The Hissar municipality in Southern Bulgaria stopped the subsidies for the protection of the most impressive temple discovered so far and dating back to the age of the Thracians in Starosel. The subsidies allocated under the Beautiful Bulgaria project wer
US Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona,arrives in Bulgaria on August 26 at the invitation of Bulgarian President Peter Stoyanov. The President will present Senator McCain with the Order of the Balkan Range, First Class, the highest Bulgarian honour
Nejdet Mollov, the Minister without portfolio met the Romanian State Secretary in the Ministry of Public Information Doru Ionesku to discuss minority issues. Doru Ionesku is also Chief of the Department of the Romanians living abroad.
The ex-Chief of the Agency `Customs` Zahari Zahariev filed a suit for illegal dismissal in the Supreme Administrative Court. Zahariev confirmed that he did not give his resignation in an interview for Darik Radio and wants to be reinstated in his former o
The Mercedes of the National Protection Service crashed in a Jiguli and killed a woman at the bridge to the Sofia Airport. The driver of Vice Prime Minister Kostadin Paskalev entered in the opposite roadway to avoid wrong overtaking incident.
The new chief of the State Energy Agency Milko Kovachev said that the October planned increase in the electricity price might not be the last for the following twelve months, wrote Dnevnik Daily. No concrete figures were mentioned.
Bulgarian PM Simeon Saxe-Coburg is expected to visit Brussels in September 12, Sega daily announces quoting sources from Belgium capital. PM will meet his Belgium colleague, King Alber II, will visit also EU and NATO headquarters.
Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg met the 28 newly appointed regional governors and asked them to plan a clear strategy for the development of their regions. Fight against corruption should become the governors` top priority.
Boutros Boutsos-Ghali, ex-Secretary General of the United Nations and present Secretary General of the International Organization of Francophone States will arrive in Bulgaria on an official visit on Monday. President Stoyanov invited him.
The Times of India Jordan`s King Abdullah II will spend the weekend in Bulgaria on an official visit during which he will sign three cooperation accords and meet with the country`s former monarch and now prime minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg, the presidency
The bus stolen from Hrankov with which fans and journalists arrived before the Galatasaray – Levski Champions League preliminary round match was found near the village of Baikal which is in the Radomir region, not very far from Sofia. The thieves are stil
The Tokuda Financial Group knows what Balkan Airline liabilities are and is not currently considering possible liquidation of the company. Only in the case that creditors refuse to vote for rehabilitation, liquidation will be considered as an option.
Austrian Veurf Alpin, Krupp Sumatomo and Mitsubishi Corporation are the three companies that are eligible after the screening procedure for the Terminal 2A and the Eastern wharf equipment of the Burgas port. The Ministry of Transport and Communications wi
The Dutch investor, Helian Commodities that acquired majority stakes in Large Bulgarian Mills, the Kambana vegetable oil plant and the Polski Trambezh-based plant can’t be found in the international registers, the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions
The Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Choi Sung-Hong had political consultations on the bilateral relations with the Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivan Petkov. Choi Sung-Hong also met Foreign Minister Passy.
The initial data from the audit, made by Deloitte & Touche show that the state does not owe any money to GORUBSO-Madan. The urgent measures to resolve the situation at GORUBSO were initiated after 10 miners went on a hunger strike, claiming the immediate
The leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party /BSP/ Georgi Purvanov met the Chairman of the Macedonian Social Democratic Union /SDU/ Branko Crvenkovski in Macedonia to discuss the situation in the country. Purvanov shared with his colleague BSP’s position t
Foreign nationals holding short-term residence permit will be required to pay medical insurance from December, the Government decided. The cabinet amended the rules from the Public Health Act that said that the short-term foreign residents should pay medi
Up to 160 non-armed servicemen from the US contingent of NATO’s troops in Kossovo will have short periods of rest in Bulgaria on the principle of rotation until April 2002, the government decided. The government took a similar decision in October 2000, wh
Representatives of the Bulgarian Industrial Association /BIA/, the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Employer’s Union and the Bulgarian International Business Association supported the economic package of the Government. The new economic mea
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