The Movement for Rights and Freedoms, which is a coalition partner of the ruling Simeon II National Movement, will have three experts in the presidential team of President–elect Georgi Parvanov, MPs from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms said, quoted b
Former national football coach Dimitur Penev may be appointed coach of the Macedonian national football team, newspapers in Macedonia wrote. "I had talks with Macedonian Football Union and its President Vancho Takovski two months ago.
Liabilities of Pamporovo ski resort privatized hotels amount to more than USD 100 000, representatives of Pamporovo joint-stock company announced. The money has been spent on maintaining the infrastructure in the resort.
The sons of MP from the Simeon II National Movement Dimcho Dimchev beat brutally a fireman in the Dimitrovgrad-based discotheque "Baccarat" on January 1. At dawn, Sergeant Andrei Nestorov who worked as a driver at the fire brigade, came in.
On January 1, the soldier Deyan Deyanov shot himself dead in the military base of village Kapitan Dimitrievo in the Pazardzhik region. Investigation is being conducted.
The problems in the Balkans can be solved only through integration into the European Union, Erhard Busek, Stability Pact Special Coordinator for South-eastern Europe said, cited by France Press. According to him minorities and border conflicts can be sett
Firefighters in Sydney are concentrating efforts late Wednesday on stopping blazes entering the Lane Cove National Park in the city's inner north west as gusty winds and high temperatures push fires ever closer to the city center.
Zambian ruling party candidate Levy Mwanawasa has been sworn in as the country's president despite a court challenge to his election. Ten opposition parties had wanted the swearing-in ceremony to be put off, saying the December 27 election had been affect
Nuclear Power Plant Kozloduy has received an official permission for starting operations in the complex for recycling and storing of radioactive waste. The move comes in accordance with Sample Protocol N 16, which confirmed the already built complex is fi
President Stoyanov decreed the promulgation of the Personal Data Act and the Amendments and Supplements Act to the Code for the Obligatory Public Insurance in the State Gazette. The Acts were adopted by Parliament on December 21, 2001.
The first contingent of French troops have joined the international peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. The group of 15 soldiers arrived on Wednesday at Bagram Air Base and will join the British peacekeepers, who have been in Afghanistan since mid-Decemb
Sofia Airport authorities announced that Emil Grigorov – director of “Fuel-Oil Materials” Department with the airport was discharged. His deputy Ivan Todorov was warned for his negligence and bad planning because of which the inventories of anti-ice liqui
Abstracted from the Washington Times Anders Aslund, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment, has no illusions about economic reform in the former Soviet bloc countries.
The first bank robbery of euros took place in Greece after a gunman attacked a bank in Athens.
Gorna Arda Cascade construction will begin in 2002, Kostadin Paskalev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development, said. The upcoming Bulgarian –Turkish summit on the project’s future is scheduled for January.
Georgi Petrov, former MP and agrarian leader was appointed Chief of the State Gambling Committee. Finance Minister Velchev decreed the new appointment on December 29.
Many people lined up in long queues in the Bulgarian National Bank, wanting to exchange currencies in the eurozone for the new euros. Five cash desks serve the citizens in the bank, some of whom had come as early as five o'clock in the morning.
The Bulgarian company Vidahim might be sold for USD 1, Martin Donchev, Vidin’s governor announced. According to him, this is the only way an investor can be found.
Billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg took office December 1 as New York's 108th mayor, vowing to rebuild the city in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks and to build on the successes of his predecessor, Rudy Giuliani.
Seven Bulgarians, suspected of making counterfeit Deutsche Marks, have been arrested in the German province of Baden-Wurttemberg on New Year’s Eve. According to experts the euphoria accompanying the new single currency introduction will lead to more count
The old identity cards and driving licenses of Bulgarian citizens are not valid as of January 1, 2002. The deadline for issuing new documents, stipulated by Parliament, expired on December 31, 2001.
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