The People's Court of Libya is expected to pronounce sentences against the six Bulgarian medics, charged with deliberate infection of 393 Libyan children with the HIV virus today. A day before the court's hearing the medics had a two-hour long meeting wit
Bulgaria will apply to host the XXII Winter Olympic Games in 2014 Vassil Ivanov, chairman of the State Youth and Sports Agency announced. At an official meeting Ivanov informed the President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge about Bulga
After the biggest scandal at the Winter Olympics for 30 years, the IOC took the unprecedented step on Friday of awarding gold medals to two Canadian figure skaters beaten in competition by improper judging. A French judge at the center of allegations of v
Bulgarian Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg announced that new PM’s Chief of Staff will be appointed while Stoyan Ganev who is currently in the United States will most probably not stay in the Cabinet.“It doesn’t concern neither dismissals nor resignations.
16 candidates have submitted application documents for the position of the released member of Council on Electronic Media (CEM) Vesselin Stoykov, representatives of the council announced. CEM will have an extraordinary meeting on February 19 to decide who
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A recording of the voices of the two of the medics, charged with intentionally infecting Libyan children with HIV was made by an official from Bulgaria’s Embassy in Libya. The recording was played on the Bulgarian national radio.
Sofia mayor Stefan Sofianski presented the Union of Free Democrats to ambassadors of the Balkan states and the EU members states. He explained that the party does not aim at preliminary elections since the country needs stabilization.
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic says he will call ex-US leader Bill Clinton and other Western politicians to testify at his trial for war crimes at The Hague. On the second day of his defence case, he has repeated his allegation that Nato is
At a closed meeting of the Cabinet, the ministers discussed the privatisation strategy of the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC), Transport Minister Plamen Petrov announced. According to him, no changes of ministers have been discussed.
“I expect in autumn when will be the summit in Prague, Bulgaria to receive an invitation for membership in NATO,” Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov said after attending the round table “Bulgaria’s candidature to NATO – five years later.” According to Svin
Bulgaria’s contingent leaves on February 18, Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov announced. Bulgaria’s military contingent is ready to leave for Afghanistan Major General Orlin Marinchev said earlier during the week.
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Best Bulgarian tennis player Magdalena Maleeva suffered a defeat from Belgian Justine Henin, seeded second, in the quarterfinals of the USD 585,000 Diamond Games in Antwerp, Belgium (5:1), (6:7) (1:7), (1:6). This is Magi’s third defeat from Henin.
A charter for social cooperation among the government, the employers and the trade unions was signed on February 15. On February 18, a Consultative Council of the trade unions will take place that will prepare a new package for social and economic measure
Police and security company officials are trying to discover how many asylum seekers escaped from the Yarl's Wood detention centre during a major fire. The fire which spread throughout the complex started after a riot broke out at the centre in north Bedf
In a declaration to the Parliament the United Democratic Forces demanded that the contract between the Finance Ministry and the British private company Crown Agents be disclosed and moved to Parliament for ratification. UDF is to refer the matter to the c
On February 18 and February 19 in Sofia a meeting between the deputy finance ministers of Russia and Bulgaria will take place. The aim of the meeting is to clarify the stands of both countries for the coming meeting of the intergovernmental commission on
A strong earthquake shook southern Mexico and Guatemala late on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, officials said. The National Seismological Service said the quake struck at at 5:23 p.
The European Commission describes as successful the launch of the SAPARD program in Bulgaria, BBC reported. Two special programs were launched in 2001 by the EC, which aim to prepare the EU aspirants in using the agricultural, regional and structural fund
On Sunday, the Bulgarian medics, charged with intentionally infecting Libyan children with HIV may be sentenced to death, for the first time when Libya can give a death sentence to foreigners, Reuters reported. The hearing on Sunday will be the first one
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