The list of companies to be listed for privatization on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange – Sofia (BSE) has been cut down, insiders said, citing results from the meeting of the Council on Structural Policy. The Coucil failed yet one more time to approve the li
Turkey may become Bulgaria's top trade partner in Southeastern Europe, it transpired during the Bulgarian-Turkish economic forum organized by the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI). A stimulus to this process is given by the abolishment of
Bulgaria, Russia and Greece will have equal share in the construction of the trans-Balkan oil pipeline Burgas –Alexandroupolis, Bulgaria’s Regional Development Minister Kostadin Paskalev and his Greek counterpart Minister Apostolos Tsohatzopoulos agreed.
Deutsche Bank agreed to become co-manager on Bulgaria’s foreign debt restructuring deal. The managers on the deal are JP Morgan and Salomon Smith Barney.
By the end of 2002, the European Commission will prepare the so-called road map for Bulgaria and Romania that will outline the criteria that need to be fulfilled until EU accession, Guenter Verheugen, EU Enlargement Commissioner, said in Brussels during t
Romania let hundreds of Kurds to cross its territory, in order to join a demonstration on the Bulgarian-Turkish border March 20, AFP reported. The demonstration is organized by the Kurdish Working Party under the slogan: "The Kurds in Europe are heading f
Possibilities for adapting Bulgaria’s pre-accession program to the "new map", a schedule on its negotiations with EU, were discussed by Michael Leigh, EU Chief Negotiator with Bulgaria, and Foreign Minister Passy. The discussions on drawing up the schedul
An Austrian-Bulgarian business club is expected to be inaugurated during the first official visit of Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg in Vienna, starting March 20. Saxe-Coburg's official visit preceded by the official visit of Foreign Minister Passy in November
The foreign debt restructuring deal works against the national interests, and this is a responsibility to be shared between the majority, the Cabinet and as well as President Parvanov, Nadezhda Mihaylova, leader of the United Democratic Forces and former
Unemployment in Bulgaria marked 18 % in February, 0,10 % down from January and 0,8% year on year. The data was announced by the Employment Agency.
The people of Ramallah have got a spring in their step again - at least most of them have - and the heart of the town seems to be back to its ebullient, chaotic self once more. After last week's invasion - the biggest by the Israeli army in almost 20 year
United States Vice-President Dick Cheney has said he is prepared to meet Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat - if the Palestinians take steps to halt attacks against Israel. After talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Mr Cheney said the coming week
Bulgaria might become popular among the well-off foreign tourists after the successful entry of the RIU chain of four-star luxury hotels of the TUI concern. This emerged after a meeting of Deputy Economy Minister, responsible for tourism Hadzhinikolov and
Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviyski, Bulgaria, ranked five in the combined results of the two compulsory ice dancing programs at the world figure skating championships in Nagano, Japan, March 19. The Bulgarian couple have two factored points so far.
Federation “Telecommunications” with Bulgaria’s trade union “Podkrepa” threatened to file a claim against the state in Strasbourg in case that new collective labour contract between the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company and its employees is not signed.
The Associated Press Support among Europeans living in candidate countries on joining the European Union (news - web sites) was high as two thirds approved of membership, a survey released Monday said.
Following are the key results from the Eurobarameter survey conducted in October 2001 in the 13 candidate countries: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey. The survey i
Swedish company SKF plans to invest nearly EUR 7 M in reconstructing bearings plant, part of the state-owned Vazov Group of arms plants (VMZ), Ivan Stoimenov, SKF Regional Director for the Black Sea and Yugoslavia, announced. SKF signed the BGN 14,3 M con
International prices of rolled iron were by 20-30% lower last year than in 1997, Valentin Zahariev, Executive Director of steel maker Kremikovtzi said at the forum on Metallurgical prospects in Bulgaria. In his opinion the changes are so big that create s
The Bush administration has decided to end around-the-clock combat air patrols over New York and instead will rely on intermittent patrols and a plan to keep fighter jets on "strip alert," ready to fly within 15 minutes, officials said, quoted by CNN.
A half brother of Osama bin Laden says the terrorist's family has its own information that bin Laden is alive and that he does not have kidney disease requiring dialysis. In an interview with CNN correspondent Rula Amin, Sheikh Ahmad -- who did not want h
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