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The strike of the Burgas harbour dockers continues for a fourth day in a row. Meanwhile the management of the harbour called for appeasement of the dockers’ anger, as information for attacks on port’s employees, 60 at the moment, who are still performing
Business | May 25, 2002, Saturday // 00:00
Defence Minister Nikolay Svinarov expressed Bulgaria’s gratitude to be a host of the Assembly as an acknowledgement of the efforts for membership in the Alliance in the beginning of the first day of the session in Sofia. The immediate development of the B
Politics | May 25, 2002, Saturday // 00:00
By James Palmer
25 May 2002
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan will visit Russia from 4 till 6 June. During his official visit Annan will discuss the ways for improving the cooperation between Russia and UN, as well as the role of the UN in the building of a stable international peace
World | May 25, 2002, Saturday // 00:00
The spring session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly begins today in Sofia and will close on May 28. Some 300 politicians from Europe and North America take part in the NATO PA 2002 Spring Session.
Politics | May 25, 2002, Saturday // 00:00
The US government has put the nation's nuclear power plants on a heightened state of alert because of information gained by intelligence agencies. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the intelligence does not specify that there is a threat directed aga
World | May 25, 2002, Saturday // 00:00
Pope John Paul II arrived in the morning of May 25 by helicopter in the southern town of Rila for a visit to the Rila Monastery, not far from the tomb of St. Ivan Rilsky, patron saint of the Bulgarian people.
Politics | May 25, 2002, Saturday // 00:00
The ruling group in Serbia's parliament has announced it is expelling 50 of its MPs. The move follows increasing tension after many members failed to turn up for parliamentary debates.
World | May 25, 2002, Saturday // 00:00
Three North Koreans have taken refuge in the South Korean consulate in Beijing. The South Korean foreign ministry said it was discussing the incident with the Chinese authorities, but gave no further details.
World | May 25, 2002, Saturday // 00:00
An earthquake with magnitude of 4,3 on the Richter scale was registered on May 24 at 11.45 pm local time with epicenter some 250 kilometers northwest of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia.
Politics | May 25, 2002, Saturday // 00:00
A United States congressional inquiry into intelligence failures in the run-up to 11 September is to give high priority to allegations that the FBI hindered an investigation of a terrorism suspect. Coleen Rowley, an FBI agent based in Minnesota, has sent
World | May 25, 2002, Saturday // 00:00
Pakistan says it has successfully test fired a ballistic missile, amid growing concern over the potential for war with neighbouring India. It is the first stage of a missile testing programme, announced on Friday and scheduled to last several days.
World | May 25, 2002, Saturday // 00:00
The Washington Post
SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 24 -- Pope John Paul II said today that he did not believe claims that Bulgaria was linked to a 1981 attempt to assassinate him, rejecting years of speculation that the Balkan state had worked with Turkish gunman
CNN
SOFIA, Bulgaria --Pope John Paul has absolved Bulgaria of any link to the assassination attempt on him in 1981, the Vatican has said.
BBC News Service
Pope John Paul II has moved to allay suspicions about the 1981 attempt on his life, saying in Sofia that he had never believed there was a Bulgarian plot behind it.
The Associated Press
By WILLIAM J.
After his meeting with Bulgaria’s distinguished intellectuals in the evening of May 24, Pope John Paul II retired to the building of the Apostolic Nunciature. The Pope leaves for the Rila Monastery by a helicopter from the Sofia airport in the morning of
Politics | May 25, 2002, Saturday // 00:00
The Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox church Maxim and Pope John Paul II agreed that the dialogue between the Catholic and Orthodox church should be the main goal of all Christians. Patriarch Maxim welcomed Pope John Paul II to Bulgaria at the Holy Syno
Politics | May 25, 2002, Saturday // 00:00
Pope John Paul II denied the so-called “Bulgarian connection” in the assassination attempt on his life in 1981 at his meeting with Bulgaria's President Parvanov early on May 24. The Pope assured the President he has never believed in Bulgaria’s involvemen
Politics | May 25, 2002, Saturday // 00:00
Bulgaria’s Privatization Agency set USD 4 M minimum price for Incoms Telecom, Pari Daily reported. The Malaysian group CS will participate at the second stage of the tender, the company’s Executive Director in charge of projects in Europe Bisser Dimitrov
Business | May 24, 2002, Friday // 00:00
Coalition forces seized about 50 people in a raid on a compound suspected of being a sanctuary for al Qaeda and Taliban leaders in southern Afghanistan, U.S.
World | May 24, 2002, Friday // 00:00
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