Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar will arrive on a visit to Bulgaria on September 17, 2001. This became clear after a meeting between Bulgarian Transport Minister Plamen Petrov and Spanish Ambassador to Bulgaria Jose Angel Lopez Jorrin.
`The price for using central steam heating in Bulgaria will grow in the fall and this is already envisaged in the budget`, Deputy Prime Minister Nikolay Vassilev announced. The raise will be by 30% at the least and in some of the towns the prices will be
The government approved Bulgaria`s participation in the Culture 2000 program of the European Union in the 2001-2004 period. The project is financed under the Phare program and the expenses on the program amount to BGN 220 000 a year.
Emil Dimitrov, Director of the Customs Agency, released some of the chiefs of the customs departments and reappointed others on different positions. Krassidar Bikov, head of Sofia Airport customs department, was appointed deputy director of `Passengers an
Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg will control directly the money in the treasury. After the Deputy Prime Ministers, who had to watch the finances, didn`t reach an agreement, the Ministry of Finance came to be directly controlled by Simeon.
`Some 36 tons of rice were imported illegally into Bulgaria last year`, Dimiter Yonchev, Chairman of the Union of Rice Growers in Bulgaria, announced. `Besides that the customs duties of 160 dollars/ton are very low`, he added.
The minimum tobacco quality requirements will be mandatory for tobacco producers from the beginning of next year. This is envisaged by the latest amendment to the implementing regulations for the Tobacco and Tobacco Goods Act approved by the ministers yes
The cabinet meets on Tuesday on a called meeting to appoint the district governors, Minister Dimitar Kaltchev said. Before that the much-contested nominations should be ultimately specified.
There are no problems with the appointment of deputy government ministers and deputy district governors on the quota of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), Agriculture Minister Ahmed Dikme said Thursday answering a reporter`s question before the
`Serbia unilaterally closed the border crossing at Vrushka Chouka and Strezimirovtsi to trucks, buses and minibuses, the deputy chief of the Vidin Customs Administration as of midnight on August 15`, Ivan Ivanov, deputy director of the Vidin customs ann
Sevdalin Mavrov, judge from the Sofia Court of Appeal, is the new chief secretary of the Council of Ministers. Mavrov was a regional judge and later on deputy chairman of the First Regional Court in Sofia, a judge and deputy chairman of the Sofia City Cou
The tender on the unfinished editorial office building of the Rodina printing and publishing house, which was scheduled for Thursday, failed again. None of the three candidates, Overgas Holding of Yambol, Artek A & K of Dubai, and PricewaterhouseCoopers B
The real estate of Bulgaria`s Foreign Ministry in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa will be revised because the ministry has more buildings than the country needs for its diplomatic missions. ***
Deputy Foreign Minister Meglena Kuneva was appointed chief negotiator with the EU at a regular meeting of the government on Thursday. Deputy Economy Minister Lyubka Kachakova was named Bulgarian representative at the Mixed Committee on the Implementation
`Macedonia needs and expects further military aid from various countries, including Bulgaria`, Yordan Boshkov, Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee with the Macedonian parliament, said Thursday after meeting his Bulgarian counterpart Stanimir Ilchev a
Mediapool John Munnery was appointed Managing Director of Mobikom during Jan Vidonov`s mandate after a scandal between Cable & Wireless, which holds 49% of the shares of the mobile operator, and the state representatives - the Bulgarian Telecommunication
John Munnery, Managing Director of the Mobile Telecommunications Company Mobikom, has informed his employees of lodging his resignation via e-mail, e-newspaper Mediapool wrote. At present Munurey is on holiday and is expected to come back to Sofia later t
The state of emergency in the fire-stricken Ivailovgrad was lifted on Thursday morning by a decision of the local commission for protection of the population from accidents and disasters. The fire that raged in the area for over 7 days was finally put dow
Urgent measures to improve the safety of civil aviation flights discussed Transport and Telecommunications Minister Plamen Petrov and Zahari Alexiev, chief of the Directorate of Civil Aviation Administration. On Tuesday Petrov demanded Alexiev`s resignati
Bulgarian national TV, the state owned television channel will use of today only Pal system, National radio and TV committee announced. PAL is the normal widely used system in Western Europe.
Introduction of a higher tax rate for non-residential houses, including rented houses, is being discussed, deputy minister of regional development and public works Belin Mollov said yesterday. This measure will affect mainly the rent prices for offices, s
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