Seven children were crushed to death by the mob at a tragic incident on December 21 at a Sofia disco and the condition of thirteen more was critical. Initially the death toll was set at eight children.
The hearing of the case against the six Bulgarian medics charged with intentionally infecting 393 Libyan children with HIV was postponed again. It took only one minute for the Libyan People's Court decision to be announced.
Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic has lodged an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights for immediate release. It is the latest attempt by Milosevic to have the International War Crimes Tribunal charges against him thrown out.
Eight teens were killed Friday (seven announced later on - editors' note)night as they attempted to pack into a disco to celebrate the end of classes and the beginning of the holidays, authorities said. The teens -- most of them between the ages of 13 and
With its economy in tatters and the nation shaken by deadly protests, Argentina's interim president said he was stepping aside. Ramon Puerta, who is the country's Senate leader, had said he did not want the interim position following Thursday's resignatio
The ceremony for the swearing-in of Afghanistan's new interim leader Hamid Karzai and his interim government began in Kabul on December 21. The move officially ends Taliban rule in Afghanistan and is the first peaceful transfer of power in decades.
Foreign Minister Passy had an hour-long meeting with Mohamed Ali al-Masirati, Secretary of Libya's General People's Committee for Justice and Public Security, on December 21. The relations between the two countries and the improvement of contacts have bee
Bulgaria ranks 108th in terms of economic freedom, according to the Wall Street Journal rating of 156 counties. Thus Bulgaria classifies in the group of countries with limited economic freedom.
At least eight children are dead after an incident in the Sofia night club "Indigo", the police reported. Others are seriously injured.
Parliament approved at second reading the Personal Data Protection Act. Every person has access to personal data related to him/her, which are about his physical, mental, family and cultural identity.
Coalition forces are interrogating about 7,000 prisoners in Afghanistan to determine the level of their involvement in the Taliban and Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, a coalition spokesman said on December 21.
Zemedelie State Fund will file suits against its debtors after January 1, 2002, the Managing Staff of the fund announced on December 21.
The policy conducted by the new Government is positive and warming up of the relations between Bulgaria and Libya can be noticed, Ognyan Gerdzhikov, Parliament Speaker said. According to him that has indirect influence on the trial against the Bulgarian m
Bulgaria opened and closed the Industrial Policy chapter of the acquis communautaire, Meglena Kuneva, Chief Negotiator with the European Union announced on December 21. Chapter 15 was discussed at an extraordinary meeting of the EU-Bulgaria Accession Conf
Sergey Stanishev, chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, was elected floor leader of Coalition for Bulgaria. The Executive Bureau of the party decided against President-elect Georgi Parvanov’s suggestion for separation of the two posts late in the eve
The Cabinet is ready to react no matter what the outcome of the last hearing of the trial against the medics is, Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg said in the Parliament building. "First, we have to see what the position of the Libyan authorities and the Libyan
At the suggestion of Varna Municipality Council the Black Sea coast city became member of the European organization “European cities against drugs”. The organization aims to encourage and improve the drug combat through democratic means.
The fifth Congress of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB), re-elected the Confederation’s Chairman Zhelyazko Hristov on December 21. 363 out of 488 voted for Hristov.
Gymnast Jordan Jovtchev was elected Sportsman of Bulgaria for 2001 after a poll among the sports journalists in the country. Weightlifter Galabin Boevski and wrestler Nikolay Paslar follow him.
Bulgarian President Stoyanov announced that he is against EU enlargement “in pieces” in his address to the delegates of the 12th World Summit in Monaco. According to him, accession in separate groups will put under question the entire policy for the devel
Bulgaria will stick to the terms suggested by the European Commission for decommissioning Units 1 and 2 of the Nuclear Power Plant Kozloduy, Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg said during the Parliamentary control session. The European Commission insists t
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