The Transport Ministry has asked the receivers of Bulgaria’s indebted flag carrier to disclose details about Balkan’s deal to hire two Boeings 737s aircraft from Germany’s Lufthansa, Dnevnik Daily reported. Balkan Airlines paid an installment of EUR 320,0
Pan-European consortium Eureko will not bid for Bulgaria’s state-owned insurer State Insurance Institute (DZI), a Eureko official said, reported by Dnevnik Daily. According to him there exists a possibility of his taking part in the sell-off procedure via
The Finance Ministry’s debut issue of 10-year, fixed interest T-bonds yielded 7,77% at the April 15 auction as the full amount on offer was sold, underscoring investor interest. The BGN 15 M of T-bonds on offer were the first part of a BGN 90 M issue that
Bulgarian Railways transport of passengers and goods went down by 15 percent for the first quarter of the year in comparison with the same period last year, Transport Minister Plamen Petrov announced. No changes in railways tariffs are expected, but any c
Two big events will mark the end of May in Bulgaria’s capital – the visit of Pope John Paul II (www.popeinbulgaria.
The Privatisation Agency opened the tender for the sale of a 100% of the capital of Pharmachim Holding and about 45% of the capital of the Chemical Pharmaceutical Research Institute. The start price in the open bidding is set at nearly BGN 5 M, the deposi
Officials from Libya’s Security Services confessed that they had tortured the Bulgarian medics in Libya during the first months of their arrest, Bulgaria’s Trud daily reported quoting sources close to foundation “Qaddafi.” Five Bulgarian nurses and one do
Israeli forces have arrested the West Bank chief of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, Marwan Barghouti, one of Israel's most wanted men. Mr Barghouti, 41, sought by Israel since it launched its West Bank offensive on 29 March, was arrested in the city of Ra
Bulgaria’s position on the Middle East conflict is balanced and I hope all political powers will continue to support it in the future, Israeli Ambassador to Bulgaria Emanuel Zisman said at his meeting with Parliamentary Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov. The amba
Oil prices rebounded on Monday after pro-OPEC president Hugo Chavez was reinstalled in Venezuela after a failed military coup last week. Crude prices were also helped by a renewed call by Iran for an oil embargo against Israel and its allies.
European Union foreign ministers are meeting in Luxembourg to consider a German peace plan for the Middle East as well as possible trade sanctions against Israel for its military offensive in Palestinian areas. The talks come after Germany became the firs
At least four American soldiers have been killed while blowing up unexploded ordinance near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. United States Defense Department officials said several others were injured or missing.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell held talks in Lebanon and Syria aimed at calming tensions along Israel's troubled northern border. After meeting Lebanon's President Emile Lahoud, Mr Powell warned: "There is a very real danger of the situation along the
UK-based Melrose Resources plc, oil and gas exploration, development and production company, plans to deliver gas in Galate, Bulgaria in the second half of 2003, France Press Agency subsidiary AFX reported. Turnover for the year to Dec 31, 2001 was GBP 14
All documents on the British company “Crown Agents,” contracted by the government to consult the Bulgarian customs will be tabled in the Constitutional Court. In order to do that the MPS from “Coalition for Bulgaria” ar to open a sign-up in Parliament in
The United States supports a "robust" expansion of NATO to bring in new members from Eastern Europe, but thinks it is too early to say who will be invited to join, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Marc Grossman said Monday, quoted by the
Guenter Verheugen, EU Enlargement Commissioner, stated in Luxembourg that he saw no danger from slowing down the process, which will lead to accession of no more than ten new EU members in 2004. “I think that the political will of the European Union is s
Interior Ministry Chief Secretary General Boyko Borissov is to participate in the international conference on drug traffic combat, which will take place in Bucharest on April 17,18. Bulgaria heads the working group, which is to draw up concrete measures
A young man, 27, tried to rob the office of Eurobank in the Danubian town of Lom on April 15. He was armed with a knife and a spray.
Antalya - Turkish Daily News With his background, a Jew of Moroccan origin, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy has an interesting identity, which enables him to understand the suffering of the two sides fighting in the Middle East.
The accelerated legislative work on Bulgaria’s NATO accession before the Prague summit should be top priority, the participants in the meeting of the Council on European and Euro Atlantic integration with the Presidency unanimously agreed. President Parva
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