EU PLANS MIDEAST PEACE TALKS
Associated Press By PAUL AMES
Associated Press By PAUL AMES
ABSTRACTED from Reuters By Michael Winfrey
The problems in the Serbian section of the Danube river in March 1999 resulted in huge losses for the Bulgarian port – Russe. The port has sustained losses of over BGN 900,000.
The former workers of the Varna shipyard will protest today in front of the building of the enterprise. The protestors will decide whether to go on strike.
Bulgaria’s goldsmiths announced that they will appeal in Court against the new higher licence tax approved by Parliament last week.
Bulgaria is ready to export Christmas trees to England and Greece , officials from the Agriculture Ministry said, quoted by Dnevnik Daily. Last year, the Greek and English retailers praised the Bulgarian produce.
The negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are entering their decisive phase. Today the mission will meet the team of Finance Minister Milen Velchev to specify the texts of the agreement with the government.
The Bulgarians hospitalized in Lamia after the bus crash near the Greek city on December 8 have all but one been released. The car that was the cause of the crash is still unidentified.
The State Railways Company employees are ready to go on strike before Christmas, Plamen Dimitrov, deputy chairman of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB), said on December 9. Unpaid salaries were once again cited as the reason
Bulgarians left the 46th World Wrestling Championship in Patras, Greece with no medals. Sergey Moreyko lost against Greece's Xenofon Koutsioubas in the 130 kilograms category's bronze medal round with 0:8.
The Observer published a long article on the European Union enlargement. According to the author in case Europe accepts too many countries all will suffer losses.
America's Olympic medalists will wrestle for world titles after advancing to the finals Sunday, the last day of the Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships. Olympic champion Rulon Gardner faces Hungarian Mihaly Deak-Bardos, the current European champion
Luigi Simoni is the new coach of the football team of CSKA. On December 8 he signed a two-year contract under which he is to come into office at the beginning of 2002.
Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister, said Israel might step up military operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in retaliation for a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings. But he said he would not target Yasser Arafat, countering speculation that Isra
About BGN 2 M is the debt of those who have been granted credits from the Vratsa branch of “Zemedelie” Fund, the Fund’s director Dimitur Kamenov, announced. The term for the farmers have deposited 40% of the owed sum so far was prolonged till February 18.
Krasimir Dachev, Executive Director of the Metals Technology “Anguel Balevski” Group, has issued an order which probihits Vezhdi Rashidov from entering the buildings of the company in Sofia, Pleven, Lovech, Vratsa and Svishtov. Vezhdi Rashidov, famous scu
The poor weather conditions and the rough wind caused power cuts in many villages in the district of Varna. The electricity supply to some of them has not been restored yet.
The December 9 mayor elections in the Sliven municipality proceeded at an extremely low election turnout. Data from the Municipality Electoral Committee shows that till one 5 p.
Hilton Sofia’s Artists Bar & Caf? together with Art Gallery “Irida” are presenting the exhibition “The Art to be Unique”, including works of Nevelina Janakieva (glass) and Jordan Pankov (graphics), together with the Autumn-Winter collection of boutique “I
More than two decades after John Lennon was gunned down by a deranged fan, devoted fans of the ex-Beatle gathered on December 8 at the Imagine mosaic in Strawberry Fields, an area of Central Park dedicated to Lennon, to mourn on the anniversary of his dea
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