An Italian tank brigade called Pinerollo conducted a final tactical exercise with firing practice at the Koren military range near Haskovo, Southern Bulgaria. Bulgarian soldiers from the Karlovo and Sliven units also participated in the exercise, which wa
Foreign Minister Solomon Passy will attend the Stability Pact Regional Conference in Bucharest, Romania on October 25 and October 26, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Elena Poptodorova announced. `The Bulgarian position is that the forum should focus on accel
`Czech investors find the energy sector, tourism, environment and infrastructure to be the most attractive sectors,` Petr Dokladal said at his first news conference since he was appointed Czech Ambassador to Sofia. Dokladal pointed out that 50,000 Czech p
The members of the Bulgarian Antarctic scholars will mark their tenth anniversary on Livingston Island with cheese and the traditional Bulgarian alcoholic drink rakiya. `The expedition`s is being intensely prepared, its members are living on November 10,`
Generally, the level of the Bulgarian citizens participation in governance is low, and people`s desire to be involved in the government of the country is greater than the actual participation in it. This is one of the main conclusions in the National Huma
New eco-projects for Bulgaria will be financed under the ISPA programme of the European Union. That was announced by the Bulgarian Environment Minister Dolores Arsenova.
`In 2002, Bulgaria should have an agency on minorities and a law against discrimination as provided for by the Government tenure programme,` Nedjet Mollov, Minister without Portfolio told journalists. Being Chairman of the National Council on Ethnic and D
`Concepts envisaging changes in the army structure are being drafted, but closure of the General Staff is not planned,` Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov told journalists. A possible reduction of the General Staff leadership is being considered.
Ratola Corp., the official importer of Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
Experts from the Bulgarian National security Services checked whether the X-rays at the entrance of the Bulgarian Parliament detect envelopes with suspicious white powder. The test showed that the X-rays react to letters containing even a minimum of the w
The Bulgarian Government will decide on November 1, 2001 whether to replace Ceylan Holding as investor in the construction of the Gorna Arda hydropower project. The project is part of an intergovernmental agreement for cooperation in the energy sector bet
The Bulgarian Government conducts secret talks with Gad Zeevi, the owner of 75% of Balkan Airlines, Dnevnik Daily wrote. The aim of these conversations is to reach out of the court settlement with Zeevi Holding on his claim for BGN 230 M.
The Bulgarian Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg is very happy with the talks he had during the passed days in Brussels and Strasbourg. They surpassed his expectations and these of his hosts, he said at the end of a three-day visit and after a series of talks wit
The first international conference on the collaboration between art, technologies and business in Internet opened on October 23 in the American Center in Sofia. The three-day conference, called Net.
Universal Federation of Travel Agents` Associations (UEFTAA) sent a letter to the Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Nikolay Vassilev on the Value Added Tax for tourist services. In the letter, the federation proposes that the Cabinet
Bulgaria fulfilled the obligatory requirements for visa issuing of the European Union. `As of October 23, 2001 Bulgaria began issuing visas with integrated photo, ` Milko Mihov, participator in the symposium `EU – visas and protected documents`, announced
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy will pay an official visit to Austria on November 6, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Elena Poptodorova told journalists. Passy`s Austrian counterpart, Benita Ferrero-Waldner invited him.
30 % of the international projects under the PHARE transborder cooperation program, the PHARE economic and social program and the ISPA program will be delayed by several months, Kostadin Paskalev, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, announc
Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg will not be nominated for leader of the Simeon II National Movement(SNM)after the movement becomes a party, Info Radio reported, quoting MPs from the parliamentary group of the SNM. They added that most probably Saxe-Coburg`s na
Deputy Prime Minister Paskalev filed his resignation as Mayor of Blagoevgrad.
Osman Oktay, currently independent MP, filed a claim for BGN 1 in the Sofia District Court against the leaders of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms Ahmed Dogan and Emel Etem. The claim is for slander, harming his prestige as citizen and politician.
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