"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.
The two MPs Elka Anastassova and Stella Bankova, from whom Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg demanded to hand in their resignations, said for the Bulgarian National Radio that they will not leave Parliament. They said that they will only leave the parliamentary
The salary of the Bulgarian women equals 67% of the salary of the men, Lidia Dimova, Director of the Social Research Agency stated. According to her, the reason for that is the fact that the women have limited access to well paid jobs.
Any lingering doubts about the depth of Japan's economic troubles were washed away on Friday with news that the economy shrank throughout the last nine months of 2001. Only once in two decades, in 1993, did that happen, the government said.
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.
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan gave Congress a more optimistic appraisal of the U.S.
Irish voters have narrowly rejected a move to strengthen the predominantly Roman Catholic country's abortion law, final results show. The referendum, held on Wednesday, focused on a legal loophole that allows women to have an abortion if they claim to be
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Israeli troops swept through Palestinian-ruled Bethlehem Friday as the United States prepared to follow a long trail of bloodshed with a new truce mission by its Middle East envoy. At least 34 Palestinians, including a general and a nine-year-old boy, had
Minister of Energy and Energy Resources Milko Kovachev signed a declaration, according to which Bulgaria joins the memorandum on establishment of competitive regional energy market in Southeast Europe. The Coordinator of the Committee for Regional Energy
Bulgaria's steps in the fight against terrorism have been highly commended at a meeting of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria to the UN with Subcommittee A of the Counter-Terrorism Committee with the UN Security Council. The meeting took pl
12, 8% of the total 424,961 foreign tourists who visited Turkey in February, 2001 were Bulgaria, Dnevnik Daily reported. Thus, Bulgaria ranked second with 54, 360 tourists after Germany with 94,850.
Three companies - Intelkan Technosystems ING, Thales ATM and Alenia Marconi Systems submitted offers for participation in the modernisation of the Graf Ignatievo and Krumovo military airports near Plovdiv (Southern Bulgaria). The companies, which were inv
Prospects for further development of cooperation and solidarity among NATO applicant countries, joint activities in the fight against terrorism and the situation in Southeast Europe are to be discussed at the Skopje meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the
The Bulgarian insurance companies reported in 2001 BGN 378.6 M in premium income, amounting to 10% growth compared to 2000.
The number of Russian tourists who visited Bulgaria’s winter resorts this year decreased four times compared to previous years, Pari daily reported. That is a result of the visa restrictions introduced in 2001.
The Bank Consolidation Company has extended the deadline for submitting privatization offers for state-owned Biochimbank. The candidates should complete due diligence at the bank by April 19.
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