The privatiztion procedure for Bulgaria’s tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac will be launched in March, Apostol Apostolov, Executive Director of the Privatization Agency said. After the approval of the Privatization and Post-Privatization Control Act and the re
Swedish Ambassador to Bulgaria Sten Ask cited Sweden as an example of a country, where strong efforts to join the EU were accompanied by national consensus after hosting an informal lunch on “Bulgaria’s Economic Competitiveness and EU accession.” EU Chief
4, 000 new working places are expected to be opened, after the Social Minister Lidia Shuleva and the Agriculture Minister Mehmed Dikme signed an agreement for overcoming the consequences of the forest fires in 2001. The program’s budget amounts to BGN 11
Before his flight to New York, where Finance Minister Velchev will participate in the World Economic Forum, he said that he does not fear from the non-confidence vote that will most probably be demanded by the opposition. On January 29 Velchev signed a de
The Romanian Minister coordinating the work of the Government Chief Secretariat Petre Cherban Mihailescu arrived at an official two-day visit to Bulgaria on January 28. The Romanian official invited on behalf of Romania’s Prime Minister Adrian Nastase the
The Bulgarian government shows signs of fatigue after the life standard continues to drop, an analysis by Reuters reads. According to the analysis, the image of General Boyko Borissov, chief secretary of the interior ministry casts shadow over the prime m
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Foreign Minister Passy will pay an official visit to Russia, starting from January 30 at the invitation of Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov. This will be the first official visit by a Bulgarian foreign minister to Moscow since the changes in both coun
Bulgaria's GloBul GSM network, owned by Greek telecom OTE announced it had registered rapid subscriber growth since it launched operations last September and expected the trend to continue in 2002. "Since it started commercial activities in September, Gl
President Parvanov stated that there are five to six candidates for the position director of the National Security Service, clarifying that the candidatures are unofficial, during his visit to Turgovishte. There, Parvanov had a meeting with the chief secr
Nina Spassova, director of the news department of the Bulgarian National Television was fired, she will most probably appeal.
The Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) to demand non-confidence vote against the Bulgarian government, the National Executive Council of the Union of Democratic Forces decided at its regular meeting on January 29. The tax policies of the Cabinet, which "rui
Justice Ministry is ready to cooperate in the Interior Ministry and Prosecutor’s Office campaign, which started January 28, when a total of 183 criminals were arrested, Justice Minister Anton Stankov said. The prisons of the investigation can accommodate
Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg must take up tougher measures, so that the problems of Simeon II National Movement do not push into the background the problems of the governance itself, Bulgarian President Parvanov said on January 29. Parvanov stated th
The Prosecutor’s Office press center was closed down. From now on information is to be published and obtained on the Internet, which will give all journalists equal access to infornation on the activities of the Prosecutor's office.
December deposits reached a record-high of BGN 573 M, data, released by the Bulgarian National Bank, show. Experts attribute the unprecedented growth to the campaign promoting the introduction of Europe’s single currency, the euro.
Moody’s Investors Service assigned for the first time ratings to the First East International Bank (FEIB). The long-tem and short-term forex bank deposits is declared B2, outlook stable.
The Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) with the Council of Europe's Directorate General of Human Rights released an assessment report on the treatment of people in police stations, prisons and other places of detention in Bulgaria January 28. T
Austrian oil and gas group OMV announced it would increase spending to around EUR 2.7 BLN in the period from 2002 to 2004 and wanted to double its market share in the next five to seven years.
Former employees of Enron Corp. who lost millions of dollars in retirement funds when the energy trading giant collapsed sued on Monday, while the wife of former CEO Kenneth Lay sobbed on national television and said her family has lost its fortune.
Star Motors company, which became an authorised importer of Mazda cars last October, expects to cover 1% of new car sales on the Bulgarian market and raise it to 5% by 2007. According to Star Company Manager Georgi Krumov the company hopes to attract new
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