8,500 people will leave the Bulgarian army by the end of the year, 21,755 will be laid off by the end of 2004, General Major Lyuben Pandev from the General Staff of the army said while making public the main parameters of “Plan 2004” for the army reform.
Bulgarian Culture Minister Bozhidar Abrashev and his Hungarian counterpart Zoltan Rockenbauer signed an intergovernmental accord on the status and activity of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Budapest and of the Hungarian Cultural Institute in Sofia.Th
Deputy Foreign Minister Ivan Petkov and Petko Dimitrov, chief of the Foreign Ministry's Middle East and Asia directorate, leave for Israel in the beginning of next week for political consultations with representatives of the Israeli Foreign Ministry. The
The thirteenth two-day national conference of the rightist Union of Democratic Forces opened on January 9th. Over 4000 delegates participate.
Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg is on an official visit to Romania at the invitation of his counterpart - Adrian Nastase during the week-end. He will have have lunch with his cousin King Michael I during his visit to Romania.
The President's veto on the Privatization Act was overridden by the economic committee with the Parliament March 8. Eleven ruling majority MPs considered groundless all motives of the President.
Five MPs from the Simeon II National Movement filed requests for leaving the Simeon II National Movement parliamentary group. Besides Elka Anastassova and Stella Bankova who were asked by the prime minister to leave Parliament on March 7, Siika Dimovska,
Bulgaria announces at one and the same time in London and Sofia the beginning of an operation for exchange of brady bonds with new eurobonds, Finance Minister Velchev announced. The new eurobonds will be floated in two issues with date of payment January
Kmart, the US discount retailer that filed for bankruptcy protection in January, said it would cut 22,000 jobs - some 10 per cent of the total workforce - and close 284 stores as part of its initial Chapter 11 financial review. The group said it would tak
Social Minister Lidia Shuleva signed an agreement on au pair workers in Strasbourg March 8. Under the agreement only licensed Bulgarian companies will send au pairs to Europe, while the recipient countries will provide good living conditions and pay the w
EU and NATO refusal to accept Bulgaria won’t change the political orientation of Bulgaria, President Parvanov said, it emerged after a meeting of his with a delegation of the European Socialists Party. According to Parvanov, if both EU and NATO do not acc
Slobodan Milosevic brandished what he said was an FBI document showing al Qaeda backed Muslim fighters in Kosovo as he insisted Friday that Albanian separatists were the true villains in the war-torn province. Sparring with a Kosovo human rights activist
The floor leaders of the Simeon II National Movement, the Movement for Freedoms and Rights and Coalition for Bulgaria agreed to work together on the legislative priorities, related to Bulgaria’s efforts to join NATO. The MPs met in Parliament at the initi
Sweden’s demand Swedish military aircraft to fly over Bulgaria was approved by Parliament on March 8. The overflight will take place from March 13 to March 22.
Bulgaria’s Kontrax Holding will build the cable infrastructure of the Interior Ministry and its regional directorates. The company is also prepared to take part in the project for creation of national cadastre, financed by the World Bank, Kontrax director
EU veterinarians made an inspection to find how the Bulgarian system of mad cow disease prevention and control works. The official report will be ready within 20 days.
"Bulgaria is playing and will continue to play an active role in the fight against terrorism," Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Passy said in his speech at the plenary meeting in Skopje of the Vilnius Group of the ten countries aspiring to join NATO: Albania,
President Parvanov and Patriarch Maxim agreed at a meeting on March 8th that there was a need for a new ecclesiastical law that will lead to unity of the Bulgarian church. Patriarch Maxim informed the President on the state on the Bulgarian orthodox churc
The strategy for accelerated EU negotiations was approved by Parliament on March 8th. The strategy was presented February 14 to the Parliament by Meglena Kuneva, Chief Negotiator with the European Union, and Foreign Minister Solomon Passy.
The Bulgarian diplomatic mission in Afghanistan will resume operation this spring, Deputy Foreign Minister Ivan Petkov told journalists. Bulgaria and Afghanistan established diplomatic relations at the level of embassies on June 12, 1961.
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister will leave on a working visit to Spain March 14.He is scheduled to meet with his Spanish counterpart Josep Pique and with Defence Minister Federico Trillo.
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