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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

UDF DISAPPROVES CHANGING THE ETHNIC MODEL

`The idea of changing the Bulgarian ethnic model poses certain risks to this country and should be subject to a very serious discussion`, Nadezhda Mihaylova, deputy chair of the UDF, said referring to statements by senior members of the Bulgarian ethnic T

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

ONE MINUTE VOTING TIME IN PARLIAMENT

Voting time in parliament was set at one minute, the temporary commission of the 39th National Assembly decided on Tuesday. The 15 seconds option proposed by the commission`s chairman Georgi Petkanov was not accepted by the caucuses of the Coalition for B

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

BUSINESS IN BRIEF

Russian president VLADIMIR PUTIN expressed Russia`s readiness to support the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, which he sees as the optimal route for oil deliveries to the Balkans and Southern Europe. ***

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

CASE AGAINST PLAMA FORMER RECEIVER POSTPONED

The lawsuit against Nova Plama`s former receiver, Nikolay Penev was postponed for a second time by the Pleven Regional Court. According to the prosecutor, Penev has committed breach of trust and has caused damages to the company amounting to BGN 150,000.

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

SIEMENS TO DEVELOP 3G MOBILE SYSTEM IN BG

Siemens plans to build a third-generation mobile communications system in Bulgaria in 2004, the company`s General Manager Uwe Quecke announced. The Bulgarian Government plans to license an operator of a 3G mobile network in 2005.

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

POLITICS IN BRIEF

`432 proposals for CABINET members have been submitted`, Antoniya Purvanova from the King`s movement announced, adding that large number were made by members of the public. The SNM MPs were given the opportunity on Tuesday to put forth candidacies for cab

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

NORWAY TO OPEN EMBASSY IN SOFIA

`Norway plans to open an embassy in Sofia`, Lyubomir Todorov, who is in charge the bilateral consular relations, said after meeting Arnt Rindol, Norwegian Ambassador to Romania. According to Rindol the emigration of Bulgarian Roma form the Rousse region a

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

GREECE TO PROVIDE EUR 1.5 M TO KOZLODUY NPP

Greece will provide EUR 1.5 M to the fund for closure of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant, which is run by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

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

BULGARIA TO PARTICIPATE IN $1 BLN PROJECT

Bulgaria will take part in a joint project for orbiting a television geo-stationary satellite, which will allow broadcasting 37 channels. The project will be carried out by Cyprus and the Vatican and is assessed at some $1 Bln.

Business | July 17, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

REUTERS: BULGARIA`S SIMEON II IN DEAL WITH ETHNIC TURKS

SOFIA, Bulgaria (Reuters) - Bulgaria`s prime minister designate, former King Simeon II, reached agreement on Tuesday on the formation of a coalition government, the first in the Balkan state to include an ethnic Turk party. No names of the future cabinet

Views on BG | July 17, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

KING`S PARTY AND MRF REACHED COALITION AGREEMENT

`The King`s movement and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms reached an agreement Tuesday for coalition governance of the country`, the movement`s floor leader Plamen Panayotov announced. It includes consensus on the priorities in the country`s governanc

Politics | July 17, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

REGULATIONS FOR REPORTERS IN PARLIAMENT

The Journalistic Union and the parliamentary leadership agreed on Monday to work out general regulations on the activities of reporters in the parliament. They will be effective from mid-September.

Politics | July 17, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

SOFIA MED GRANTED EUR 32.5 M

Sofia Med received a EUR 32.5 M loan from the World Bank`s International Finance Corporation and the National Bank of Greece, to finance part of the company`s investment program, amounting to some EUR 88 M.

Business | July 17, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

BRITAIN`S DEFENCE CHIEF VISITS BULGARIA

Admiral Sir Michael Boyce, Britain`s Chief of the Defence Staff, arrives Tuesday on a three-day official visit at the invitation of General Miho Mihov, Chief of the Bulgarian General Staff. Admiral Boyce will revise the progress of the reform in the arme

Politics | July 17, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

MTG REPRESENTATIVE TO SUE NOVA TV

Kevork Kevorkyan, former TV anchor, the most famous in Bulgaria and currently Swedish Modern Times Group representative will sue private Nova TV, he stated officially. Nova TV was deprived this weekend national-wide telecommunications license after Kevork

Politics | July 17, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

SMOKING IN THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING BANNED

Smoking in the building of parliament was banned today with order signed by newly elected chief of staff Ognjan Avramov. Members of parliament can smoke only in the caf? bar of the parliament and in the press center.

Politics | July 17, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

SOCIALISTS EXPERTS INVITED TO THE GOVERNMENT

At least two of our socialists experts were invited to join the new cabinet, Georgi Parvanov. BSP leader said.

Politics | July 17, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

MACEDONIAN DAILY COMMENTS ON ELECTION OF SIMEON II AS BULGARIAN PM

BBC Monitoring Service The Bulgarian king who was never crowned made history on the international political scene when he became the first person with royal blood to participate in parliamentary elections, to win the elections (convincingly), and after

Views on BG | July 17, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

FT: TITLES GALORE FOR SIMEON II

Financial Times; Jul 17, 2001 Romano Prodi, boss of the European Commission, is sometimes a bit too quick off the mark.

Views on BG | July 17, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

BULGARIA TO OPEN 7 CHAPTERS DURING BELGIUM TERM

Diring its six-month presidency of the European Union Belgium intends to open another seven chapters of Bulgaria`s accession negotiations with the EU. This is included in the programme of the presidency on enlargement, which was presented in Brussels yest

Politics | July 17, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00
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