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BULGARIA IS EXPANDING CURRENCY RESERVE

Bulgaria will expand her exchange currency reserve if the population would bring out their own cash in European currencies and start selling them to the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB), said for the `Standart` bank experts. The Managers` Board of the Centra

Business | June 26, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

CHIEF PROSECUTOR MET THE KING BRIEFLY

Chief Prosecutor Nikola Filtchev and Simeon II had an hour of a tete-a-tete conversation in the `Vrana` residence yesterday in the morning. The conversation was scheduled in advance, sources close to His Majesty said.

Politics | June 26, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

BULGARIAN COMPANIES ATTRACTIVE AT FORUM IN TURKEY

BULGARIAN companies are attracting much interest at the Business Partnership forum, which started in Istanbul yesterday. The good

Business | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

PARI DAILY: BULGARTABAC CASE WILL BE THE FIRST TEST FOR THE NEW KING`S GOVERNMENT

AFTER Bulgaria was kicked out of the huge Soviet tobacco market by estern tobacco companies, following the 1989 events, the evaluation of the company has been permanently declining.

Views on BG | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

UDF MOST LIKELY WITH NEW PARTY CHAIR TODAY

THE SOFIA regional council of the Union of Democratic Forces onvened last night to prepare its stand for the session of the UDF national council today. I will back up the nomination proposed by the current chairperson of the party, if there is such a nomi

Politics | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF

BULGARIA`S EXPORTS IN APRIL amounted to USD 372.1 million, imports stood at USD 521.

Business | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

MARKET `SUPPLIES` MINISTERS WITH CARS AND PHONES

Democratic Party`s /DP`s/ leader Alexander Pramatarski is driving a black Mercedes S 500L, plate number C 0999 KT, which, according to customs documents which the PARI daily has, is registered to Commodity Market Iliyantsi EOOD.

Business | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

VIGILANTE WITH THE HIGHEST BULGARIAN HONOUR

President Stoyanov conferred on UNDP Resident Representative A. Vigilante the Order of the Balkan Range, First Class, which is the highest Bulgarian honour.

Politics | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

NEW IMF REPRESENTATIVE FOR BULGARIA

Ms. Pirita Sorsa will sabstitude Peter Stella as a standing representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Bulgaria, the Ministry of Finance reported.

Business | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

ZHOTEV AND HAMPARTZOUMYAN MAY HEAD TOP BANKS

Privatization Agency Executive Director Levon Hampartsoumyan will be the new Bulbank Executive Director, several financial media announced simultaneously. Hampartsoumyan is supposed to take over Momchil Andreev`s chair in the biggest private Bulgarian Ban

Business | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

BUSINESS IN BRIEF TODAY

HOT LINE FOR unfair spends of the foreign loans from the World Bank will be established soon in Bulgaria, Thomas O`Brien, local WB representative stated. Until now World Bank had financed projects for $495 M, another 133.

Business | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

BUD BANNED ON BULGARIAN MARKET

US famous beer Bud was banned on Bulgarian market as their Czech competitor Budwaiser Budvar won an intellectual rights property court case. The story dated long ago at 1911 when the court cases between the US Corporation and Czech brewery started suing e

Business | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

KING SIMEON FOR CENTRAL EUROPE REVIEW: FIVE DEGREES- RIGHT OR LEFT

Friday 1 June. A rainy day in Sofia.

Views on BG | June 25, 2001, Monday // 00:00

MRF OFFICIAL RECOMMENDED FOR MINISTER

Hassan Ali, Movement for Rights and Freedom member, who was deputy minister in the interim government of Stephan Sofiyanski is the most experienced to head the Agricultural Ministry, the now agrarian minister Ventseslav Varbanov declared in Pleven. He ela

Politics | June 24, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

KING`S MOVEMENT LEADER GAVE BIRTH TO A DAUGHTER

The MP Vessela Draganova gave birth to a girl yesterday. The baby is 3.

Politics | June 24, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

UDF LEADERS IN PLOVDIV UNDER PRESSURE

The local leader of the UDF in Plovdiv, second largest city in Bulgaria, Spas Garnevski and the ardent supporters of Kostov from his close entourage lose their position in the regional organization after the election loss. Rank and file members of the UDF

Politics | June 24, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

AUDIT OFFICE TO CONTROL THE CONCESSIONS

The new National Audit Office Act to grant it the right to control the concessions, Associated Professor Georgi Nikolov is to propose. Many of the audit offices over the world are granted this right because one of the recommendations of the EU to the coun

Business | June 24, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

ANOTHER KEY UDF LEADER AGAINST PM KOSTOV

Evgeny Bakardzhiev, the chairman of the most powerful UDF organization-the Sofia one, said yesterday that he will back Foreign Minister Nadezhda Mihaylova`s nomination for leader of the UDF, if Ivan Kostov resigns. According to Bakardzhiev the members of

Politics | June 24, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

QUEEN MARGUERITA: WE ARE SO DIFFERENT WITH THE KING

I'm a very active person, keen on sports, while he is the intellectual type, says Queen Marguerita for Standart in Sofia - Your Majesty, have you been feeling like a queen all these years?

Views on BG | June 24, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

UDF: REGIONAL RESIGNATIONS STARTED

Scandals about resignations burst out in the UDF structures throughout the country, Standart daily reported. The regional leader of the UDF in Burgas gave in his resignation.

Politics | June 24, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

SOCIALISTS EXPERTS MAY TAKE PART IN THE GOVERNMENT

The natural position for the Coalition for Bulgaria, dominated by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), in the 39th National Assembly is in opposition. The formation should not object if coalition experts are invited to the executive, BSP leader Georgi Pur

Politics | June 24, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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