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BG PRESIDENT SUMMONED URGENT MEETING ON MACEDONIA

President Stoyanov summoned the top brass and the intelligence chief on an urgent meeting to analyse the latest developments in Macedonia, BTA announced. Attending were Defence Minister Noev, Chief of General Staff Gen.

Politics | June 26, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

BALKAN SYNDICATES WANT PLANE SALE ANNULLED

Balkan Airlines` syndicates demand the sale of four TU 154-M planes be annulled. The complaint, filed in the Sofia Municipal Court, states the sale price is much lower than the actual market value.

Business | June 26, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

PANAYOTOV TO HEAD KING`S GROUP IN THE PARLIAMENT

Plamen Panayotov will be the chairperson of the parliamentary group of the National movement Simeon II, was announced this morning. Panayotov is a lawyer, who was teaching in Sofia University, before he was elected secretary general of the new movement es

Politics | June 26, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

FRANCE PRESS: BULGARIA VOTES ITSELF A WAR CHEST TO DEAL WITH THE SOFTWARE PIRATES

Bulgaria, near the bottom of the class in Europe with respect to computer software piracy, yesterday approved credits worth 1.48 million euros to encourage its government services to stop the practice.

Views on BG | June 26, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

COMPAQ AND INTEL TO ACCELERATE SERVER ROADMAPS

Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) and Intel Corporation today announced a multi-year agreement that accelerates availability of next-generation enterprise servers based on the Intel? ItaniumTM processor family. Both companies are strongly presented

Business | June 26, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

165 POLITICIANS HAVEN`T DECLARED THEIR INCOMES

165 top state employees and politicians haven`t submitted till end-May declarations on their incomes and properties for the previous year to the Audit Office. Of them 119 are former MPs from the 38 National Assembly according to the AO data by June 14.

Politics | June 26, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

SUGAREV, AMBASSADOR TO INDIA FOR NATIONAL TV: UDF MUST REMAIN IN OPPOSITION

- Mr Sougarev, how would you comment on the stand of Stefan Sofiyanski who demanded Kostov's resignation? - It's a pity for Stefan.

Views on BG | June 26, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

BULGARIA IS EXPANDING CURRENCY RESERVE

Bulgaria will expand her exchange currency reserve if the population would bring out their own cash in European currencies and start selling them to the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB), said for the `Standart` bank experts. The Managers` Board of the Centra

Business | June 26, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

CHIEF PROSECUTOR MET THE KING BRIEFLY

Chief Prosecutor Nikola Filtchev and Simeon II had an hour of a tete-a-tete conversation in the `Vrana` residence yesterday in the morning. The conversation was scheduled in advance, sources close to His Majesty said.

Politics | June 26, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

BULGARIAN COMPANIES ATTRACTIVE AT FORUM IN TURKEY

BULGARIAN companies are attracting much interest at the Business Partnership forum, which started in Istanbul yesterday. The good

Business | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

PARI DAILY: BULGARTABAC CASE WILL BE THE FIRST TEST FOR THE NEW KING`S GOVERNMENT

AFTER Bulgaria was kicked out of the huge Soviet tobacco market by estern tobacco companies, following the 1989 events, the evaluation of the company has been permanently declining.

Views on BG | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

UDF MOST LIKELY WITH NEW PARTY CHAIR TODAY

THE SOFIA regional council of the Union of Democratic Forces onvened last night to prepare its stand for the session of the UDF national council today. I will back up the nomination proposed by the current chairperson of the party, if there is such a nomi

Politics | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF

BULGARIA`S EXPORTS IN APRIL amounted to USD 372.1 million, imports stood at USD 521.

Business | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

MARKET `SUPPLIES` MINISTERS WITH CARS AND PHONES

Democratic Party`s /DP`s/ leader Alexander Pramatarski is driving a black Mercedes S 500L, plate number C 0999 KT, which, according to customs documents which the PARI daily has, is registered to Commodity Market Iliyantsi EOOD.

Business | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

VIGILANTE WITH THE HIGHEST BULGARIAN HONOUR

President Stoyanov conferred on UNDP Resident Representative A. Vigilante the Order of the Balkan Range, First Class, which is the highest Bulgarian honour.

Politics | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

NEW IMF REPRESENTATIVE FOR BULGARIA

Ms. Pirita Sorsa will sabstitude Peter Stella as a standing representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Bulgaria, the Ministry of Finance reported.

Business | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

ZHOTEV AND HAMPARTZOUMYAN MAY HEAD TOP BANKS

Privatization Agency Executive Director Levon Hampartsoumyan will be the new Bulbank Executive Director, several financial media announced simultaneously. Hampartsoumyan is supposed to take over Momchil Andreev`s chair in the biggest private Bulgarian Ban

Business | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

BUSINESS IN BRIEF TODAY

HOT LINE FOR unfair spends of the foreign loans from the World Bank will be established soon in Bulgaria, Thomas O`Brien, local WB representative stated. Until now World Bank had financed projects for $495 M, another 133.

Business | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

BUD BANNED ON BULGARIAN MARKET

US famous beer Bud was banned on Bulgarian market as their Czech competitor Budwaiser Budvar won an intellectual rights property court case. The story dated long ago at 1911 when the court cases between the US Corporation and Czech brewery started suing e

Business | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

KING SIMEON FOR CENTRAL EUROPE REVIEW: FIVE DEGREES- RIGHT OR LEFT

Friday 1 June. A rainy day in Sofia.

Views on BG | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

MRF OFFICIAL RECOMMENDED FOR MINISTER

Hassan Ali, Movement for Rights and Freedom member, who was deputy minister in the interim government of Stephan Sofiyanski is the most experienced to head the Agricultural Ministry, the now agrarian minister Ventseslav Varbanov declared in Pleven. He ela

Politics | June 24, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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