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The 9th exhibition of Turkish producers Balkanexpo 2002 opened on Wednesday.59 companies producing textiles, porcelain, glass, sanitary materials, machines for the dairy and food industry participate.
Parliament passed on first reading three ombudsman bills, moved by Lyuben Kornezov MP of the Socialist-dominated Coalition For Bulgaria, the right-wing opposition United Democratic Forces (UDF), and Emil Koshloukov, MP of the ruling Simeon II National Mov
Swiss government released EUR 100,000 to a network of local governance associations in Southeastern Europe, it emerged at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe held in Strasbourg. More funding will come later as the network starts to wo
Three more Bulgarian companies Vanela Ltd, based in the village of Tsarimir near Plovdiv (South Central Bulgaria), Buldex in the village of Belitsa near Silistra (Northeastern Bulgaria) and Markelli of Kazanluk (Central Bulgaria) - will get permission for
Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria opened three new branches in the Black Sea resorts Zlatni Pyasutsi and Slunchev Bryag as well as in the town of Smolyan. Thus, the number of the bank’s branches in Bulgaria reached twenty.
A bill on confiscation of illegal incomes is to be drawn up within a month, Interior Minister Petkanov announced. The bill, following the example of Swiss, US and Irish legislation, will affect primarily those who accumulated money through smuggling.
The first biography of Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg was launched Thursday at the national Library in Madrid, during a presentation attended by hundreds of people. Prince Kardam of Turnovo pronounced the final words and they were followed by a prolong
Bulgaria is the only country that has set about shutting down reactors without a clear accession roadmap, Energy Minister Kovachev said during the discussions at the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee in Brussels June 3-4. The development of the Bu
According to a cooperation protocol signed between Sofia and Moscow last week, Russian experts will study the opportunities for the construction of a new nuclear power plant at Bulgaria’s Danube town of Belene, Russia’s daily Komersant reported. Moscow’s
Bulgaria’s Transport Minister Plamen Petrov announced that there were already ten potential bidders for telecom monopoly Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) at a news conference. He declined, though, to elaborate who these candidate buyers are.
Five bidders for the sell-off of Bulgaria’s tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac Holding were allowed to enter the second stage of the competition. It will open on June 10 and will close on July 22.
We must change Bulgaria together - business, students and the government, Maxim Behar, Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum Chairman said at the opening of an unique roundtable in Sofia University. More than 120 participants for leading local and internationa
The Associated Press By George Gedda
Food, medicine and friendly waves are part of a public relations arsenal employed by British forces hunting down remnants of the al Qaeda and Taliban while trying to woo wary Afghan villagers. "The idea is you help on the one hand and carry a big stick on
An international flight made an unscheduled landing on Wednesday at Boston's Logan International Airport because of an unruly passenger, who was taken into custody by the FBI, Massachusetts state police said. Police said the plane was headed from Cancun,
Speaking before he departed on a regional security summit in Kazakhstan, India's Prime Minster Atal Behari Vajpayee raised the possibility of joint patrols as a way of ending militant incursions in the disputed Himalayan region and easing tensions between
The signing of these documents iron out differences in bilateral relations, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, commented the three documents that were signed after the end of official talks between him and Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Cobur
The conditions for investments and business in Bulgaria will be presented by Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev in the European business forum on “Entrepreneurship and sustainable development in enlarged Europe” to be held in Brussels June 6-June 8. Minist
The condition of Danail Ivanov, the conscript, who was seriously injured at the Slivnitsa training ground, is getting even worse. It is the first time that the doctors say they do not hold out much hope for the life of Danail Ivanov, after he was hit wit
Russia’s Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Kolotuhin and Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Russia Iliyan Vassilev signed on Wednesday an annex to the 1995 bilateral Agreement on the Settlement of the Mutual Obligations between the Russian Federation and Bulgaria. The
Bulgaria’s President and the Speaker of the Macedonian Parliament Stojan Andov discussed at a meeting in Sofia economic initiatives, aiming to reduce the disbalance in the trade turnover between the two countries. The officials also discussed the project
Aniventure Comic Con Returns to Bulgaria with Star Guest Christopher Judge!
Global Fuel Shock: Oil Jumps Over 40% Since Iran War Began
