Newly sworn in Afghan leader Hamid Karzai has begun the job of rebuilding his shattered land, with a meeting of his cabinet the first order of business. Chairman Karzai promised to fulfill his mission to bring peace to Afghanistan after years of war.
Israel says it will bar Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat from visiting Bethlehem at Christmas because he has not done enough to stop terrorism. The Palestinian leader told Voice of Palestine radio December 22 he would visit the town of Jesus
New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been named Time magazine's Personality of the Year, the magazine announced on December 23.
American Airlines flight 63 from Paris to Miami made an emergency landing in Boston after a passenger tried to light what may have been explosives in his shoes, authorities said. The FBI is still examining materials found after the incident on board a com
Nuclear Power plant Kozloduy Unit 4 started operating at 55% of its capacity, after it was connected with the energy system of the country. The 440-MgW Unit was closed on August 20 for annual repairs and re-charge with nuclear fuel.
Libyan Leader Colonel Muammar Qaddafi on Saturday received Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy who is visiting Tripoli. Their meeting took place immediately after the conference the Bulgarian chief diplomat had with ambassadors of the European Unio
Bulgaria mourns today the seven children that died on December 21 after a tragic event at a Sofia disco club. Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg declared December 23 a day of national mourning in a special address to the nation on December 22.
Bulgaria hails Afghanistan's interim administration inaugurated on December 22, 2002 under the Bonn-Petersburg accord of December 5, 2001, a statement of the Foreign Ministry, released on December 22, reads. Through the statement the Foreign Ministry of t
Thousands disco places in Bulgaria were closed today not only expressing mourning to seven kinds who died Friday evening in a Sofia dance club, but under an order issued by the Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Boyko Borissov. Police and fire brigades sta
This place will never ever be a discotheque again, sports minister Vassil Ivanov said for Indigo, which was a winter sport palace years ago and then turned to a dance place. The board of the ministry decided today to cancel the contract with the company,
At the beginning of Parliament session on December 22 the MPs stood in one-minute silence in memory of the teenagers who died in the accident. Interior Minister Petkanov briefed the MPs on the latest developments.
Foreign Minister Passy and Mohamed Ali al-Masirati, Secretary of Libya's General People's Committee for Justice and Public Security, held a joint conference on December 22. Earlier in the day the Libyan People’s Court postponed once again the hearing of t
Deputy Prime Minister Nikolay Vassilev and Deputy Finance Minister Atanas Katsarchev have allegedly failed to reach an agreement on the issue of the cigarettes prices. That is said to be the reason for the postponement of the Cabinet’s decree on the price
Some 3,500 foreign tourists, mainly Germans, are expected to use Bulgarian Air Charter flight program for the winter season 2001/2002, Philip Mustakov, Executive director, said. Bulgarian Air Charter does business with the No.
Youth Cooperation Yalta, proprietor of disco club Indigo, is conducting a separate investigation into the tragic accident on December 21, when six children were killed in a stampede. Representatives of the Youth Cooperation Yalta delivered their condolenc
A new interim Afghan government was sworn on December 22 in the capital, Kabul, joining together members of the country's various factions and bringing an official end to five years of Taliban rule. Moments after assuming chairmanship of the interim admin
Pakistan's leader General Pervez Musharraf has slammed India's decision to cut transport ties and withdraw a top diplomat following a deadly attack on the Indian parliament last week. Musharraf, who is on a five-day political mission in China, described I
Bulgaria's government has declared Sunday a national day of mourning for seven teenagers who died in a stampede at a nightclub in Sofia.
There is no change in the condition of the two men seriously injured in the foundry oven explosion in Sofia on December 20, doctors announced. The accident took place at a lathe-making company and another two men were killed.
MPs of different parliamentary groups announced they will press for the adoption of legislative amendments that will provide for the protection of Bulgarian children’ health and life. The initiative comes after a tragic incident took the life of six child
“The situation is very delicate and we are not allowed to adopt extreme positions,” Parliamentary Speaker, Ognyan Gerdzhikov said, commenting the Libyan People’s Court decision to postpone the hearing of the case against the Bulgarian medics accused of in
Google Street View Cars Return to Bulgaria for Major Mapping Update
Housing Prices Soar in Bulgaria’s Major Cities as Demand and Supply Strain Increase
