Afghanistan is observing a formal day of mourning for victims of the earthquake that struck the northern province of Baghlan earlier this week. At least 1,000 people are now known to have died in the quake, and tens of thousands left homeless.
The Central Bank, the State Securities Commission and the state agencies supervising insurance companies and pension funds set up a Consultative Council for Financial Supervision. The establishment of the Council aims to improve the control of Bulgaria’s
Amendments to the Public Procurement Act and the price of natural gas for consumers are to be discussed at the next meeting of the Council for Economic Growth, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev, chairman of the Council, said at t
Parliament voted down a motion to ban drivers completely from using alcohol while driving. The current concentration limit of 5 per 1,000 units in blood samples is still valid.
Standard & Poor assigned a BB-senior unsecured debt rating to the new euro- and dollar-denominated eurobonds issued by Bulgaria, maturing in 2013 and 1025 respectively. The rating is considered to reflect the government’s record of prudent economic and fi
Russia officially voiced its support for Bulgaria’s demand for 33% participation in the construction of the trans-Balkan oil pipeline Burgas –Alexandroupolis, Deputy Prime Minister Kostadin Paskalev said. Greece insisted on a 20% of Bulgarian participatio
The European Union’s decision to boost steel tariffs by as much as 26% from April 3 may force Bulgaria’s Stomana Industry company to direct part of its produce to Canada, Lyudmil Stoikov, CEO of Evrometal, said, quoted by Dnevnik Daily. Evrometal is one o
Foreign Minister Passy called on the representatives of the non-governmental sector to focus on Bulgaria’s major foreign policy priority – invitation for NATO at the Prague summit in November. This happened at his meeting with representatives of ten NGOs,
Argentines swarmed around banks to buy U.S.
Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah called Wednesday for the Arab world to establish "normal relations" with Israel in exchange for the Israeli withdrawal from occupied territories. A short time after Abdullah's speech, however, the summit was thrown into confusi
Supermodel Naomi Campbell has won her privacy action against the Mirror newspaper. She has been awarded ?3,500, a relatively small amount of damages, and the newspaper has been ordered to pay her costs.
Bulgaria’s permanent population stood at 7,929,500 people as of December 31,2001. The number of those who live in Bulgaria went down by 220,000 (2,3%) compared to 2000.
The sell-off procedure of the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) will open on April 2, the Executive Director of the Privatization Agency Apostol Apostolov announced. He explained that the start of the key privatization deal had been delayed delib
The Social Ministry granted the 100th credit of the Guarantee Fund for Microcredits to a family from the town of Montana. The loan is to be paid back over a five-year period of time with a six-month grace period.
The chairman of the party Simeon II National Movement will be elected at the National Conference for a three-year term, the final draft statute of the movement stipulates. Under the draft statute, prepared by a working group for the party’s constituent as
The establishment of a permanent body with the Supreme Judicial Council, to which judges can turn to when threatened, was requested by the Union of Judges in Bulgaria. The demand was prompted by the recently published reports of judges being threatened.
Associated Press Leaders of the 10 countries applying for NATO membership pledged March 26 to continue to fight global terrorism and cooperate to bolster one another's bid to join the alliance.
The information published in the media with allegations that a meeting of Al-Qaida took place in Sofia did not originate from any institution in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zelko Mirjanic said. He heads a parliamentary delegation from the federation that arr
Bulgaria ranks tenth among the 19 countries classified as potential leaders under the technology achievement index (TAI), data from UNDP's Human Development Report 2001, show. Bulgaria precedes Poland, Croatia and Romania and is behind Greece.
Drivers will not be allowed to use mobile phones while behind the wheel, amendments to the road traffic act the Parliament adopted envisage. The law will not be applied if the driver uses hand-free set.
Leftist “Coalition for Bulgaria” demanded the resignation of Bulgaria’s Finance Minister Milen Velchev. That happened after parliamentary speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov did not move for voting the proposal of “Coalition for Bulgaria” to invite the prime minist
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