The number of crimes for the first quarter of the year went down by 15% over the same period last year, data of the National police show. Three towns- Stara Zagora, Blagoevgrad and Shumen – registered the sharpest fall.
The intention of the Bulgarian Socialist Party to establish shadow cabinet was described as a normal practice by Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg and President Parvanov, who expressed the opinion that every political power is free to choose how to show its atti
The National Bureau Green Card is to be officially opened today, terminating the monopoly of Bulstrad on automobile insurance for travelling abroad, called Green Card. The Bureau was established in July 2001 by eleven insurance companies– Alianz Bulgaria,
By George Jahn The Associated Press
Two masked Palestinian gunmen entered an intelligence building in the West Bank town of Tulkarm on Monday and killed eight men suspected of collaborating with Israel, security sources and witnesses said, quoted by Reuters. The security sources said Palest
Bulgaria’s State Saving Bank DSK should be sold by June 30, 2003, Nelly Kordovska, Executive Director of the Bank Consolidation Company said. The Bank Consolidation Company (BCC), the government body that manages the privatisation of state banks, adopted
During summer 2002 the flights of only three of all 19 planes of Bulgarian airlines Hemus Air are to be affected by European Union new requirements, Dimitur Pavlov, Executive Director of Hemus Air, said. His statement was prompted by the announcement that
Some 1,000 employees of the Vratsa-based fertilizer plant Chimco blocked the key international road E-79 between Sofia and Vidin in the section of Vratsa. The employees insisted that they receive their salaries for January, February and March.
Bulgaria expects to receive USD 30 M till the end of the year from the World Bank for timbering. The Minister of Agriculture and forestry said that in an interview for Bulgarian National Radio.
Milen Keremedchiev who was appointed deputy economy minister two weeks ago heads a Bulgarian delegation, which left on April 1 on a five-day official visit to Sudan. There the Bulgarian officials will hold talks for the settlement of the Sudanese debt to
“China is among the most important partners Bulgaria has, “ Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Passy declared at a Bulgarian-Chinese business forum in Beijing. He pointed out that it was not accidental that his visit will be followed by a visit of Nikolay Vassil
Communists, reformers and pro-presidential forces are jostling for the lead in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, which a top European observer has already branded "incompetent". With about half of the votes counted, the bloc led by former Ukrainian Prime
A fire destroyed a synagogue in the southern French city of Marseilles later on Sunday, in what appears to be the latest in a wave of attacks against Jewish targets across the country. Police have yet to comment on the cause of the blaze which destroyed t
Yugoslavia is facing a freeze in US aid, as the deadline for handing over war crimes suspects expires without any decisive action. Under US law, about $120m in aid is suspended from midnight on Sunday (0500GMT Monday).
Hours after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared war on what he called Yasser Arafat's "terrorist infrastructure" tanks were on the move into two Palestinian towns in the West Bank. Mr Sharon had been speaking in a televised address to the nation
No bids have been submitted for Bulgaria’s Varna shipyard, a check of Bulgaria’s Pari daily showed, the daily reported on April 1. The deadline for submitting the bids expires at 12pm on April 2.
“China assesses highly the fact that the new Bulgarian government's first contacts with it are at the level of foreign ministers,” Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Passy told journalists after meeting Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Liu Guchang. The Bulgarian
US Bell Helicopters, a division of Textron Inc., plans to licence Sofia-based Letets plant for repair works that would enable the plant to draw orders from neighbouring countries in SE Europe.
Sanctions, imposed by the Privatization Agency (PA) on 49 foreign buyers, who didn't execute the signed contracts, amount to USD 42.8 M and BGN 20.
Bulgaria may send more troops to Afghanistan, Dnevnik Daily reported. The daily quoted a source from the Defense Ministry.
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