Israeli troops took over most of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound on Friday, fighting room-to-room and arresting as many as 70 people, Israel Defense Forces said. The Palestinians disputed the number of arrests, but said o
The Finance Ministry announced it would launch talks with the Paris Club of official creditors to swap part of its USD 375 M debt to the club against investment in local companies due to be privatised, Reuters reported. The move is part of Bulgaria’s effo
The politics of the government, concerning the reform in the Bulgarian customs, hurts certain personal interests, Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg stated in Parliament. His statement was prompted by the scandal that shook Bulgaria after a series of transcripts
The man accused of masterminding the kidnapping and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl appeared in a brief closed-door court session Friday. Under heavy security, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was brought into the courtroom shortly before noon (2 a.
Pope John Paul II was able to hear confessions from worshippers on Good Friday despite earlier concerns over his health. An arthritic knee prevented the ailing 81-year-old pope celebrate Mass for the second time in a week on Thursday.
The Bank Consolidation Company (BCC), the government body that manages the privatisation of state banks, adopted the sell-off strategy for State Saving Bank DSK. The strategy envisages the transfer of the government 75% to the BCC.
The Constitutional Court will rule on Crown Agents contract and its compliance with constitutional regulations on April 16, judge Dimitur Gotchev, said in the town of Silistra. The demand for the court ruling was made by a group of MPs.
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The Agriculture Ministry will approach Chief Prosecutor Nikola Filchev on the illegal felling of trees, Deputy Minister Meglena Plugchieva said. About 614 cubic meters of timber have been seized in 2001.
US-based software supplier AremisSoft Corp. demanded that the bank guarantee of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) is extended by two months, company representatives said.
The Supreme Administrative Court overruled the decision of the Council of Electronic Media (CEM) to dismiss Lilyana Popova from the position Bulgarian National Television Director. CEM must pay BGN 1010 in damages to Popova.
A contract for a BGN 50 M loan from the World Bank is to be signed in several months, Social Minister Lidia Shuleva announced. A total of BGN 7 M of the sum granted by the Bank will be invested in the maintenance of social homes across the country.
The Parliamentary group of Coalition for Bulgaria proposes urgent measures for restoring stability in the country till the end of the year, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party Sergey Stanishev said in Parliament. He specified that the leftist coalitio
Situation center, based on Cisco’s IP Telephony technologies, was opened at the Ministry of Transport and Communications March 29. The communication system offers also applications for video and audio conferencing, as well as Unified messaging.
A suspected woman suicide bomber blew herself up in a suburb of Jerusalem on Friday, injuring at least eight people, witnesses said, quoted by Reuters. Police gave few immediate details of the explosion which rocked a large supermarket in the Kiryat Yovel
Kevin Lewis was born in London, UK. A graduate of the University of Oxford, he worked as a lecturer at the University of North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Science information is one aspect of our activities that we would like to see further developed, Kevin Lewis, Director of British Council Bulgaria, said in an exclusive interview for novinite.com.
“NATO hasn’t demanded from Bulgaria to grant air corridors or military airports for possible attack against Iraq,“ Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov announced. His statement was prompted by the announcement of Parliament Speaker Gerdzhikov that Bulgaria w
The SS-23 missiles can be destroyed in Bulgaria, Major General Orlin Marinchev, Deputy Chief of General Staff for Resources said. Bulgaria must destroy its SS-23 missiles by October 30, 2002, according to a special declaration, approved by Parliament on D
The Bulgarian special services have no facts about stay in Bulgaria of members of the terrorist organization Al-Qaida, or about an alleged meeting of terrorists on Bulgarian territory, Interior Minister Georgi Petkanov said. Petkanov said that he treats t
US-based software supplier AremisSoft Corp. closed its Bulgarian branch and dismissed all employees on March 28.
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