For the first time in 11 years the Turkish minority dominated Movement for Rights and Freedoms will have its ministers in the cabinet. Following 7 rounds of negotiations that lasted for 3 weeks, the NMS II and the MRF agreed to run the country together.
Reported by Bulgarian National radio [Announcer] During her visit to Plovdiv, ODS [United of Democratic Forces] leader Ekaterina Mikhaylova commented on the coalition agreement between the SND [Simeon II National Movement] and the DPS [Rights and Freedo
The vacation settlement `Elenite` neighboring the `Slanchev Bryag` (Sunny Beach) resort will change its owner, it transpired yesterday after the Supreme Administration Court announced its decision on the litigious deal. In 1999 the Privatization Agency un
The Privatization Agency`s supervisory board rejected the deal on selling a 51 percent stake of Hemus Air to the chosen `Pirin Tourist` company. The members of Board didn`t approve the deal as the buyer does not have experience in the business and does no
A bomb exploded in a Greek businessman`s green house at dawn yesterday. The explosive had been planted under the glass structures of the green house.
Five Bulgarian nationals were captured with 8 kilos of cocaine at the international airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the BBC broadcast yesterday. According to the radio, this is the first evidence of the Bulgarian connection with the Latin-American drug traf
President Peter Stoyanov will be on an official visit in Great Britain from 25 to 27 of July on the invitation of Tony Blair. The President of Bulgaria will have an audience with Queen Elizabeth II.
Professionalism is the major criterion in the selection of the ministers, said Simeon Saxe-Coburg, premier-designated, in a blitz interview for Sofia`s`Standart`. He said that the cabinet will be ready till Sunday, `when he will have to hand in his propos
President Peter Stoyanov and outgoing Foreign Minister Nadezhda Mihailova consecutively denied information on the allegedly agreed meeting with Libyan leader Gaddafi. Tripoli also officially refuted the information, carried by the Bulgarian press, that mi
BBC Monitoring Service Vratsa, northwestern Bulgaria, 20 July: The Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant reports a rapid growth of production in the first half of 2001.
The sale of the bearings facility of the Sopot-based VMZ military works to the Swedish company SKF was postponed for formal reasons, the Privatisation agency announced. The cadastral layout of the plant has been classified, and the Agency cannot present i
Fine of BGN 2,000 to 3,000 and 1 to 2 years in prison envisages a bill of amendments to the Penal Code, drafted by Mihail Mikov from Coalition for Bulgaria. The penalty shall be imposed on hackers who change or delete computer programmes or data.
The National Assembly Friday approved the composition and leadership of all of its 20 standing committees. Committee membership ranges from 28 to 16.
The agreement on coalition governance between the King`s party and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms was signed on Friday, 3 p.m.
`If Bulgaria receives an invitation to join NATO in 2002 it will be fully integrated with the Pact two years later`, parliamentary speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov said after the traditional lunch of the ambassadors of NATO member-states. According to him the tw
Members of Parliament will receive base monthly salary of BGN 750, which is three times the average monthly wage of the employed in the public sector. The salaries increased by BGN 90 than in the 38th national Assembly.
The Telecommunications Commission will check up the level of the signal of the second GSM operator in Bulgaria, GloBul, in different points in Sofia. The new operator started officially on Wednesday.
A double anniversary of 90 years Ford in Bulgaria and 10 years Moto-Pfohe celebrate the exclusive representative of Ford, Volvo and Jaguar in Bulgaria on Friday. The celebration will begin with a concert in the center of Sofia, where there will be an open
Eight Macedonian citizens have filed applications asking to be granted asylum in Bulgaria in the past month, Boiko Antonov, Chairman of the Refugee Agency announced. 25 Macedonians have asked the agency how they could extend their stay in Bulgaria.
The second unit of the KOZLODUY Nuclear Power Plant was re-connected to the national grid after completing the planned annual outage and reached 50% of its capacity on Wednesday. The sixth unit is still in annual outage.
Ahmed Dogan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, was invited to visit Tripoli with an official letter by the Libya`s ambassador to Bulgaria. `The doors of Libya are opened for the people of the MRF at any time.
Google Street View Cars Return to Bulgaria for Major Mapping Update
Housing Prices Soar in Bulgaria’s Major Cities as Demand and Supply Strain Increase
