The cobbles in the Rila Monastery were covered with wooden floor as part of the preparations of the monastery for the historic visit of the Pope there May 25. The floor starts from the tomb of King Boris III, which is close to the eastern wing of the mona
“I think it’s best to invite them all as a group,” Secretary of State Colin Powell said, talking about the applicant countries for NATO membership, BBC reported. He added that there seemed to be consensus for big intake in the Alliance at the special summ
The Associated Press Eastern European countries trying to join the European Union (EU) should focus their mid-term budget policies on fostering growth rather than on quickly imposing strict fiscal EU criteria, the European Commission said Tuesday.
The Popemobile to transport Pope John Paul II around Sofia during his visit arrived in Bulgaria May 14 (www.popeinbulgaria.
Parliament speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov officially opened the summer session of the Bulgarian Parliament on May 15.The MPs from the Simeon II National Movement and the United Democratic Forces expressed readiness to vote changes in the Constitution that woul
Greece urged the EU countries on Monday to come up with a strategy to help Bulgaria and Romania speed up accession negotiations, the EUobserver reported. Greek Foreign Minister Papandreou asked his colleagues to enhance the financial assistance for the tw
Pope John Paul II wished to visit Bulgaria as early as 1992, but concerns over the schism in the Church forced him to postpone it, former Apostolic Nuncio in Bulgaria Monsignor Mario Rizzi, said for the BBC. Monsignor Rizzi, the first representative of th
Austria’s Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann will be the new advertising agent of Bulgaria’s biggest GSM operator MobilTel, Austria’s daily der Standard reported. The Austrian ad agency was selected after competitive bidding among companies in Bulgaria failed to
Bad weather has delayed the departure of Russian salvage vessels due to undertake their final expedition to raise the remains of the Kursk submarine. The 24-hour delay means they are now expected to leave the naval port of Severomorsk on Thursday.
The Bulgarian company Elia AD builds a plant that will manufacture energy and industrial equipment under technological designs provided by Siemens. The plant is about to be completed in the end of 2002.
Nato and Russia have agreed to establish a new joint decision-making body to counter terrorism and other security threats. The proposed council, which is due to come into effect after a special Nato summit in Italy on 28 May, will allow Russia to join the
Satellite images have detected another in a series of massive icebergs calving off the frozen continent of Antarctica, the latest one bigger than the entire state of Delaware. Dubbed iceberg C-19, the massive, rectangular ice block measures roughly 124 by
People in the Netherlands have begun voting in a general election, just nine days after the assassination of populist leader Pim Fortuyn threw Dutch politics into turmoil. The centre-left coalition that has been in power for eight years is braced for a re
Former US President Jimmy Carter has called on America to end its 40-year economic embargo against Cuba, in an unprecedented televised address in Havana. But he also pointed out to Cubans that the country's economic problems cannot all be blamed on the U.
"The Mystery of the Bulgarian voices" will take part in the concert on the occasion of Pope John Paul II visit to Bulgaria (www.popeinbulgaria.
Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General Walter Schwimmer will pay an official visit to Sofia on May 16-17. The occasion for the visit is the 10th anniversary of Bulgaria's membership in the organization.
Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Passy, who attends the two-day foreign ministerial of NATO member states in Reykjavik, discussed Bulgaria’s NATO and EU bids at a meeting with his German counterpart Fischer. Fischer informed Passy about Tuesday’s discussion of
REI Holding, which already controls 60 percent of Bulgaria’s domestic railway industry is in talks with the French company Alstom and the Montreal-based Bombardier Inc to contract the companies for delivery of trains or set up a joint venture with them. R
Russia’s Commercial Bank Odintsovo announced that it was bidding for Bulgaria’s tobacco monopoly Bulgartbac Holding. The bank is one of the five potential buyers that have placed indicative offers.
Bulgaria and Romania are the two countries in Eastern Europe, which will in particular not maintain their expansion due to fiscal restraints and will both see growth of 3.5 percent, down from 4.
Some BGN 220 M were the revenues from privatisation deals during the first three months of 2002, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev announced after his meeting with Jerald Schiff, head of the IMF mission to Bulgaria. The two offic
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