The price f cigarettes will go up between 5% and 10% becase of the excise increase with 30% to 40%. Alcohol and coffe prices will not go up.
Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg attended the session of the Supreme Judicial Court on October 31. He promised to the magistrates that the budget of the judicial system will be increased with BGN 15 M.
Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Moscow paid attention to a recent statement by Prime Minister of Bulgaria Simeon II Saxe-Coburg in the parliament of the country.
Duna TV satellite service, Budapest [Presenter] Defence Minister Janos Szabo has arrived home from Bulgaria where he was on an official visit...
The working group of the national police chiefs in the 15 European Union member states opened its fourth meeting in Brussels on October 30. It is the first meeting that is attended by representatives of EU applicant states.
The marketing research for the privatisation of Biochim commercial bank officially started on October 30. A decision to sell the bank was made by BCC's board of directors on September 27.
The deadline for submitting offers for the state equity of Central Cooperative Bank /CCB/ is November 23, 2001, officials from the Bank Consolidation Company /BCC/ said, quoted by Pari Daily. The state holds 32.
The Bulgarian Government decided to postpone the introduction of value added tax on attorney services until the new draft bill on defense lawyers is enforced.` Judicial fees will not be raised next year,` Finance Minister Milen Velchev said.
A Kuwaiti parliamentary delegation arrived in Bulgaria on October 29. Mehmed Dikme, the Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture, confirmed his invitation to the Amir of Kuwait, during his meeting with the Kuwaiti officials on October 30.
The Bulgarian municipalities Montana, Berkovitsa, Chiprovtsi, Chuprene, and Belogradchik, all in Northwestern Bulgaria, have been included in a Balkan Range Transborder Project. The Yugoslav side is represented by the authorities of Knjazevac, Dimitrovgra
`2006 may have looked like an overly optimistic accession deadline five years ago, but today it seems very realistic,` Venceslas de Lobkowitz, head of the Information Department at European Commission's Enlargement Directorate General said. He delivered a
Around 30,000 Bulgarian emigrants in Turkey have entered Bulgaria in the last six months. They were forced back to Bulgaria by the economic crisis in Turkey and their illegal status there.
Bulgaria’s revenue from excise and customs duties has increased by BGN 15 M for the August-September period of 2001, compared to the same period of 2000, Finance Ministry officials announced. Emil Dimitrov, Head of Customs Agency, confirmed the data.
Plamen Petrov, Bulgarian Transport and Communications Minister, is to appoint a new CEO of the state-owned company Air Traffic Control (ATC), sources form the ministry said, quoted by Dnevnik Daily. There are several lists of potential candidates for the
A memorandum was signed for an assistance program to the Bulgarian Parliament. The memo was signed by the Bulgarian Parliament and the administration of the United Nations Development Programme, the Embassies of Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdo
All members of the Board of Directors of Incoms Telecom Holding will keep their positions, the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy announced after the general meeting of the company’s shareholders on October 30. They motivated their decision with the advanced s
The Bulgarian Parliament ratified two documents in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the participation of children in war conflicts, children prostitution and trade with children.
“The Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant has attained European standards through numerous technical and technological improvements in line with the requirements for upgrading of its nuclear and operational safety, and its operation now is safe and reliable. This
The Bulgarian First Investment Bank (FIB) applied for a permission to dematerialise its shares at the Central Depository, informed sources said, quoted by Dnevnik Daily. After the shares are transformed into electronic ones will, it will become easier to
The European Union SAPARD program that supports the agricultural sector will provide funds for six new measures, the Bulgarian Agriculture and Forestry Ministry announced on October 30. The funds will be used for the establishment of farmer’s organization
The Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) and the Bulgarian Socialist Party criticized the first one hundred days of the Bulgarian Government. Deputy Chairman and former Finance Minister Muravei Radev said that the Cabinet's first 100 days in office can be cha
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