The opposition’s decision to contest in the Constitutional Court the act which ratifies the contracts on foreign debt restructuring did not reflect negatively on the investors in Europe, Finance Minister Milen Velchev said upon his arrival from London, wh
German-Russian company MAPS (MiG Aircraft Product Support GmbH) was selected by the Defense Ministry as a subcontractor in the project on upgrading Bulgaria’s MiG-29 fighter aircraft. The company did not participate in the tender for upgrading Bulgaria’s
Italian consortium Salgit may be awarded a concession for building two highway stretches in Bulgaria, Deputy Regional Development Minister Ivan Saev said. The proposals on the highway construction, part of pan-European road network, linking Western Europe
President Bush will welcome Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg to Washington on April 23, 2002, the White House Press Office reported. “Bulgaria is a good partner and friend of the United States which has actively supported the war on terrorism a
Mr. Roderick Moore is serving as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.
“All Bulgarians -- not just politicians and judges -- need to take responsibility for the high level of tolerance of white collar crime,” Roderick Moore, deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in Sofia said in an exclusive interview for novinite.com.
The United Democratic Forces insisted that the Child allowances act be vetoed in a letter to President Parvanov. Parliament passed the Act March 20.
A suspected Palestinian suicide bomber killed himself and at least one woman on Thursday when he blew himself up on a busy Jerusalem shopping street, an Israeli rescue worker at the scene said, quoted by Reuters. "Other than the bomber, at least one woman
1998 Olympic champion, Bulgaria's Ekaterina Dafovska finished second after shooting clean in at the 7.5-kilometer World Cup race at Holmenkollen, Norway.
Following are the key points of Bulgaria's strategy for the privatisation of state telecoms monopoly BTC, as published by Reuters. SUBJECT OF SALE
The government should leave office in case that the disclosed data from the meeting of the Council of Ministers is true, Nadezhda Mihaylova, floor leader of the rightist opposition United Democratic Forces declared. “If what has been disclosed is true, it
The Cabinet decided to increase the state-owned stake in the daughter companies of Balkancar Holding by BGN 4,2 M, Kaloyan Ninov, Deputy Economy Minister, announced. The money will be earmarked from the budget and most of them will be back in the budget w
Parliament approved the initiation of legal proceedings against former Agriculture Minister Ventsislav Vurbanov. A total of 156 MPs voted for stripping Ventsislav Vurbanov of immunity from prosecution, after debating the demand of Chief Prosecutor Nikola
Nuclear Power plant Kozloduy units 3 and 4 are to be decommissioned in 2006 as agreed with the European Commission, Austria’s Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel unequivocally pointed out at the press conference after his meeting with Prime Minister Sim
Bulgaria opened the last two chapters from the EU pre-accession process - “Agriculture” and “Economic and Monetary Union”. So far the European Commission refused to open the talks on these chapters, saying that Bulgaria was still not ready.
“The ministers are convinced that behind the attempts for attack against the contract with Crown Agents stand criminal interests, strongly affected by the reform in the customs, “ Bulgaria’s government said in a declaration. Britain’s company Crown Agents
Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg was met with salutes by Austria’s Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel on March 21. Heavy rain was pouring in Vienna during the ceremony.
The government approved at its regular meeting a draft memorandum for cooperation between Bulgaria and Iran in the fight against narcotic trafficking.
OTE Telecoms, Greece's largest company, said it was in talks to raise fresh funds to expand its wholly-owned Bulgarian Globul GSM network and denied reports it planned to sell a stake in the company, Reuters reported. "Both OTE and Globul negotiate on the
The government should leave office in case that the disclosed data from the meeting of the Council of Ministers is true, Nadezhda Mihaylova, floor leader of the rightist opposition United Democratic Forces declared. “If what has been disclosed is true, it
The Chief Secretary with the Interior Ministry Gen. Boyko Borissov and the Director of he National Service “Security Gen.
Bulgaria's Strategic Role in the EU's Drone Wall Defense Initiative
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