The Greek OTE Consulting established a new company Advanced Business & Technology Services (AB&TS) based in Sofia, Pari Daily announced. The basic activity of the new company is consultations in the field of high technologies emphasizing on communication
Marcin Wiszniewski, East Europe strategist at Morgan Stanley: Bulgaria`s new leader, the King Simeon II, is set to pursue an aggressive program of economic reforms.
Mayor of Sofia Srefan Sofiyanski, former interim Prime Minister in 1997, appealed the executive body of Union of Democratic Forces must resign and Prime Minister Ivan Kostov should step back with dignity. `I appeal it not as a mayor, just as a regular par
National Movement Simeon II, which won general election last Sunday, will close down the Privatization Agency and will establish a new institution charged with the management of the state-owned assets, an MP from the region of Haskovo informed. The new ag
Queen Nur of Jordan, widow of late King Husein spent 17 hours in Bulgaria, meeting King Simeon II as the first high leveled royal person to congratulate him personally winning the Sunday elections. ***
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Radko Vlaikov on Wednesday described as `ill-advised` a proposal which defense lawyer Vladimir Sheitanov made at Sunday`s court hearing of the AIDS case in Tripoli, BTA stated. Sheitanov invited 25 HIV-infected Libyan children t
The average per capita income in March was 112.18 levs, Standart daily reported.
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Bulgaria is lagging behind in the negotiations on the EU accession, said at a press conference Ambassador of Sweden, Sten Ask. He was the first European diplomat to hold a press-conference after the general election.
The European Parliament (EP) considers that 2007, the year Bulgaria has set for joining the European Union, is a realistic one. A text to this effect is included in a draft resolution proposed in Brussels by MEP Jeffrey Van Orden, a rapporteur for Bulgari
The economic team of the Simeon II National Movement, which garnered 43 per cent in the June 17 parliamentary elections and 50 per cent of the parliamentary seats, called on the current government to spend wisely the budget money, to stop the privatisatio
Deposed Monarchies Are monarchies really returning to Europe? That seems to be what is happening in Bulgaria, and the trend may spread through the Balkans.
BULGARIA` S former king, Simeon II, was last night leading his political party to victory in a general election that marked the first time an eastern European country had returned a monarch to power.
Bulgaria` s ex-king Simeon II went to ground in his former royal palace Tuesday as he prepared the tough task of forming a stable government following his historic weekend election victory.
The movement led by former King Simeon II fell one seat short of an absolute majority in Bulgaria`s parliamentary elections, final results show.
Following are the final results of the votes at Bulgarian General Elections, June 17: ***
Daewoo, South Korean corporation, suffering during the last couple of years deep crisis intends to sell out Sheraton Sofia and World Trade Center `Wall Street Journal Asia` reported. The two buildings and a business center in Poland will be sold out till
Former Bulgarian king Simeon II faces tough coalition talks Monday after early election results showed his party sweeping to power 55 years after he was forced into exile after World War II. The 64-year-old former monarch, who has spent most of his life a
Bulgaria is committed to changes and European standards, Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer said in a special declaration in relation to the Sunday`s parliamentary elections. Schwimmer points out Bulgaria`s decisive role in maintaining p
The economist tipped to be Bulgaria`s finance minister in the new administration led by the former King Simeon II has said the privatisation of Bulgaria`s state telecom company will be a priority. Milen Velchev, who until May was a vice-president for emer
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