Three Bulgarian officers left for Kabul on January 18 to get acquainted with the situation in Afghanistan. General Miho Mihov, Chief of General Staff of the Bulgarian Armed Forces stated that it is important that all candidates who want to participate in
The share of the cable television networks in the Bulgarian advertisement market has increased due to the attractive tariffs, local market analysts said.
Dimitur Kalchev, State Administration Minister will table in the Cabinet a strategy for the modernization of the state administration by March 31, 2002. After the approval of the document, Kalchev and finance minister Velchev will present to the Cabinet a
The government will propose to Parliament to increase the fine for illegal trade in arms from BGN 500-1,000 to BGN 500,000-1,000,000.
The State Telecommunications Company (STC) will fine AMS holding – the new owner of the GSM operator Mobiltel for licence violation in the transfer of the ownership, Dnevnik Daily wrote. The fine in similar cases is from BGN 1,000 to BGN 5,000.
The two Bulgarian employees of the company “Bulgargeomin” who have been detained for illegal alcohol production have to sign their names once a week in order to prove that they are on the territory of Libya, foreign ministry spokeswoman Elena Poptodorova
Bulgarian Foreign Ministry special envoy to Kabul Anguel Orbetsov leaves for Afghanistan today. Orbetsov will hold talks to reinstate the diplomatic relations with the new Afghan government.
Sofia will host a Coordination Meeting of the Regional Network for Efficient Use of Energy and Water Resources (RENEUER) on January 21-22. The meeting will discuss the efficient use of energy and water resources, as well as the development of a common ene
Sixty Bulgarian businessmen will participate in the official delegation that will accompany Nikolay Vassilev, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister during his visit to Russia. The businessmen will seek to boost trade in direct talks with Russian part
An interdepartmental group that will be set up shortly to monitor the spending of funds under various pre-accession programmes for Bulgaria, Deputy Prosecutor General Hristo Manchev said after a meeting with Franz-Hermann Bruener, Director-General of the
The talks on a Bulgarian-Italian agreement to lift the visa requirements for passenger and freight motor carriers have began, the Italian Embassy in Sofia announced.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said he is encouraged that a solution can be found in the military standoff between India and Pakistan centred on Kashmir. Mr Powell, who has ended a visit to India as part of a peace-making tour of South Asia
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has said Baghdad is ready for another full-scale attack by America but would defeat any new military campaign.
French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin has suffered a setback after the country's highest court ruled that a bill to give the island of Corsica limited self-government was unconstitutional. The Constitutional Council threw out legislation to give the trouble
Bankrupt energy giant Enron has fired the accountancy firm Andersen as the company's auditors with immediately effect. Andersen has been widely criticised for its handling of the Enron account, especially after the revelation that it destroyed documents r
Hundreds of thousands of people are said to be fleeing in panic after lava from volcanic eruptions engulfed the town of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Eyewitnesses said huge areas of Goma were ablaze after a massive lava flow from t
Israeli aircraft have attacked a Palestinian security headquarters in the West Bank town of Tulkarm, just hours after six Israelis were killed and more than 20 injured in an attack in northern Israel. Palestinian sources said one policeman was killed and
Tobacco monopoly Bulgaratabac Holding, slated for privatization, saw 2001 profit slightly increase due to a 8% growth of sales in the country, Reuters reported, quoting the Holding’s Executive Director Georgi Popov. According to him preliminary estimates
The starting price for the full 99,6% state stake in Biochim bank will be set at BGN 95 M, Krassimir Katev, Deputy Finance Minister, said. The price includes the bank’s 2001 net profit.
NASDAQ-listed software maker AremisSoft might cancel its contract with the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) on the development of its software in case the Fund fails to pay BGN 2 M for the software products. The possibility of erasing the modules del
The Cabinet postponed its decision on the establishment of an Economic Growth Council. Representatives of the business club Vuzrazhdane met Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg, his deputies and Finance Minister Milen Velchev to discuss future cooperation in Novemb
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