Construction Business Forum will take place from May 8 to May 11 in the World Trade Center “Interpred”. Projects amounting to EUR 1,4 B will be presented at the forum, Optimum Center announced.
Two explosions rocked a largely Christian city in the southern Philippines Sunday, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 40, in what police said could be attacks by Muslim extremists. A home-made bomb left in a parked pedicab exploded in front
The United States faces dangers and sacrifices in its fight against global terrorism, and it must press ahead with its vision for peace in the Middle East, President Bush said Saturday. Secretary of State Colin Powell, who returned from the Middle East th
The European Commission has proposed extra tariffs -- some as high as 100 percent -- on a range of U.S.
Unemployment will be reduced significantly by end-2002, Deputy Prime Minister and Social Minister Lidia Shuleva said in Velingrad. She pointed out that BGN 150 M, four times more than in 2001, have been allotted in the budget for opening of new jobs.
The International Monetary Fund expects the high growth of four to five percent to continue in Bulgaria, a report of IMF on the fund’s members states, published before the spring meeting of IMF in Washington reads. The report forecasts inflation and accou
Low electoral turnout was registered at the extraordinary local elections in the towns of Russe, Blagoevgrad, Tsarevo and Omurtag that took place on April 20. Some 25 percent cast their vote in Blagoevgrad, 35 percent in Tsarevo, 31,5 percent in Omurtag,
On April 21, 2002, Deputy Prime Minister and Social Minister Lidia Shuleva opened the project “Virtual incubator for herbs cultivation and community support”. The incubator is a part of an employment project in the steel and mine industry regions under th
The Turkish company “Aksu” will launch the construction of a textile factory in Silistra within two months. That was announced after the meeting of the Mayor of the Silistra Municipality Ivo Andonov with the Chief Executive of the company Ihsan Gudukkurt.
Bulgaria’s Finance Minister Milen Velchev attended a conference on “Investing and doing business in Bulgaria” in Italy. He made a presentation on the economic situation in Bulgaria and the business opportunities in the country.
The support for the parties has grown weaker after the four-year mandate of the Union of Democratic Forces (1997-2001) and the establishment of the Simeon II National Movement and this explains why there was low turnout at the partial local elections, Mir
We plan to complete the Bulgarian e-government project in 2004, and in 2005 it could join the European Information System, State Administration Minister Dimitur Kalchev said. The e-government will allow equal access to all members of the executive power
“It is necessary to increase the salaries of the customs officers in Bulgaria, “Jim Williams, head of the team of Britain’s company “Crown Agents,” which was hired to reform the Bulgarian customs said. “You cannot expect from the people to perform their h
BBC The World Bank in a new study has warned many developing countries are at risk of not achieving poverty goals established by the United Nations (UN).
Israel has pulled its troops and tanks out of the West Bank cities of Nablus and Ramallah, but the compound of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat remains surrounded.
Eighteen years ago, on April 21, 1984 Bulgarian alpinist Hristo Prodanov died in the Himalayas. A day earlier he started to climb the highest mount on the earth - Everest.
“We plan to become top investor in Bulgaria,” US Deputy Chief of Mission Roderick Moore said. "In the recent years we have invested USD 227 M in this country.
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Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Passy, Defense Minister Svinarov and other officials leave for Brussels on Sunday, April 21 to attend a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in a 19 + 1 format (the member states and Bulgaria). The meeting will discuss a NATO
A small earthquake struck the northeastern United States on Saturday morning, rattling homes, shaking furniture and waking people from New York to New Hampshire, authorities said. The United States Geological Survey said a moderate earthquake occurred abo
Bulgaria's Strategic Role in the EU's Drone Wall Defense Initiative
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