Bulgarian Finance Minister Milen Velchev and British Ambassador to Bulgaria Youn Souttar signed an agreement on cooperation against drug trafficking between the governments of Bulgaria and Great Britain. The British government commits to providing equipme
The IT sector progressed in 2001 unaffected by the economic global slowdown. According to analysts this is due to the fact that the sector is still underdeveloped.
The Channel Tunnel between UK and France has been reopened after some 500 refugees trying to get to Britain stormed the French entrance in two waves. Authorities arrested 129 refugees who broke through security in the first wave on Tuesday night and got a
Argentina will introduce new currency Argentino.”Desperate to revive the spent economy and keep a lid on social unrest, the cash-strapped government said Wednesday a new currency, the Argentino, would start circulating in January alongside the peso and th
Osama bin Laden accused the United States of hating Islam in an excerpt of a videotaped statement aired Wednesday by the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television network.
Shareholders of the Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach decided to distribute BGN 13,498 M as a dividend payment equal to some 50% of the current market value of its shares. Shareholders decided to pay BGN 6,98 dividend per each share with a face value of one
Rescue workers have continued to recover bodies from under the mudslides which killed at least 49 people in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro on Christmas Eve. State governor Antony Garotinho said the toll would be even higher, because many bodies wer
The Bulgarian Telecommunication Company (BTC) plans to lower tariffs for long distance calls. The telecom will simultaneously increase prices for telephone calls within the country in 2002.
The State Agriculture Fund will extend BGN 25 M in loans and BGN 20 M in subsidies to Bulgarian farmers in 2002. The fund’s revenues for 2002 is projected at BGN 28 M.
The Bulgarian National Electricity Transmission Company (NETC) negotiates with the Italian energy company Enel for export of electricity to Italy via Greece, Mityo Hristozov, NETC Chief Engineer said, quoted by Dnevnik Daily. Details on the possible deal
The net profit of the Bulgarian Telecom (BTC)for 2001 will amount to over BGN 200 M, Nikolay Nikolov Deputy Transport & Telecommunications Minister and Chairman of the Board of BTC said, quoted by Standart Daily. The revenues from the activities of the c
In February the management of the State Savings Bank (SSB) will present the three-year plan for its development and privatization strategy, said Krassimir Angarski, Chairman of the bank's Board of Directors announced. In the memorandum signed with the Int
In December 2001, foundation Free and Democratic Bulgaria (FDBF) celebrated its 10th anniversary. One of the biggest achievements of the foundation is that it is the first Bulgarian NGO that addressed the plight of street children and homeless youths by e
The ministers will vote a 10% price rise for electricity and central heating for households at their last meeting this year on December 27. Despite the disapproval of the trade unions, the government decided to increase the tariffs by 10 % four days befor
Heavy snowfall almost blocked the traffic in Bulgaria during the holidays. State of emergency was declared officially in 69 cities and villages on December 25.
Bank tellers were repaired after a crash in the system on December 21, officials announced.Tellers all over the country blocked drawing of money was impossible.
The memory of the victims from the forced "bulgarianization" of the Bulgarian ethnic Turks in 1984-1985 with the decreed issuance of Slavic names to replace Islamic ones on the mandatory identity cards was commemorated in the village of Mogilyane in the
Varna airport opened after being closed for a day because of the bad weather conditions. At 3.
After suspending foreign debt payments, Argentina's new populist leader drafted plans to print cash to help cut the poverty and unemployment that led to a series of bloody riots that toppled his predecessor last week.
The German club “Lions’ club” donated modern medical equipment to the hospital in the Bulgarian town “Gulyantsi” in the Pleven region. As part of the donation, Dr.
Eleven projects for employment in the mining industry on the territory of the Sofia region were approved. Thus, 500 permanent jobs and over 550 – temporary ones will be created.
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
