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STANDING COMMITTEES COMPOSITION APPROVED

The National Assembly Friday approved the composition and leadership of all of its 20 standing committees. Committee membership ranges from 28 to 16.

Politics | July 20, 2001, Friday // 00:00

AGREEMENT ON COALITION GOVERNMENT SIGNED

The agreement on coalition governance between the King`s party and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms was signed on Friday, 3 p.m.

Politics | July 20, 2001, Friday // 00:00

GERDJIKOV: `NATO MEMBERSHIP IN FOUR YEARS`

`If Bulgaria receives an invitation to join NATO in 2002 it will be fully integrated with the Pact two years later`, parliamentary speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov said after the traditional lunch of the ambassadors of NATO member-states. According to him the tw

Politics | July 20, 2001, Friday // 00:00

HIGHER SALARIES FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

Members of Parliament will receive base monthly salary of BGN 750, which is three times the average monthly wage of the employed in the public sector. The salaries increased by BGN 90 than in the 38th national Assembly.

Politics | July 20, 2001, Friday // 00:00

GLOBUL NETWORK CHECKED UP

The Telecommunications Commission will check up the level of the signal of the second GSM operator in Bulgaria, GloBul, in different points in Sofia. The new operator started officially on Wednesday.

Business | July 20, 2001, Friday // 00:00

FORD CELEBRATES 90 YEARS IN BULGARIA

A double anniversary of 90 years Ford in Bulgaria and 10 years Moto-Pfohe celebrate the exclusive representative of Ford, Volvo and Jaguar in Bulgaria on Friday. The celebration will begin with a concert in the center of Sofia, where there will be an open

Business | July 19, 2001, Thursday // 00:00

MACEDONIANS ASK FOR ASYLUM

Eight Macedonian citizens have filed applications asking to be granted asylum in Bulgaria in the past month, Boiko Antonov, Chairman of the Refugee Agency announced. 25 Macedonians have asked the agency how they could extend their stay in Bulgaria.

Politics | July 19, 2001, Thursday // 00:00

BUSINESS IN BRIEF

The second unit of the KOZLODUY Nuclear Power Plant was re-connected to the national grid after completing the planned annual outage and reached 50% of its capacity on Wednesday. The sixth unit is still in annual outage.

Business | July 19, 2001, Thursday // 00:00

AHMED DOGAN INVITED TO TRIPOLI

Ahmed Dogan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, was invited to visit Tripoli with an official letter by the Libya`s ambassador to Bulgaria. `The doors of Libya are opened for the people of the MRF at any time.

Politics | July 19, 2001, Thursday // 00:00

FIRST BOBOVDOL MINE SOLD

The private Bobovdol Transport AD ranked first in the bidding for the open mine Christo Botev in Bobovdol. It is the largest creditor of the mines in South-western Bulgaria.

Business | July 19, 2001, Thursday // 00:00

DRUG TRAFFICKING RING FROM TURKEY BROKEN

Drug trafficking ring from Turkey to Western Europe, based in the city of Silistra, has been broken with 14 kg of heroin seized. The heroin was concealed in a specially made compartments of a Bulgarian-registered car.

Business | July 19, 2001, Thursday // 00:00

US ATLANTIC COUNCIL APPRAISES BG DEFENCE INDUSTRY

The Atlantic Council of USA issued a report on the Bulgarian defence industry recommending that `the US and their NATO allies should assist Bulgaria in transforming and reorienting its defence industry but only if the country continues tightening arms exp

Politics | July 19, 2001, Thursday // 00:00

96 000 TONS OF BARLEY SOLD TO THE MIDDLE EAST

Bulgaria has sold 96,000 tons of barley from the new crop to the Middle East at $85-$92 per ton. The forecast for the total exports is up to 200,000 tons, traders and analysts said on Wednesday.

Business | July 19, 2001, Thursday // 00:00

BALKAN NEGOTIATES WITH NECKERMANN

Balkan Airlines is negotiating charter flights with one of the biggest tour-operators Neckermann. Next week experts from the commercial department of Balkan leave for Germany.

Business | July 19, 2001, Thursday // 00:00

PARLIAMENT MEMBERS BANNED FROM MANAGING BOARDS

Members of Parliament cannot participate in management or supervisory boards of trade companies, the temporary committee of the 39th National Assembly decided Wednesday. The MPs will have to declare whether they have direct financial interest in a particu

Politics | July 19, 2001, Thursday // 00:00

MS PRAISES SOFTWARE PIRACY RESISTANCE IN BULGARIA

`Microsoft appreciates the political will of President Stoyanov to fight software piracy and to promote the enforcement of copyright legislation`, MS Senior Vice President Jean-Philippe Courtois writes in a letter to Stoyanov. The two met on June 21, 2001

Business | July 19, 2001, Thursday // 00:00

SOCIALISTS DEMAND INQUIRY INTO KOSTOV`S CABINET

Coalition for Bulgaria submitted Wednesday a request on an inquiry into the activities of the government of Kostov between April 10 and July 5, 2001, i.e.

Politics | July 19, 2001, Thursday // 00:00

SOCIALISTS OPPOSE REVISION OF CONSTITUTION

`Coalition For Bulgaria believes that the Constitution should not be revised`, the Socialists` Deputy Floor Leader Kornezov said, commenting on the idea of Yunal Lyutfi of the ethnic Turks` Movement that the Constitution should be revised to reflect the f

Views on BG | July 18, 2001, Wednesday // 00:00

BG AIRPORT TO HOST NATO EXERCISE

`Graf Ignatievo Airport, which will host the NATO exercise codenamed `Cooperative Key`, is making good progress. The construction work must be completed on schedule for the exercise`, General Miho Mihov, Chief of the Bulgarian General Staff, announced.

Politics | July 18, 2001, Wednesday // 00:00

NYT: PLANTS FROM AMERICAN STANDARD BOLSTER BULGARIA'S ECONOMY

New York Times, By JOHN TAGLIABUE SEVLIEVO, Bulgaria — Much like a Martian spacecraft, a huge new factory that makes porcelain bathroom fixtures is a startling sight on the farmland outside this worn-down city of 25,000 in a remote corner of the Balkans.

Views on BG | July 18, 2001, Wednesday // 00:00

BBC: EX-KING STRIKES COALITION DEAL

BBC-The former King of Bulgaria, Simeon II, who won last month`s elections, has struck a coalition deal with a party representing the country`s ethnic Turkish minority. The Movement for Rights and Freedoms is due to sign the deal with the Simeon II Nation

Views on BG | July 18, 2001, Wednesday // 00:00
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