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VIDAHIM CLOSED DOWN

The Unified Revenue Agency will proceed with closing down Vidahim. The general meeting of the creditors decided on Friday to sell out the assets of the venture, which were adjudged insolvent two years ago.

Business | July 23, 2001, Monday // 00:00

SHUMENSKO PIVO WITH 60% SALES GROWTH

Shumensko Pivo brewery ranks among the leaders in this field after Fikret Ince, the owner of the oldest brewery in Bulgaria, reported a 60% sales growth for the first half of 2001, as compared to the year-ago period. By the end of this year the brewery`s

Business | July 23, 2001, Monday // 00:00

CAPITAL WEEKLY: HILL & KNOWLTON STEPS INTO BULGARIA

The company might acquire shares from its Bulgarian associate M3 Communications Group, Inc.

Views on BG | July 22, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

NATO TO CONDUCT EXERCISE ON THE BLACK SEA COAST

Foreign combat ships called at the Bay of Burgas Saturday to take part in a Bulgarian Navy exercise codenamed `Breeze 2001` under NATO`s Partnership for Peace Initiative. The exercise will be conducted in the southwestern part of the Black Sea under the c

Politics | July 22, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

SOCIALISTS NOT TO SUPPORT THE NEW CABINET

The Bulgarian Socialists Party` MPs will cast an `abstention` vote on Tuesday, when the new cabinet is to be approved by the National Assembly, party leader Georgi Parvanov announced. The Supreme Council of the Socialists party declared its decision not t

Politics | July 22, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

HOMBACH HOPES FOR COOPERATION WITH THE NEW CABINET

Europe is looking forward to the formation of the new cabinet in Bulgaria, Bodo Hombach, Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, said on Darik Radio Saturday. The way the world will treat the new incumbents will depend on the i

Politics | July 22, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

CNN: BULGARIA ANNOUNCES NEW CABINET

CNN EUROPE - SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Bulgaria's prime minister designate, former King Simeon II, has named businessmen rather than professional politicians in his Cabinet to tackle his country's woes.

Views on BG | July 22, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

EKATERINA MIHAILOVA (UDF LEADER): `THE NEW CABINET IS A WEIRD MIXTURE`

`According to me the presence of emblematic figures from the Bulgarian Socialists Party, occupying key positions in the new cabinet, is significant. No matter how hard the socialists try to keep distance from what the new cabinet is, I think that its comp

Views on BG | July 22, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

MEMBERS OF THE NEW CABINET OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED

Prime Minister Designate, Simeon Saxe-Coburg, officially announced the members of the new Coucil of Ministers on Sunday, 4 p.m.

Politics | July 22, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

SIMEON II ANNOUNCING THE GOVERNMENT ON SUNDAY

Prime Minister Designate, Simeon Saxe-Coburg, will announce the names of the new government members on Sunday. The first to get acquainted with it will be the MPs from its coalition who will meet at 10.

Politics | July 21, 2001, Saturday // 00:00

NEW STRATEGY FOR BULGARTABAC SOON

The parliament has to approve a privatization plan on Bulgartabac Holding in a month. Then the procedure on its denationalization is to start, experts from king`s coalition stated today.

Business | July 21, 2001, Saturday // 00:00

THREE DEPUTY PM AND TWO NEW MINISTRIES

The government will have three Deputy PMs and two new ministries–of energy and sport, parliamentary speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov said. According to him minister of economy will be Deputy PM also.

Politics | July 21, 2001, Saturday // 00:00

MRF WITH TWO MINISTERS IN THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT

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.

Politics | July 21, 2001, Saturday // 00:00

OPPOSITION LEADER SEES COALITION AGREEMENT AS "BARGAIN"

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

Views on BG | July 21, 2001, Saturday // 00:00

FAMOUS SEA RESORT DEAL CANCELED

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

Business | July 21, 2001, Saturday // 00:00

HEMUS AIR DEAL STOPPED

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

Politics | July 21, 2001, Saturday // 00:00

BOMB PLANTED AGAINST GREEK CITIZEN

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.

Politics | July 21, 2001, Saturday // 00:00

BULGARIANS SEIZED WITH 8 KGS COCAINE IN BRAZIL

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

Politics | July 21, 2001, Saturday // 00:00

PRESIDENT TO MEET THE BRITISH QUEEN

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.

Politics | July 21, 2001, Saturday // 00:00

SIMEON SAXE-COBURG: PROFESSIONALISM AHEAD

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

Politics | July 21, 2001, Saturday // 00:00

LIBYA DENIED MIHAILOVA GADDAFI MEETING

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

Politics | July 21, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
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