at the National Palace of Culture. The presse center will work from 8 a.
A total of USD 1,5 BLN of investments are expected in the coming two years, Sofia Mayor Stefan Sofianski announced during the discussions of the strategy of the capital’s development. The action plan of the strategy envisages the creation of a more favora
Another eight cases of HIV-positive Bulgarians have been registered since the beginning of the year, which push the number of HIV-positive people in Bulgaria to 367. A total of 67,000 Bulgarians have been tested for AIDS during the first three months of t
Economy Minister Jorge Remes Lenicov presented his resignation on Tuesday, touching off a new crisis over how to steer Argentina out of a deep downturn, an economy ministry official said. The official, who spoke on condition of not being identified, said
An extremely successful meeting and a trump card in favour of Bulgaria's bid for NATO membership, this is how Foreign Ministerv Passy described the meeting between Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg and US President George W. Minister Passy made
LUKoil Neftochim – Burgas and Kremikovtzi steel maker has requested that consultations with the Transport Ministry be held on the conditions of getting a license for private cargo railway carrier, Georgi Nikolov, Executive Director of the Railway Administ
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