The Constituent Assembly of Bulgaria’s new party Simeon II National Movement will take place today. Some 1,000 sympathizers of the political organization have been invited to attend the event.
Bulgaria is able to end the negotiations for EU membership by the end of 2003, Spain’s Ambassador at Large on EU enlargement Jorge Fuentes Monzonis-Villalonga said. Ambassador Fuentes pays a visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of Bulgaria’s Chief Negotiat
Three generations of the Royal Family have joined a parade carrying the Queen Mother's coffin through London. The 30-minute parade from St James's Palace to Westminster Hall, where the Queen Mother is now lying in state, was the biggest funeral procession
The number of unemployed people in Bulgaria fell by 15,000 in March compared to February, Deputy Prime Minister and Social Minister Lidia Shuleva said in Parliament.
Washington's Middle East envoy met Yasser Arafat under the guns of Israeli tanks besieging the Palestinian leader's headquarters on Friday. Anthony Zinni was the first foreign dignitary allowed in by Israel for face-to-face talks with Arafat since its for
The Associated Press Corruption rates among top problems in Balkan countries along with poverty, unemployment and poor living standards, an international poll showed Thursday.
USD 687 M have been invested in Bulgaria for 2001, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev said in Parliament. According to him, only for January, 2002, USD 22 M have been invested in Bulgaria.
Everybody’s help, the positive relationships between people and the joint efforts of all of us will help us improve our country, Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg said, commenting results of the World Bank report on the living standards in Bulgaria, prese
Bulgaria’s Chief Mufti Selim Mehmed will meet Pope John Paul II (www.popeinbulgaria.
President Parvanov met on April 5 with the mothers of the seven children who died in a tragic incident in a Sofia nightclub in the end of last year. The mothers addressed with an open letter Bulgaria’s president, in which they demanded his cooperation.
The Bulgarian privatisation agency said it opened the sale of 65 pct of the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC), due to be completed in July. "Strategic companies and financial institutions" are expected to invest in the company, with 20 pct to be
Bulgaria and Sudan signed two agreements during the visit of a Bulgarian delegation, led by the newly appointed Deputy Economy Minister Milen Keremedchiev. A trade agreement granting each state most-favoured-nation status and an agreement on reciprocal in
Actress Elizabeth Hurley has given birth to a baby boy. The baby, born at 1222 BST on Thursday, has been named Damian Charles.
French Jewish groups have called for a mass demonstration against anti-Semitic violence in response to the latest attacks against the Jewish community. On Thursday morning, molotov cocktails were thrown into a building which houses a synagogue in the cit
A United Nations report has strongly criticised senior Italian politicians for interfering in the Italian justice system. The preliminary report said judges and prosecutors had "reasonable cause" to feel their independence was being threatened by leading
The cooperation between Bulgaria and Great Britain in the UN Security Council was highly assessed at the political consultations held by Deputy Foreign Minister Petko Draganov and Foreign Office Political Director Peter Ricketts April 4. Prospects for its
Angola's army has signed a ceasefire agreement with the Unita rebel movement aimed at ending 26 years of civil war. The accord - signed by the commanders of the Angolan armed forces and Unita's rebel army - marks the culmination of talks that began after
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said, quoted by BBC that the elderly are the forgotten victims of the Aids pandemic. The federation warned that HIV and Aids were having a dramatic effect on the health of older people,
Bank Austria Creditanstalt Group, which is responsible for the Central and East European markets within HVB Group, has opened a subsidiary bank in Bulgaria. Until now HVB Group had a branch in Sofia and representative offices in the river Danube city of R
The trial of a British-born militant accused of masterminding the murder of an American journalist has been adjourned on its opening day in Pakistan. Lawyers for the accused, Omar Sheikh, demanded to see more documents from the government about the kidnap
Palestinian and Israeli officials have welcomed a new US push to halt the bloodshed in the Middle East, despite strong criticism of both sides in a statement by US President George W Bush. Mr Bush demanded that Israel withdraw its troops immediately from
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