Israeli helicopters and tanks attacked Palestinian targets in the West Bank Sunday in response to a series of weekend attacks by Palestinian militant groups that have killed at least 20 Israelis. One Palestinian was killed in the Ramallah tank shelling an
Two Russian companies – petrol company Tatneft and Nizhnekamskshina - have shown interest in the privatisation of Bulgarian bankrupt chemical plant Vidachim. Their representatives are expected to visit the plant till mid-March and check its capacities.
British company Lifton Industries will invest more than USD 1 M in its Russe-based daughter company Lifton Bulgaria for the construction of workshops Boryana Manolova, president of the Bulgarian company, announced. Lifton Industries produce hydraulic tool
Good political climate is a prerequisite for good business relations between Bulgaria and Russia, Russian State Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznyov said in his lecture before the forum Bulgaria-Russia. He pointed out that trade between Bulgaria and Russia and
A total of 32 insurance companies and 103 insurance brokers, licensed according to international requirements, operate on the Bulgarian insurance market, Yordan Choukov, Insurance Supervision Agency Chief Secretary, said. Foreigners participate in half of
Macedonian Foreign Minister Slobodan Casule arrives on a brief working visit in Sofia March 4 at the invitation of his counterpart Minister Passy. The two official are expected to sign a joint letter on building a link section for the Sofia-Skopje railway
The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) demanded for a 3% unemployment insurance during the negotiations for budget 2003. In 2002 the instalment to the Unemployment Fund is set at 4%, equally divided between the emploer and the e
Bulgaria and Portugal endorsed agreement on reciprocal employment March 2, which will be enforced after it is signed in Portugal in two moths’ time. Under the agreement no limits or quotas are to be placed on the number of the employees or the type of wor
Layns Holding – Sofia was awarded the traditional Golden Martenitsa annual award of Made in Bulgaria union. The Holding topped the category for Bulgarian company with considerable contribution to raising productivity and quality.
Hilton Sofia with Richmond Productions will present the London and Broadway smash-hit romantic comedy Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell on March 4 and 5 at Hilton Sofia’s Moussala Ballroom. Tickets are BGN 150.
Equities trade on the markets of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange was relatively calm over the last week. The trade in all sectors exceeded that of the previous week.
National Carrier Balkan Airlines plane Tu-154 M, heading for London, made an emergency landing in the afternoon of March 2, after crossing the Serb air border. No casualties have been reported.
The group also claimed responsibility for a suicide attack Saturday in Jerusalem that killed nine bystanders, including four children. In a separate incident Sunday, one Israeli was killed and four others wounded at the Kissufim Crossing on the Gaza-Israe
Killings in India's worst Hindu-Muslim bloodshed in a decade eased overnight, but the death toll jumped to almost 500 as scores more bodies were pulled from the rubble, officials said on Sunday. In the bloodiest incident overnight, a mob burned four peopl
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Russia will extend financial aid for the third time to gild the domes crowning the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, located at the foot of the Balkan Range near Shipka, Russian State Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznyov announced before he paid tribute to t
"This is one of the most significant dates in Bulgaria's history," President Parvanov said in his congratulating speech on National Holiday March 3. He underlined that Bulgaria's liberaiotn was result of the efforts of Russian and Western intellectuals.
Bulgaria is against the two-wave formula of EU entry and will insist that the terms of EU negotiations are kept unchanged, the stand Bulgaria will defend in the European Convention on the Future of Europe reads. The five representatives of the Bulgarian P
Unity on national priorities and consistent efforts for their achievement is the challenge Bulgaria faces so that the national triumph of 1878 may be continued, a congratulating address of Simeon II National Movement on National Holiday March 3, reads. Ac
Tereza Marinova won the women's triple jump gold medal at the European indoor athletics championships March 2. She took the first place with a season's best result - 14.
The privatization procedure of Bulgartabac is expected to be launched in April or May and to be completed in July at the latest, Agriculture Minister Mehmed Dikme said. He confirmed that top priority will be the protection of 250,000 producers’ interests,
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