Space shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Tuesday for a pre-dawn ending to their triumphant Hubble Space Telescope repair mission.The shuttle landed right on time on NASA 's 3-mile-long runway, illuminated by powerful xenon floodli
Bulgaria’s participation in the international anti-terrorist coalition and its preparation for NATO entry was discussed by Foreign Minister Passy at his meeting with Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley. Minister Passy presented an account of t
Ekaterina Mihaylova, former UDF leader, Plamen Oresharski, Edvin Sugarev, Vladimir Kisyov were elected Deputy Chairmen of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF)at the first meeting of its new National Council. The nominations were proposed by UDF leader Nad
Bulgaria’s Patriarch Kiril and Exarch Stephan will be awarded with the honorary title “ Righteous among the nations” at the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. The two church officials are honoured with the high title
A forum on Gorna Arda project will open in Milan next week with the participation of representatives from Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and Albania. The Italian energy company Enel Power, which is to make a thorough analysis of the project, insisted on a few m
Vassil Kirov has been appointed acting director of the Financial Intelligence Bureau Agency (ABFI). He will be in office till the new director is selected through a competition.
Israeli forces staged a ferocious assault in the Gaza Strip and tanks stormed into the West Bank town of Ramallah Tuesday, killing at least 20 Palestinians and setting back peace hopes ahead of a new U.S.
Where six months ago smoke and ashes darkened the daytime sky over New York, two shafts of bright light pierced the night sky Monday in memory of all those who lost their lives in the September 11 attacks. The lighting of the "Tribute in Light" was one of
EU PHARE pre-accession program will grant EUR 7 M for project, promoting tourists visits at Bulgarian cultural sites. The projects will be launched within two months and will be completed by 2004.
The warming of the relations between Bulgaria and Libya and the active contacts between the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry and the Libyan Ambassador in Sofia Farag Gibril open opportunities for negotiations on repayment of the debt to Bulgaria, State Administ
General Peter Pace, Vice Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, will make a two-day visit to Bulgaria, starting March 12, at the invitation of General Miho Mihov, Chief of General Staff of the Bulgarian Armed Forces. General Pace will be briefed on the
A political decision for canceling the tender for repair and upgrade of MiG-29 fighter aircraft will not be taken, Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov, said. The continent’s aviation giant European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co (EADS) demanded last week t
Bulgaria is ready to transit Iranian gas and diversify the sources of energy supplies, Plamen Petrov, Transport and Communications Minister, said at a meeting of the Bulgarian-Iranian economic commission that opened in Sofia. Currently Russia is the only
The country is going through a transitional period and combat corruption among high-ranking officials must be intensified, Roderick Moore, Deputy Chief of Mission at US Embassy in Bulgaria, said at the international conference “Fighting corruption in the
Iraq poses a real threat to world stability but no decisions have been taken on how to tackle Saddam Hussein's build-up of weapons of mass destruction, Tony Blair has said. The British prime minister's warning about the threat posed by Iraq was backed by
The investments of CIMENT FRANCAIS, which is in fact an Italian company of ITALCEMENTI, and the Miroglio Group, whose investment in Bulgaria so far totals USD 110 M, following the acquiring of the World Trade Center Interpred turns Italy into Bulgaria’s t
Mr. Massimo Di Giandomenico has been Director of the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade in Bulgaria since November 24, 2000, with 20 years of experience in the system of the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (Istituto nazionale per il Comercio Estero).
“The coalition between the Simeon II National Movement (SNM) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) will have a comfortable enough majority to pass legislation, but will increasingly divided over unpopular policy measures increase, “ The Economist
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy expressed sympathy with the tragedy six-months ago in the US. During the first day of his visit to the United States, Foreign Minister Passy attended the ceremony, organized to mark the six-month anniversary of th
France's presidential campaign got down and dirty Monday as Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin attacked Jacques Chirac as old and worn out and the president accused the left of using fascist methods.Jospin's unusually tough language, published as yet
Israel sent ground forces into another Palestinian city on Monday, raiding Qalqilya after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed to push ahead with a military campaign while engaging in U.S.
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