One Bulgarian woman has been killed and sixteen more have been injured in a bus crash in Central Greece near the city of Lamia on December 8. Another Greek woman has also been killed in the crash.
A Balkan Grain Exchange will be set up, Hristo Milenkov, Executive Director of the Sofia Commodity Exchange, announced in the Black Sea resort of Albena on December 7. The project will be funded by the American Agency for International Development.
“Sofia is the capital of a country of great importance in such a tender spot as the Balkans, “ Slobodan Casule, Macedonia’s new Foreign Minister, said on the Bulgarian National Radio on December 7 in his first interview for the Bulgarian media.
After long debates Muravey Radev, former Finance Minister, was elected to chair the 6th Congress of the Bulgarian Democratic Forum, part of the United Democratic Forces (UDF). The Congress opened on December 8 at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia.
Bulgaria’s relations with Macedonia are very good, even excellent, especially given the prospect of Bulgaria’s invitation from NATO in 2002, Alexander Yordanov, the Bulgarian Ambassador in Skopje, says in a long interview for the Macedonian newspaper Nova
On December 8 the Japanese people had a chance to take a glimpse for the first time of Japan's Crown Princess Masako and the baby girl she gave birth to. According to a survey conducted recently in Japan 71% of the informants want to see the Japanese legi
Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg leaves on a two-day official visit to Germany on December 13. He is going to have lunch with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder.
US President George Bush claimed victory after Senate Democrats buckled to his demands to limit anti-terrorism spending to USD 20 BLN. Capping a three-day battle on the Senate floor, lawmakers approved USD 318 BLN Defense Bill for 2001 and a compromise US
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Olympic champion Rulon Gardner beat Yuriy Yevseychyk of Israel 3-0 on December 7 in the 286-pound category It was the first outing here for Gardner, of Afton, Wyo., who shocked three-time gold medalist Alexander Karelin at the Sydney Games.
Armen Nazarian and Sergey Mureyko advanced to the quarterfinals of the 46th Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championships in Patras, Greece. Armen Nazarian, Bulgaria's two-time Olympic champion, beat Istvan Majoros of Hungary 4-0 in the 58 kilogram (127 3/4 p
A terrible fire burst out and spread in the building of the Youth Theatre opposite the National Assembly on December 7, nearly destroying it. The signal about the fire came at 5.
The number of tourists is expected to increase by 10-12% during the 2000/2001 winter season, Dimitur Hadzhinikolov, Deputy Economy Minister, said at a working meeting in Bansko on December 7. Representatives of the local administration, police and travel
Israeli helicopters attacked a Palestinian security compound with missiles early in the morning of December 8, Israeli Defense Forces reported. The attacks came after Israel's demands went unheeded that Palestinians halt the mortar fire on the settlement
The progress of the accession talks on various chapters of the acquis communautaire will be discussed at a meeting of foreign ministers of the European Union and Bulgaria on December 11 in Brussels within the framework of the intergovernmental commission
LUKOil Neftochim Burgas will invest EUR 7 M in a new truck filling bridge, representatives of the refinery announced on December 7. The facility will have an annual capacity of 2.
General Joseph Ralston, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, accepted Foreign Minister Passy's invitation to visit Bulgaria. The invitation was made during Passy’s meeting with General Ralston in Brussels on December 7.
Tons of drugs are smuggled in Bulgaria each year through the Burgas port, General Vassil Vassilev, Chief of the National Police Service Directory, said in Burgas on December 7. Burgas is the closest port to Asia and also easy to access.
According to the amendments to the Value Added Tax that the Parliament adopted on December 7 the VAT credit reimbursement term is extended to 6 month, while it had to be reduced to 3 months. Under the current act VAT credit is paid back in 45 days after a
The Bulgarian civil aviation suffered USD 120 M losses in 2001 because of its withdrawal from regular international lines after the collapse of the National Carrier Balkan Airlines, the Air Transport Institute (ATI) report shows. Svetoslav Stanoulov, ATI
The Free Democrats Union, Sofia mayor Stefan Sofianski’ party, will hold its constituent assembly on December 9. A total of 800 delegates will attend the assembly.
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