The court in the northern town of Razgrad appointed administrators at Diamond, Bulgaria’s largest flat glass maker, over an outstanding debt exceeding BGN 20 M. Bulgargas, gas distributor monopolist, sought the company’s insolvency, since its outstanding
The Ministry of Transport and Communications will make no additional payments to Italy’s company Alenia, Transport Minister Plamen Petrov said, quoted by Dnevnik Daily. The company was contracted in 1998 to supply new radar equipment for three commercial
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it is ready to work with Argentina to solve the debt-ridden country's problems. But IMF managing director Horst Koehler said Argentina's difficulties were "home-grown" and finding a solution would
All ministers will have to present programs for the work of their ministries during the coming three months, the Cabinet will most probably decide at its regular session on January 10. “ This step aims at providing information to the Bulgarian people abou
United States President George Bush has called on the Pakistani leader, Pervez Musharraf, to make a clear statement to the world that he intends to crack down on terror.
Heavy snow and freezing conditions in Turkey have now claimed 11 lives, and cut off thousands of villages.
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has become the first world leader to visit Afghanistan since the fall of the Taleban. He was also the first to meet the new interim leader, Hamid Karzai, on his home soil, during a visit to Bagram air base north of Kabul.
The Bulgarian Telecommunications Company will be sold with a tender, that will determine the price of the telecom, Deputy Transport Minister Nikolay Nikolov said. The company’s privatization strategy is being discussed by a working group, chaired by Trans
More than 20 bills should be drafted by the ministers within the coming three months. This is outlined in the program of the Government.
The ceiling of the Journalism Faculty at the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” collapsed on January 7.
Shares of Bulgaria’s first mobile phone operator Mobiltel might be listed on the stock exchanges in London or Frankfurt in May or June if a deal for a change in ownership is finalized in the coming weeks, a legal adviser of the company said on January 7,
The prices of all medicines available in storehouses by January 1, 2002 will be kept unchanged till they are sold out. The terms for producers, importers and retailers will also remain the same, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev
Leaders of big international and regional organizations will be guests at the first international conference on tourism in Bulgaria “Bulgaria –Dream Area” that will take place in Sofia from January 9 to January 11. Former US president Bill Clinton recorde
The employees of the National Insurance Institute, the Police, the Financial Investigation Bureau, the Competition Protection Commission and the National Institute of Statistics will not need permission from the court or the Prosecutor’s office in order t
Bulgartabac was valued at USD 100 M by the consultant Kreditanstalt company. Prime Minister’s legal advisor conceded that this is an extremely low price for such a venture and pointed out that the current Cabinet is in a very difficult situation.
A state of emergency was declared in seven municipalities in Northeastern Bulgaria, the State Agency for Civil Protection announced. There is no water in 63 villages.
Oil leak was the reason for the shutting down of one of the two turbines of the 440 MW Unit Two of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant at 10 a.m.
Cooperation agreement in the sphere of phito-sanitary control will be signed during the 13th session of the joint Bulgarian-Iranian Committee for economic, science and technological cooperation at the end of February 2002 in Sofia. Deputy Minister of Agri
Australia's two-week-old bush fire crisis has finally taken a turn for the better, with unexpectedly heavy overnight rainfall in and around Sydney bringing some relief to the beleaguered city. But fire authorities warned Monday that the rain had not been
France is calling on Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to reaffirm his commitment to the development of Europe, after the country's foreign minister resigned over European policy. Berlusconi appointed himself the country's interim foreign minister
The Bulgarian ship “Sofia” saved a German yacht in distress in the Mediterranean Sea.
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