President Parvanov is seriously concerned about the increasing contradictions in the judicial system, a statement of the President's legal advisor Plamen Kirov, reads. The tensions in the system can prompt political intervention, which will interfere with
New Year’s celebrations checked the fall in consumer confidence and the index retained its November levels of -30, data of the monthly GfK Bulgaria survey, show. The negligible rise of 1% is attributed to optimistic expectations for the next 12 months, ra
The European Union's new members will have to wait 10 years before they are granted full access to the bloc's huge farm budget under plans to be unveiled by the European Commission this week, Reuters reported, citing documents obtained Sunday. According t
The hospitals in the country are running short of medicines, doctors alarmed. The medicine crisis is looming large in Sofia, Plovdiv, Stara Zagora.
The Trade Union of Power Engineers demanded that a referendum on the closing of Nuclear Power Plant Units be held. “Let the Bulgarian people and not the European politicians decide Kozloduy’s future,” the letter sent to Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg r
The names of two more Britons being held among suspected al-Qaeda or Taleban members in Camp X-Ray have been released by the Foreign Office. Asif Iqbal, 20, and Shafiq Rasul, 24, were taken to the maximum security prison at the US navy base in Guantanamo
The opinion of Bulgarian and foreign experts should be taken into account in preparing Bulgaria’s position on the future of Nuclear Power Plant Kozloduy, President Georgi Parvanov said at his meeting with representatives of the National Civic Committee on
Bulgaria's second GSM operator GloBul, beer Kamenitza and washing powder Dero were ranked first as the most effectively and successfully advertised products in Bulgaria in a representative survey of polling agency Alpha research. Experts point out that th
Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Nikolay Vassilev was ranked first in the poll "The Most Efficient Economy Minister" of the online news provider novinite.com.
“The European Union failed to fulfil its commitment to provide compensations for the direct and indirect losses Bulgaria will suffer from the early closure of Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 and Unit 2, “ Kiril Armenkov, former chairman of the Energy Committee
The Ukrainian ship “Arhangelsk” sank 3-4- meters deep, 486 kilometers after Dunav bridge. When the river level is low, a shallow forms at that place in the river, since some time ago a floating section sank there, experts explained.
The Dalai Lama has been flown to Bombay for a medical checkup after doctors found a lump in his stomach. The Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 with thousands of supporters following a failed uprising against China.
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat renewed his call for a cease-fire with Israel on Saturday, but promised to resist increasing Israeli and U.S.
President Georgi Parvanov will meet the members of the National Civic Committee set up to support the Nuclear Power Plant Kozloduy. The Committee representatives are expected to present their arguments against the early decommission of Units 3 and 4.
Negotiations with Italian NL Power – a strategic candidate investor in Gorna Arda project are scheduled for January 29, Deputy Prime Minister Kostadin Paskalev announced. Bulgarian companies will assume 70 % of the construction works on the project, while
Bulgaria's lev closed at 1.9507/1.
The Constituent Assembly of the party Simeon II National Movement was postponed and rescheduled for April 6, 2002. Simeon Saxe-Coburg, chairman of the coalition council, explained that his commitment to dedicate all his time and efforts to his tasks as Bu
Bulgarian Agrarian People’s Union – People’s Union will sign an agreement with the Union of Democratic Forces for forming a joint parliamentary union, the Agrarian Union Supreme Council decided January 26. According to Anastasia Mozer, chief secretary of
Yunal Lutfi, head of the Bulgarian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) handed the Cabinet’s report on the progress made in meeting the recommendations on establishing an independent judicial system, human rights and fr
“Our purpose today is not to establish a new political party but to find legal mechanisms that would guarantee the democratic nature of the movement," Simeon Saxe-Coburg said after announcing he would not run for leader of the party Simeon II National Mov
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