“I need to announce to you something very worrying,” Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev said at a meeting with businessmen in Bulgaria’s city Veliko Turnovo late on Monday after a mobile phone conversation. President Parvanov will
Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg urged foreign companies, which already operate in Bulgaria, to expand their operations at the opening of the third round table with the Government entitled “Overcoming obstacles to further economic reform—the government’s
The European Union, the UK and Russia have warned President Bush against slapping punishing tariffs on steel imports. Mr Bush is to make an announcement on whether to impose a levy, touted to be between 20% and 40% on most imports, later on Tuesday.
The cycle of terror attacks in the Mideast continued to spiral upward Tuesday, leaving five Israeli civilians dead in three separate attacks and eight Palestinians injured in an explosion at a school. Israeli helicopters have fired missiles on Palestinian
We expect the Cabinet to announce its political decision on the companies, which are to carry out the upgrade and overhaul of the Bulgarian MiG-29 fighter aircraft in several days, Ingo Bergman, EADS Regional Sales Deputy Manager, said. If there are signs
Leaders of the United Democratic Forces proposed to President Parvanov a package of measures for accelerating Bulgaria’s preparation for NATO entry. According to them the systems, which do not meet the requirements of the military doctrine, must be remove
Nadezhda Mihaylova, candidate leader of the Union of Democratic Forces and floor leader of the United Democratic Forces, announced the candidature of Ivan Ivanov for Chief Secretary of the Union of Democratic Forces. Ekaterina Mihaylova, currently leader
Maintaining regular dialogue between Southeast European countries and between other European states is a valuable achievement in the process of cooperation in the region, Bulgarian Parliamentary Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov told the participants in the 3rd c
The losses incurred by burned forests over the last three years amount to BGN 100 M, Meglena Plugchieva, Deputy Agriculture Minister, announced at the opening of the National Conference on Restoring Burned Forests. Among the reasons for the increase in fo
The Foreign Ministry hailed the March 4 election of Ibrahim Rugova as Kosovo President and of Bajram Rexhepi as Prime Minister on the basis of an agreement reached by the main political forces. Bulgaria expects the new government to start building at a qu
Extracts HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS
“The election of a new government in June offered the promise of reform, but Bulgaria's human rights record remained poor in 2001,” the US State of Department 2001 Annual Report on Human Rights in Bulgaria, states. According to the report representatives
Cooperation in the organized crime combat will be discussed by Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Boyko Borissov during his five-day visit in Great Britain, starting March 5. General Borissov and Deputy Interior Minister Boyko Kotsev will hold 19 meetings.
The agreement for relaxed visa regime between Bulgaria and Russia was signed March 5 in Sofia by Foreign Minister Passy and Vladimir Titov, Russia’s ambassador to Bulgaria. The signing of the agreement is the result of the improving Bulgarian-Russian rela
The first in Bulgaria Center for real-time videoconferencing was opened March 5 by Armin Zerunyan, General Manager of Hilton Sofia. The Center, situated in the foyer of the hotel, offers the opportunity to make a connection with any place around the world
The trial of former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic has been postponed after a fire broke out in a kitchen at the war crimes tribunal in The Hague. The building was evacuated after thick smoke started billowing from the cafeteria on the second floor, j
Work on the Hubble Space Telescope resumed on Tuesday as a second pair of spacewalkers from the space shuttle Columbia set about finishing the job of hanging new solar-power arrays on the orbiting observatory. "Good to be back," said astronaut Jim Newman,
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The third Roundtable with the Government of Bulgaria shows a considerable increase in the interest on the foreign business community in Bulgaria, Iren Komitova, organizer of the forum, announced.
The foreign exchange reserves of the Bulgarian National Bank Issue Department stood at EUR 3,752 BLN on March 1, down EUR 32,8 M over the previous week, preliminary figures of the Central Bank show.
The visit of Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres in Bulgaria was postponed, following complications in the Mideast escalation of tension, the Foreign Ministry announced. Minister Shimon Peres was expected to arrive in Bulgaria on March 6 on an official
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