Bulgaria and the Republic of South Africa are willing to expand bilateral trade and economic cooperation, it emerged after a meeting between Deputy Economy Minister Nikola Yankov and Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa Jannie Momberg, who is based
Several hundred jobs for laid-off military officials will be created in four pilot projects of the Defence Ministry and the Tolerance Association, said Efrem Radev, programme director with the Resource Center Foundation, which coordinates the projects. R
More than ten foreign companies showed interest in the privatisation of the Varna, Bobovdol and Russe coal—fired thermal power plants, the director of the Foreign Investments Agency Nikolay Marinov announced. Another ten are interested in the privatisatio
Two Palestinian militants have been killed in a missile strike on their car by an Israeli helicopter in the West Bank city of Hebron. The Hebron attack was the first of its kind since the Israeli army began pulling out of most major West Bank cities and t
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister who pays an official visit to the United States will meet with US President Bush today, the meeting is expected to begin at 10.40 pm Bulgarian time.
The European Union’s PHARE program will co-finance a grant scheme for introduction of quality management systems in small and medium-sized enterprises. The aim of the program is to boost the export and competitiveness of these enterprises.
French demonstrators have taken to the streets for a second day in protest at the shock election success of far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen. Mr Le Pen came second in the first round of the presidential vote on Sunday, beating off the left's favouri
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg who pays a working visit to the US, attended on Monday a breakfast with representatives of leading US companies like Lockheed Martin, Westinghouse, JP Morgan and Philip Morris. The meeting was organized by the America
China’s State Councilor Wu Yi said that China will, as always, strengthen its friendship and cooperation with Bulgaria in various fields. She said that at a meeting with Nikolay Vassilev, Bulgaria's deputy prime minister and economy minister who pays an o
Bulgaria’s former President Petur Stoyanov,will speak at the American Bar Association on April 24. Stoyanov is expected to address the challenges facing transitioning democracies in the region, as well as Bulgaria's efforts to be admitted to NATO, and U.
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg said in Washington that Bulgaria is prepared to make a significant contribution to NATO if invited to join later this year. Saxe-Coburg addressed a luncheon gathering at the Heritage Foundation.
Over 50 TV stations, among which CNN and Euronews, will cover the visit of Pope John Paul II in Bulgaria (www.popeinbulgaria.
The Italian private airline Air One show interest for joint activities with Bulgaria’s flag carrier Balkan airlines. Top officials from Air One met last week with Deputy Transport Minister Milcho Mladenov and Blakan’s receivers Olga Milenkova and Hristo M
Tsarigradsko Shosse, Sofia’s main road, which links the central part of Sofia with the eastern and southern neighborhoods as well as Sofia airport closed for repairs till May 20 the earliest. The southern lanes between Orlov Most and Aleya Yavorov are clo
Experts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrive in Bulgaria in May to make a detailed analysis on the situation in the country, Piritta Sorsa, IMF Resident Representative announced. She agreed that inflation in the first three months of the year
Nadezhda Mihaylova, leader of Bulgaria’s rightist opposition Union of Democratic Forces insisted President Parvanov to veto the Classified Information Act at a meeting on Monday. The UDF National Council on Friday decided to ask the President for the veto
Guenter Verheugen, EU Enlargement Commissioner declared after his meeting in Brussels with Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Passy that Bulgaria is the "negotiations champion for the last year." "We opened all EU chapters, today (April 22) will be closed three
The chief suspect in the kidnap and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl has said he does not recognise the Pakistani court that is trying him. British-born militant, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, told the court in the southern city of Karachi that he wanted t
Kathimerini Jose-Maria Aznar, who has been prime minister of Spain for the past six years, believes that Europe can solve its problems by adopting greater liberalization in order to be more competitive vis-a-vis the United States.
Every second Bulgarian who works feels bad and Bulgaria tops the list of the countries as far as general fatigue is concerned, the report of the European Foundation for Improvement of Working and Living Conditions for 2001 reads.
Stefan Sofianski resigned from the position chairman of the Managing Council of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) in the beginning of the general meeting of the fund on Monday.
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