Incumbent Bulgarian President Petur Stoyanov and President-elect Georgi Parvanov will meet on January 4, the press office of the Presidency announced. The two officials will discuss Parvanov’s inauguration on January 22 and Bulgaria's priorities in 2002.
Bulgarian pharmaceutists demanded that the Cabinet's decree N 300 dealing with the fixation of medicines ceiling prices be overturned. According to them the terms envisaged in the decree will immediately lead to chaos in medicines distribution.
The United States will donate equipment worth USD 90,000 for the new center for fight against human traffic with the Bulgarian National Service for Fight against Organized crime (SFOC). The new center will be officially opened on January 4.
Norwegian peacekeepers serving in the Kosovo province of Yugoslavia found a suspicious letter containing white powder during a regular patrol, representatives of the military announced. The powder was sent to a laboratory in Bulgaria and it is not clear w
A literary classics series, tracing 120 years of Bulgaria’s literary history from the beginning of the National Revival to present days, is to be brought out by the Zahari Stoyanov publishers by the end of 2003, the publisher’s director said. The series w
Deal on the purchase of 78 % of Energoproekt EAD - Sofia by "Novi Energiini Iztochnitsi" AD Razgrad was approved by the Privatization Agency. The company will pay BGN 3,48 M in cash, 30% on the day of the signing the contract, and the rest 70 % 20 days la
33 companies have applied for obtaining concessions for Port Varna so far, the head of the port Daniel Papazov announced.
GloBul subscribers reached 138 000 , the company announced. Before the holidays the customers of the second mobile operator were 125 000.
Bulgarian banks’ net profit increased by BGN 16,8 M (EUR 8,6 M) in November in comparison with the previous month, bringing the cumulative profit for the first eleven months of 2001 to BGN 309,4 M, figures of the Bulgarian National Bank show. Bulbank, Uni
Heavy snowfalls and blizzards have been causing chaos in many parts of central Europe. Parts of the Czech Republic have been declared a disaster area, and people are feared dead in avalanches in Poland.
The European Commission has said it is "extremely satisfied" with the roll out of euro cash, on the first day that most shops and banks have opened their doors to the new single currency. The most serious glitch of the day came when all of Austria's cash
Zambia's new president Levy Mwanawasa has warned opponents that protests against his leadership will not be tolerated. Mr Mwanawasa took power after narrowly winning an election held on 27 December, but opposition parties have claimed that fraud and ballo
Every second Bulgarian disapproves of the political events in Bulgaria since the fall of communism in November 1989, a survey, conducted by Bulgarian polling agency Alpha Research, shows. 33% say the political changes did not affect their lives, while 17%
At least 45 inmates are reported to have been killed during rioting at a maximum security prison in northern Brazil in one of the worst outbreaks of violence in several years. Police blamed the deaths on fighting between rival gangs in the prison, in Port
The receivers of Balkan Airlines are ready with the revised program of the flag carrier, Pari Daily wrote. Within a few days Olga Milenkova and Hristo Mollov will present the program to the court again.
Grigoris Micromeals, Greek fast food chain, plans starting operations in Bulgaria by the end of this year, Imerisia Daily, said. Another Greek fast food chain, Goody’s, opened three restaurants by December 2001.
Bulgaria proposed that four new checkpoints on the Greek border are opened in connection with the expected increase in the number of foreign tourists before the 2004 Olympics, Deputy Prime Minister Kostadin Paskalev said. Greek authorities confirmed that
Bulgaria received an invitation by the Japanese Cabinet to participate in a conference on the reconstruction of Afghanistan, Foreign Ministry representatives announced. The conference is scheduled for January 21-22 in Tokyo.
Europe's new single currency has survived its first working day despite two strikes, three robberies and some confusion. Banking strikes in France and Italy and bank robberies in Greece and Ireland were said to be causing little major disruption, but ther
Federal judge entered an innocent plea Wednesday for the first person - Zacarias Moussaoui, 33, a Frenchman of Moroccan descent - indicted in connection with the September 11 terrorist attacks.
The Security Council with the United Nations will decide on January 3 whether Bulgaria will chair the United Nations Sanctions against Libya Committee in 2002, the spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry Elena Poptodorova announced. She reiterated that she ex
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