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For the first time this year the `Top Model Bulgaria 2001` beuty contest will be held in Bulgaria. It`s a part of the well-known international contest `World Top Model`, which is held for the seventh year in a row by the world beauty organization.
Society | August 11, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
The Independent - London
BY MAUREEN HIRON
Sports | August 11, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
Valya Balkanska, the Biserovi sisters, Blagovest Poruzhanova, Daniela Traicheva, the Chinari folk formation, the Biseri Roma orchestra and the Romane Chihaya orchestra will perform August 11-15 at the festival venues in Sofia, Burgas and Varna. The titl
Society | August 11, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
BMW dealer in Vrana Lazar Anev (33) and his bodyguard were shot dead on Fiday. Anev was the owner of Albion Cars company and ran also several hotels.
Business | August 11, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
A judge from the Sofia Court of Appeal was appointed yesterday by the Premier a chief secretary of the Council of Ministers. Sevdalin Mavrov is to be in charge of all the tasks of the Cabinet’s administration.
Politics | August 11, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
Jurist Petko Nikolov is the new head of the Supervisory Board of the Privatisation Agency. He was elected with consent at the first sitting of the Board.
Business | August 10, 2001, Friday // 00:00
Only 10% of Bulgarians use debit cards and 7 000 have credit cards. According to information of the Bank Organization for Payments Initiated by Cards (BORICA), 34 217 cards were issued in July, brining their total number to 799 079; 32 327 of the issued c
ROMANIAN PRIME MINISTER Adrian Nastase will pay a visit to Bulgaria on Tuesday, August 14, at the invitation of Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg. The agenda includes discussions on the two countries` future accession to the EU and NATO, the situation in
Politics | August 10, 2001, Friday // 00:00
James Pardew, special advisor for the Balkans to US President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell, met with President Stoyanov, PM Saxe-Coburg, Foreign Minister Passy and Defence Minister Nikolai Svinarov on Friday.
Politics | August 10, 2001, Friday // 00:00
Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg signed Friday the orders appointing the key deputy ministers, the Chief Secretary and Parliamentary Secretary of the Council of Ministers. The list of the deputy ministers is not final.
Politics | August 10, 2001, Friday // 00:00
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom
Sofia - Industrial sales in the first six months of 2001 increased 4 per cent from a year earlier, the National Statistical Institute said.
The Bulgarian transport ministry refused reports in the foreign press alleging that the sick boy on board a Sabena flight died as a result of Bulgarian authorities delayed by an hour` permission for an emergency landing at Sofia Airport. A Sabena aircraft
Politics | August 10, 2001, Friday // 00:00
Doctor Robert Ballard, who discovered the exact location of the remains of the `Titanic` and the `Bismarck`, arrived in Sofia. Starting August 15, Ballard and his team will search for evidence that the Biblical deluge started in the Black Sea some 7,500 y
Society | August 10, 2001, Friday // 00:00
New ideas for cooperation in high-tech and telecommunications topped the agenda of a meeting between Transport and Telecommunications Minister Plamen Petrov and US Ambassador here Richard Miles. Petrov said that US partners should assist more actively in
Business | August 10, 2001, Friday // 00:00
Kostadin Paskalev, newly appointed minister of regional development told that a brand program has been moved to the government for approval and sale of land to foreigners for industrial purposes will be possible soon, BTA press agency reported. However, i
Politics | August 10, 2001, Friday // 00:00
The Privatisation Agency cancelled the privatisation procedure for Hotel Victoria in the village of Ognyanovo, Gotse Delchev municipality. The procedure was re-opened on May 29, 2001, as one of the last decisions endorsed by the former PA CEO, Levon Hampa
Business | August 10, 2001, Friday // 00:00
The Council of Ministers issued an official statement in which it rejects the accusations published by the Greek daily Ethnos, according to which Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg is supporting and financing a newly-founded organization that demands the r
Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg will meet his Romanian counterpart Adrian Nastase on August 14 in the Borovets resort to discuss the Vidin-Calafat Danube bridge.
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Politics | August 9, 2001, Thursday // 00:00
`A new rehabilitation programme for the Bulgarian State Railways will be launched by this year`s end`, Transport Minister Plamen Petrov announced on Thursday. A new management concept will be developed for the troubled state-owned railways.
Business | August 9, 2001, Thursday // 00:00
BGN 680,000 from the parliamentary budget have been set aside for the purchase and installation of computer equipment in parliament, National Assembly General Secretary Ognyan Avramov said. The PC provider will be chosen under the Public Procurements A
Business | August 9, 2001, Thursday // 00:00
The Bulgarian Socialist Party suggests that the government should provide low-interest credits in kind for farmers, such as seed and fuels, and also medium-term credits for fertilizers, party leader Georgi Parvanov said after meeting Prime Minister Simeon
Politics | August 9, 2001, Thursday // 00:00
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