Interviewed for BTA, the new director of the National Customs Agency, Emil Dimitrov, said that the reform he is planning is tantamount to a revolution in the customs system. Dimitrov's appointment as director of the National Customs Agency, which is subor
The customs officers at the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing intercepted a shipment of 24 kg of marijuana. A sniffer dog discovered the drug in an incoming Mercedes car with Albanian registration bound for Turkey.
Unit 4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear plant will be switched off for a planned repair and refueling at 00:00hrs on August 19, the press office of the company said. The 440MW unit will be modernized and its operational safety will be upgraded.
Minister of Finance Milen Velchev approved a mechanism for extending financial aid to municipalities in 2001. The mechanism is based on the active legislation and the current capacity of the budget.
The Privatisation Agency announced three new sites in Sunny Beach resort for sale-the `Trakiya` administrative building, the `Oasis` canteen, and the `Aquarama` water amusement facility. The sale will be realized through an open bidding tender.
`Goroubso-Madan was granted two concessions for 30-year exploitation of the Petrovitza and Krushev Dol deposits`, Subi Kichukov, Deputy Director of the company, announced. The annual fees for the concessions will depend on the quantity of ore extracted.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar will arrive on a visit to Bulgaria on September 17, 2001. This became clear after a meeting between Bulgarian Transport Minister Plamen Petrov and Spanish Ambassador to Bulgaria Jose Angel Lopez Jorrin.
`The price for using central steam heating in Bulgaria will grow in the fall and this is already envisaged in the budget`, Deputy Prime Minister Nikolay Vassilev announced. The raise will be by 30% at the least and in some of the towns the prices will be
The government approved Bulgaria`s participation in the Culture 2000 program of the European Union in the 2001-2004 period. The project is financed under the Phare program and the expenses on the program amount to BGN 220 000 a year.
Emil Dimitrov, Director of the Customs Agency, released some of the chiefs of the customs departments and reappointed others on different positions. Krassidar Bikov, head of Sofia Airport customs department, was appointed deputy director of `Passengers an
Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg will control directly the money in the treasury. After the Deputy Prime Ministers, who had to watch the finances, didn`t reach an agreement, the Ministry of Finance came to be directly controlled by Simeon.
`Some 36 tons of rice were imported illegally into Bulgaria last year`, Dimiter Yonchev, Chairman of the Union of Rice Growers in Bulgaria, announced. `Besides that the customs duties of 160 dollars/ton are very low`, he added.
The minimum tobacco quality requirements will be mandatory for tobacco producers from the beginning of next year. This is envisaged by the latest amendment to the implementing regulations for the Tobacco and Tobacco Goods Act approved by the ministers yes
The cabinet meets on Tuesday on a called meeting to appoint the district governors, Minister Dimitar Kaltchev said. Before that the much-contested nominations should be ultimately specified.
There are no problems with the appointment of deputy government ministers and deputy district governors on the quota of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), Agriculture Minister Ahmed Dikme said Thursday answering a reporter`s question before the
`Serbia unilaterally closed the border crossing at Vrushka Chouka and Strezimirovtsi to trucks, buses and minibuses, the deputy chief of the Vidin Customs Administration as of midnight on August 15`, Ivan Ivanov, deputy director of the Vidin customs ann
Sevdalin Mavrov, judge from the Sofia Court of Appeal, is the new chief secretary of the Council of Ministers. Mavrov was a regional judge and later on deputy chairman of the First Regional Court in Sofia, a judge and deputy chairman of the Sofia City Cou
The tender on the unfinished editorial office building of the Rodina printing and publishing house, which was scheduled for Thursday, failed again. None of the three candidates, Overgas Holding of Yambol, Artek A & K of Dubai, and PricewaterhouseCoopers B
The real estate of Bulgaria`s Foreign Ministry in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa will be revised because the ministry has more buildings than the country needs for its diplomatic missions. ***
Deputy Foreign Minister Meglena Kuneva was appointed chief negotiator with the EU at a regular meeting of the government on Thursday. Deputy Economy Minister Lyubka Kachakova was named Bulgarian representative at the Mixed Committee on the Implementation
`Macedonia needs and expects further military aid from various countries, including Bulgaria`, Yordan Boshkov, Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee with the Macedonian parliament, said Thursday after meeting his Bulgarian counterpart Stanimir Ilchev a
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