The complaint against the decision of the Council on Electronic Media to dismiss Lilyana Popova from the position Bulgarian National Television General Director will be up before the Supreme Administrative Court on February 4. The decision was based on Po
The management of the Sofia airport ordered a check of all exchange bureaus in the airport because of complaints from foreigners. The Transport Ministry promised to fight “the taxi mafia” there also.
The sons of MP from the Simeon II National Movement Dimcho Dimchev who beat brutally a fireman in the Dimitrovgrad-based discotheque "Baccarat" on January 1 were released from prison on bail of BGN 2000.
Afghan forces, aided by U.S.
Police in Pakistan say they have detained another 120 Islamic militants, including several belonging to groups linked to last month's suicide attack on the Indian parliament. The issue of anti-Indian militancy is the key sticking point to attempts to reso
Reuters Bulgaria increased police forces on its border with Turkey on Thursday to stem a rising flow of illegal immigrants.
Hopes that cloned piglets might soon provide replacement organs for sick people received a setback on Friday when it emerged that Dolly the sheep had developed arthritis. Dolly was the first mammal to be cloned from adult donor cells and her health has lo
Foreign Minister Passy and an official Bulgarian delegation is at an official visit to Iran.
Incumbent President Stoyanov and President-elect Parvanov had their first official meeting forty-six days after the presidential elections when the former Socialist Party leader was elected President. Parvanov pointed out that his first official visit abr
The National Border Police Service (NBPS) has requested the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to urge the Turkish authorities to strengthen the protection of the two countries' common border in order to stop illegal migration, the NBPS Director, Colonel Valeri
Bulgaria's Ambassador to Russia Iliyan Vassilev expects January to be particularly intense as far as the Bulgarian-Russian relations are concerned. In an interview for the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency he recalled that the Bulgarian Foreign Minister Passy wi
The United States donated equipment worth USD 90,000 for a new center for fight against human traffic with the Bulgarian National Service for Fight against Organized crime (SFOC). The new center was officially opened on January 4.
Bishop Leonardo Sandri, Secretary of State of the Holy See, is to come on a two-day visit in Bulgaria, starting January 8. Bishop Sandri, who has Interior Minister status, will discuss in details Pope John Paul II visit in Bulgaria on May 24, 2002.
The start of a South Asian regional summit in Nepal has been delayed until Saturday morning after bad weather held up Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's flight from China, a delegation official said, quoted by CNN.
An Israeli armored force raided a Palestinian village in the West Bank Friday ahead of a U.S.
The list of medicines covered by the National Health Insurance Fund will be longer in comparison with 2001 because of the Fund's decision to pay the VAT on imported medicines, officials of the Fund said. NHIF 2002 budget is reduced twice over budget 2001.
Incumbent President Petur Stoyanov will lecture to American senators after the end of his mandate, “168 Hours” weekly wrote. Stoyanov’s knowledge and experience during the transition period of South Eastern Europe countries would be useful and interesting
President Bush has invited Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's interim government chairman, to visit Washington and meet with him at the White House, CNN reported, citing a senior administration official.No date has been set yet, but the target is said to be some
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will both attend the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu. It will be the first time the two nuclear p
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Bush fires are continuing to force thousands of people to evacuate their homes to the west and south of Australia’s Sydney as dry weather and erratic winds prolong the crisis. Twelve days after the first blazes began, more than 80 fires still burn across
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