NATO enlargement to the south “continues to enjoy bipartisan support” in the US Senate, a letter by US Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, South Dakota Democrat, and Minority Leader Trent Lott, Mississippi Republican reads. The letter, addressed to Romani
Luc Montagnier, co-discoverer of HIV, has been invited to be expert on the case of the Bulgarian medics, charged with intentionally infecting Libyan children with the dangerous virus. That was announced by Foreign Minister Passy in Bucharest.
Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov and the General Director of the Russian company RSK "MiG" Nikolay Nikitin signed a contract for repairing of twenty Bulgarian MiG-29 fighter aircraft. The Russian company won the competition for repairing the aircraft in
The Indian parliament, meeting in a rare joint session, has voted in favour of controversial anti-terrorism legislation. The Prevention of Terrorism Bill was passed by 425 votes to 296 in the historic session - only the third of its kind since India gaine
A multi-billion-euro European network of global satellites has been given the green light. The Galileo system will provide precise navigational data for future car drivers, sailors and mobile phone users.
The rehabilitation plan of flag carrier Balkan Airlines has already been prepared by its receivers. The deadline for its submitting into court expires on March 27, but this could be changed, Hristo Mollov, one of Balkan receivers, said.
Final preparations for a key Arab summit are being overshadowed by the row over whether Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat should attend. Protests have been taking place across the Middle East to demand his presence at the Arab League talks in Beirut, where
US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage announced that he had no information on Al-Qaida terrorists meeting in Sofia. Al-Qaida terrorists operate in more than 60 countries, including my own, Armitage pointed out, adding that every cabinet’s efforts
The Privatization Agency (PA) signed the contract on Sandanska Bistritsa Cascade. The Czech company Energo-PRO will pay USD 33 M, half of it has already been paid in cash, the remainder will be paid in a 30-day period in compensatory papers.
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KPMG and Andersen are in discussions to find ways to combine their operations in the Central Europe region. Despite the complex nature of the negotiations, it is the intention to finalise an agreement as soon as possible with a view to combining operation
Bulgaria's Transport Minister Plamen Petrov said Bulgaria planned to set up joint ventures with foreign investors seeking concession for its major airports. The government has been working on plans for granting concessions for the country's three main civ
By Daniel Simpson BUCHAREST - Washington wants to admit as many new countries to NATO as are fit to join, U.
Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry denied Washington Post reports about a Bulgarian military airport on the Black Sea, “a de facto U.S.
“Bulgaria was not involved in any arms scandals in the last eight months, Nikolay Vassilev, economy minister and deputy prime minister pointed out in his opening speech to the participants in the round table “State and prospects for the military-industria
Stormy wind in Northeastern Bulgaria reached 20-25meters per second and cut power supplies in many villages. Following the heavy snowfall, trees fell and blocked a five-kilometer section of the Shipka pass.
None of the members of Kostov’s Cabinet has been involved in illegally taking out or destroying shorthand reports of the Cabinet’s meetings, Nadezhda Mihaylova, leader of the rightist opposition Union of Democratic Forces, said, commenting the statement o
An agreement on cooperation between the Cabinet and the social partners was signed by Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg, Social Minister Lidia Shuleva and the nationally representative organizations of the employers and the trade unions March 26. The Conf
More than 1,800 people are feared dead and thousands have been left homeless after a series of earthquakes struck Afghanistan's remote northern province of Baghlan, Reuters reported. Afghan officials cited figures of between 1,800 and 4,800 dead, while th
Local Cisco Networking Academy was officially opened in Plovdiv French language school March 26 by Cisco Systems Bulgaria and the regional Cisco Academy – Plovdiv. The initiative continues the already existing cooperation and envisages the introduction of
MobilTel launched its new national code 089 on March 25. The Commission on Communications Supervision gave a license to MobilTel to use third national code a week ago.
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