Bulgaria is an example of religious paradise, Selim Mehmed, Chief Mufti of Muslims in Bulgaria, said at a conference at the Vatican, which takes place on the Day of Prayer for Peace in the world, January 24, in the Italian town of Assissi. Selim Mehmed un
Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg’s one-day visit to Strasbourg was cancelled due to poor weather conditions and the heavy fog at Sofia airport, in particular. Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg was going to address the participants of the Parliamentary Assembly
Bulgaria is included in the third out of four groups in a classification, ranking EU aspirants according to privatisation process progress and its results. The ranking has been prepared by Vienna-based Institute for Comparative Analyses of International E
Access to classified information is to be granted only to trustworthy and well-trained persons, whose tasks require the use of classified information, the Classified Information Act, which Parliament passed at first reading on January 24, envisages. The P
Syracuse police announced that are looking for a New York City man they say shot and killed the Bulgarian Simeon Popov, 27 year-old Syracuse University graduate. City police did not manage to arrest the suspect, Dominick Dennard, on January 21 when they t
Vesela Draganova and Tosho Peykov, leaders of Simeon II National Movement coalition partners, will be special guests to the Constituent Assembly of the party Simeon II National Movement, which will take place on January 26. The leaders of the Bulgarian Wo
Minister of State Administration Dimitur Kalchev said that the number of the state agencies will be probably reduced. Some of the agencies will be closed down;others will merge.
The Bulgarian and Greek customs authorities agreed to cooperate in the detection of customs regulations offences. The system for cooperation and for the training of customs officers was coordinated at a meeting between the chiefs of the two customs admini
More than 137,300 crimes were committed in the country in 2001, which is down by 4% over the previous year, the annual report of the National Police Service Directorate (NPSD) reads.
US President George W Bush has announced plans for a $48bn increase in defence spending to fight the war on terror. The increase - of nearly 15% - will be the largest rise in US military spending in 20 years, he said in a speech to military reserve office
Former Lebanese pro-Israeli militia leader Elie Hobeika has been killed in a bomb attack outside his home in the capital, Beirut.
The chairman of bankrupt energy giant Enron has resigned, as an investigation in the US Congress continues into the company's crash. Furious lawmakers grilled auditor Andersen on Thursday over its role in the collapse of Enron Corp.
The closure of the third and fourth units of the Nuclear Power Plant Kozloduy will lead to chain raise in the prices of the electricity producers in Bulgaria, Stefan Vodenicharov, chairman of the Kozloduy Protection National Committee said. According to h
Gorna Arda project is to be split into two parts -- investment and implementation, it transpired after the end of the 15th session of the mixed Bulgarian-Turkish Intergovernmental Committee for Economic and Technical Cooperation. Deputy Prime Minister and
The first bulk supplies of food flowed into volcano-stricken Goma Wednesday, six days after its long-suffering people lost much of their home town to Africa's deadliest eruption in 25 years.
John Walker, the American captured while fighting alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan, arrived on U.S.
Foreign Minister Passy approved on January 24 the issue of the first in the world Bulgarian visa Sample 2001. These visas are with integrated color photo and use an ink-jet technology.
The military on Wednesday suspended controversial flights of Afghan war captives to a U.S.
By the end of March, Hong Kong investment fund iRegent, owner of 99,03% of Bulgaria’s Hebrosbank will invest further USD 2,5 M under the privatization contract. Hebrosbank will post a BGN 21,866 million pre-tax profit for last year, the December report of
Debt-ridden fertilizer maker Chimco restarts carbamide production due to increased domestic demand. Carbamide production in the Vratsa-based plant was suspended in November because of outstanding debt to Bulgargas, Bulgaria’s state-owned gas distributor m
Local manufacturers will be given preferential treatment at tenders for public procurement orders, amendments to the Public Procurement Act adopted by Parliament. The preferences, equal to 10% of the price offered by producers at tenders, aims to boost sm
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