Three border policemen from Kulata border checkpoint were fired. One of the fired: sergeant Pehlivanov let five empty cisterns to go out of the country without any border check.
Deputy Prime Minister Kostadin Paskalev ordered to the Finance Ministry to prepare possible amendments to the budget bill in case that there is an actualization of the bill. The amendments are to concern the insufficient funds in the municipalities budget
Bulgaria was ranked 108th among 156 countries by Wall Street Journal and Herritage foundation on the basis of the criteria: economic freedom for 2002. Bulgaria is ranked with the countries, which are considered to be “non-free”.
The Bulgarian Media Coalition will review next Wednesday the candidatures of the people who have applied for members of the new Council for Electronic Media (CEM). The members of the Council should have at least five years experience in the radio, televis
The International Fund with the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant signed several agreements for the modernization of the Bulgarian nuclear plant in London on November 17. Agreements were signed for EUR 7 M to be used for the construction of an Administration C
MPs from the Simeon II National Movement, ministers and some regional governors will have a meeting in Borovets during the first week-end after the second round of the presidential elections. A national movement MP said that the coalition partners will no
The Bulgarian Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg who is on an official visit to New York comes back from the United States on Sunday noon. He said that he will cast his vote in the village of German in the Sofia region.
The presidential elections cost BGN 10,194,000 to the state. BGN 6,2 M were spent for the first round of the elections.
The Bulgarian Eurobonds will be traded at the Bulgarian Stock Exchange. That was decided by the Stock Exchange’s Council of Directors.
The philosoper Jacque Derrida arrived in Sofia to participate in the tree-day conference "Monstrous Discourse. Balkans and Europe: deconstruction of policy.
'Only 112,000 Bulgarian citizens take within BGN 110 and BGN 140 monthly salary, while 1.1 million are paid up to BGN 400 per month.
On November 18, the Bulgarian people is to elect the Bulgarian President and Vice President – two candidate presidential couples run for the positions at the 2d round of the presidential elections – Parvanov-Marin and Stoyanov-Kutskova. The candidate pres
Financial Times By THEODOR TROEV and STEFAN WAGSTYL
The last pre-election live TV debate between the presidential candidates Parvanov and Stoyanov was rather tense. Stoyanov’s tone was nervous and angry in the beginning of the debate.
The Bulgarian Parliament passed at first reading the amendments to the Corporate Income Taxation Act. According to the amendments, profit tax will go down by 5%, from 20% to 15% for all larger companies.
The opponents on the coming presidential run-off – Petur Stoyanov, independent candidate, running for second mandate with the support of the ruling party and the United Democratic Forces and Georgi Parvanov, nominated by “Coalition for Bulgaria” had their
ABSTRACTED from the Associated Press For foreign students studying in the United States, the already difficult task of traveling and living in a different country has been magnified by the events of Sept.
NGOs’ fears that there exists threat for elections results forgery was denied by Mihail Konstantinov, member of the Central Electoral Commission. According to him, the statement of the “Civic Initiative for Free Democratic Elections” organization that the
The Bulgarian Parliament adopted the amendments to the Excise Duty Act on November 16, 2001. The excise duty on beer and cigarettes will be increased.
“The Bulgarian Eurobond issue trade is proceeding within the expected parameters,” Milen Velchev, Bulgarian Finance Minister, said on Darik National Radio on November 16. The great interest in the issue in the beginning increased the Eurobonds initial pri
Clubs of young Bulgarians, living in Canada and the United States expressed their support for the candidature of Petur Stoyanov for second presidential mandate. Another 200 Bulgarians who live in Latin America, US and Great Britain called on the Bulgarian
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