Hundreds of young people participated in the hip-hop party against terror organized in Plovdiv by St. George Student Centre, the local authorities and the Agency for Youth and Sport.
“I expect the annual report of the European Commission for 2002 to say that Bulgaria has a functioning market economy, “ Nikolay Vassilev, Economy Minister and Deputy Prime Minister said before the governmental meeting during which Prime Minister Saxe-Cob
“During the coming holidays, we expect a lot of Romanian pick pockets to enter Bulgaria,” Interior Minister Petkanov said before the governmental meeting. That is why the border control will be strengthened.
Prices of domestic cigarette brands are expected to rise by about ten percent as of 2002, following the introduction of a 10% increase in excise duties, Finance Ministry officials said. The current increase does not include Bulgartabac Holding proposal fo
On December 19, President Peter Stoyanov leaves on a working visit to Monaco where he will be this year's special guest at the 12th World Summit organized by the Crans Montana Forum. Stoyanov will give a speech on "the Challenges of European Enlargement".
Compensatory papers prices are expected to mark an increase next week. The rise will be prompted by the investors’ intensified bidding, following efforts to meet payment deadlines in various privatization deals before the end of the year.
The Stability Pact for Southeast Europe has one mail goal: to prepare the countries for European integration, Erhard Busek, the new Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact, said in an interview for the private Darik Radio. According to him, the stabili
Bulgaria's second GSM operator GloBul will invest BGN 500 M by the end of 2001, Pari Daily wrote. The amount, which includes the USD 135 M paid for the licence, has been invested in the development of the network.
Geologist Chirananda De told the BBC that fossilised rain imprints were found on a rippled surface in primitive rocks in the lower Vindhyan range in Madhya Pradesh state. ''These imprints, which are at least 1,600 million years old, constitute one of the
Small and medium-sized companies are denied preferential treatment in sell-offs under the amendments to the Privatization Law adopted by the Parliamentary Economic Committee. The measure aims to enable the state to obtain full payment immediately after th
Euro coins have gone on sale in Germany, accompanied by celebrations in several major cities. But an opinion poll on Sunday found that only one in three Germans thought the euro would benefit them, confirming that many are still deeply ambiguous about the
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres has said he will tender his resignation, after his ruling Socialist Party suffered a crushing defeat in the municipal elections. "This defeat is my defeat," he told a news conference.
A major international conference on the multi-billion-dollar global child sex trade has opened in the Japanese city of Yokohama. More than 3,000 delegates from 137 countries are attending the four-day conference, the second of its kind.
International medical experts sent to a remote jungle area of northern Gabon are searching for victims of an Ebola outbreak that has already claimed 12 lives. A statement from the World Health Organisation said the 14-strong team of international and Gabo
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has called on the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, to return to the negotiating table and urged militants to cease their attacks on Israel.
Morgenpost, Berlin 14 December 2001 After his meeting with Bulgarian prime minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg in Berlin yesterday, chancellor Gerhard Schr?der (SPD) announced that
The Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) proposed that the Cabinet ease visa regulations for Russian businessmen and nationals on package tours in Bulgaria. According to BCCI the new regulations are to be introduced reciprocally by both the R
BY Monique Geiss The Balkan Children and Youth Foundation (BCYF) held a business leaders' Workshop in the Sheraton Hotel in Sofia on December 14.
Debut Eurobonds price rise stopped, following the news of the two-year USD 300 M funding agreement between Bulgaria and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dnevnik Daily wrote. In the opinion of traders the IMF nine installments starting in February co
National carrier Balkan Airlines will repay in a five-year period outstanding debt to those creditors who decline to enter a debt – for equity swap deal, Dnevnik Daily reported, citing Hristo Mollov, the company’s court-appointed administrator. Balkan Air
Faster conclusion of the privatization process is one of the demands of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Jerald Schiff, Head of the IMF mission to Bulgaria recommended to the Cabinet that the biggest enterprises, among which are Bulgartabac, the Bul
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