Some 120 freshly graduated young people will start work in the state administration in September, Social Minister Lidia Shuleva announced.
The International Court of Arbitration in Paris overruled the claim of the consultancy company Arthur Andersen against Bulgaria for some USD 9 M, Petko Nikolov, chairman of the Supervisory Council with the Privatization Agency announced. The decision of t
Foreign investments in Bulgaria amounted to USD 46,8 M in the period January-March, data of the central bank (Bulgarian National Bank) show. In 2001, foreign investments for the same period were USD 279, 5 M.
Asen Asenov was appointed permanent holder of the position Director of Bulgaria’s Customs Agency on May 29. The order for the appointment was signed by Finance Minister Velchev after Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg approved the proposal.
Bulgaria’s Chief Negotiator with the European Union Meglena Kuneva was promoted to the position Euro-Intergration minister on May 29. Parliament approved the proposal of Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg with 130 votes in favor, 10 against and 61 abstaining vote
The events that took place during the Papal visit in Bulgaria are so significant that it is very difficult to assess them in the week that follows them, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Passy said in an exclusive interview for novinite.com.
Since July, 2001, Mr. Solomon Passy is Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria.
The International tobacco group British American Tobacco announced that the company decided to close its subsidiary and reduce to the maximum its operations in Bulgaria by end-June, 2002. The argument for withdrawal, written in an official release for the
A market survey by BBSS Gallup International found that more and more Bulgarians are opting pre-packaged ground coffee. Brand-name coffe market expanded by 2 percent in the past twelve months, sales of pre-packed ground coffee jumped by 30 percent in 2001
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is meeting Indian leaders in Delhi on the second leg of his efforts to avert a possible war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. Mr Straw's talks with Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh and Prime Minister Atal B
Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting key talks with European Union leaders in Moscow, fresh from signing a landmark accord establishing a new relationship between Moscow and Nato. Mr Putin hopes to make progress on a number of trade and political i
Libya has offered $2.7 billion to compensate families of the 270 victims of the Lockerbie air disaster, a law firm representing the families said.
France Telecom and its Orange SA unit are looking into the possibility of bidding for Bulgaria’s state-owned telecom monopoly the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC). That was announced by Bulgaria’s Transport Minister Plamen Petrov.
BNP Paribas posted a BGN 2,450 M post-tax profit for 2001, the bank announced. BGN 1, 269 M was paid in taxes.
EU Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen arrives on a two-day official visit to Bulgaria in the evening today. On May 30, Verheugen will confer with Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg and will attend a meeting of the Council on European Integration with the
The Russe shipyard announced that it would complete the construction of four dry cargo vessels ordered by German owners by end-2002. A new contract for construction of more ships is expected to be signed with Germany’s Briese Schiffahrts GmbH&Co.
After a four-day search, the body of Rossitza Zhelyazkova, a Bulgarian living in Syria was found on May 28 in the yard of her house in Damask. She was brutally killed, the main suspect for the brutal crime is the husband of Zhelyazkova, the Syrian citizen
President Bush met Pope John Paul Tuesday . The pope, whose health has been failing, appeared in relatively good condition as he greeted Bush standing at his desk in his private study in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace.
The Constitutional Court refused to consider the case, tabled in end-April at the demand of MPs of Coalition for Bulgaria and five independent MPs who left the group of Simeon II National Movement against the contract between the Finance Ministry and Crow
The leader of the rightist opposition parties Union of Democratic Forces and former foreign minister Nadezhda Mihaylova will meet with EU Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen during his two-day visit to Bulgaria in the end of this week. The two poli
India said on Tuesday Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's latest speech on the countries' military standoff over Kashmir was disappointing and dangerous and had stoked tensions rather than eased them. Pakistan fired the last in a series of missile tests
Aniventure Comic Con Returns to Bulgaria with Star Guest Christopher Judge!
Global Fuel Shock: Oil Jumps Over 40% Since Iran War Began
