“It is possible to transform the unpaid electricity bills, owed by Roma population in Plovdiv into bad governmental loans and to write them off, “ Finance Minister Velchev said on February 21. He stated that after tension increased in the Plovdiv Roma qua
State tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac Holding plans a large-scale campaign in Russia to defend the brand names of the holding’s cigarettes, the Executive Director of Bulgartabac Georgi Popov said. Swiss-based Selectinvest has registered as its own, the bran
Bank Austria will conduct a financial and legal analysis of Biochim Bank starting from March 11 as part of its preparations to buy Bulgaria’s third largest bank, the head of the Bank Consolidation Company Neli Kordovska announced. Another candidate, Bulga
Mr. Yaroslaw Lindenberg has been Poland's Ambassador to Bulgaria since the end of 1998.
The average per capita annual investments in Bulgaria for the previous 5 years totals USD 74, Prof. Vladimir Kvint said.
Bulgaria does not avail itself fully of the traditional opportunities for trade with Russia," Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin who co-chairs the Bulgarian-Russian intergovernmental commission for trade, economic, scientific and technical cooper
Bulgaria’s biggest GSM operator Mobiltel projects 2 million subscribers at end-2002, Herbert Kordt, chairman of the Management Board, forecast. Currently Mobiltel clients are 1.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to sell in July its 10% stake in the United Bulgarian Bank (UBB) for USD 23 M. The share will be bought by the National Bank of Greece, a majority owner of the second-biggest Bulgarian institu
The war crimes trial of Slobodan Milosevic took a new unexpected turn when a key witness said he was too ill to finish his testimony. Farmer Agim Zeqiri, who had been giving evidence about "ethnic cleansing" killings, was excused by the court before the f
US military experts will be granted access to classified information on the Bulagrian army, starting February 26 till March 1, 2002. According to the Cabinet decision the information will be given in briefings and electronic carriers to the US military de
The second group of Bulgarian military contingent, which will join the international peacekeeping forces in Afghanistan, already arrived in Kabul. The Bulgarian servicemen are accommodated at a building of a British contingent.
Even in a group of seven countries Bulgaria enjoys very good chances of being invited for NATO entry in November, Stanimir Ilchev, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Policy, Defence and Security, said. His comment was prompted by the state
Reducing the cost of the project for expanding Burgas port by USD 17 M has been discussed by Cabinet behind closed doors. The project’s cost negotiated with the Japanese Bank for International Development stands at USD 150 M.
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Kiril Gotsev, Ivan Takev and Dimitur Tsonev are the three candidates for the position General Director of the Bulgarian National Television, selected by the Council on Electronic Media to continue in the competition. CEM members voted by secret ballot.
The economic recovery in 2000 did not result in a tangible improvement in Bulgaria's human development, a term that covers health, life expectancy, education and living standard, Development Cooperation Report - Bulgaria 2000, says. According to data rep
According to the amendments to the State Lottery Regulation, approved by the Cabinet, no less than 50% of the revenues will be used for paying prizes.
The Cabinet approved the regulation about the competitions under the Privatisation Act. It complies with the new Act, which was passed by Parliament.
Israeli gunships fanned out across Palestinian territories, hitting Palestinian security and police targets in near simultaneous raids on Thursday. The latest Israeli operation came soon after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's security Cabinet approve
British troops have come under fire in Afghanistan for the second time in less than a week. A patrol of British paratroopers was shot at in the Afghan capital and returned fire, a spokesman for the British-led multinational force in Kabul said on Thursday
In Beijing on the third and final stop of a six-day Asian tour, U.S.
Bulgaria's Strategic Role in the EU's Drone Wall Defense Initiative
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