Early Bulgarian ecclesiastical literature and its modern publications are on display at the Exhibition of Bulgarian Ecclesiastical Literature at the National Church History and Archaeology Museum in Sofia. Works from the Zographus Monastery on Mt.
Carriers from Plovdiv and Pazardzhik blocked highway Trakiya at 11am on November 21. They protest against the raise of the propane-butane excise.
Pierre Chevalier, President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of the Belgian Parliament is on an official visit to Bulgaria in connection with the European Union report on the progress of the eighteen EU applicant states. T
Bulgarian inventions won 95 awards at the Brussels Eureka World Exhibition of Innovation, Research and New Technologies. Bulgaria was presented for the first time at the exhibition.
The Guardian BY JOHN CASSY
“Free Democrats” will be the name of the party, founded by Sofia Mayor Sofianski. The Constituent Assembly of the new political organization will hold its first meeting on December 9 in “Bulgaria” hall in Sofia.
A project for promotion of entrepreneurship and increasing employment in the Stara Zagora municipalities hit by the restructuring of the mining industry will be financed by PHARE. 132 small businessmen or jobless people will get financial support for good
The start of a Bulgarian-Canadian project for promoting ?ulgarian food exports was announced on November 20. Initiators of the project are the Export Promotion Centre, the Bulgarian Association of Agencies for Regional Development and Business Centre and
The National Audit Office will audit the accounts of the State Social Insurance Institute and the National Health Insurance Fund under the amendments of the National Audit Office bill passed by Parliament at first reading. The National Audit Office will a
Bulgarian Interior Minister Georgi Petkanov said in Brussels that Bulgaria is ready to train police forces for multinational environment operations. Petkanov participated the joint meeting of the interior ministers of the EU members and applicant countrie
The ban on Bulgarian import of fish and fish products into the countries from the European Union may be lifted in the beginning of 2002. The proposal was made during the meeting between Mehmed Dikme, Bulgarian Agriculture Minister, and David Byrne, Europe
In his address to the foreign and defense EU ministers, Foreign Minister Solomon Passy underscored the importance of building crisis management capacities as part of the common European security and defence policy. "Developing such capacities is vital for
The Agriculture Ministry plans to import duty-free maize during the period from January till September 2002 that will compensate for the 330,000 tons of shortage. The Cabinet is to approve the plan in December 2001.
Standart Daily BY Nedelina Aneva
Star Motors will be Mazda’s new distributor for Bulgaria, replacing the current distributor - Summit Motors, representatives of the Japanese car producer announced. According to Stefan Hadzhinikolov, Summit Motors Director, the move aims at improving Mazd
Financial Times By STEFAN WAGSTYL
The Bulgarian LUKoil-Neftochim Burgas-based oil refinery will present a project for the modernization of the refinery at a conference in New Orleans. The conference is organized by the US Trade and Development Agency.
A 2001 record-high increase in Bulgaria’s foreign exchange reserves has been registered, the Finance ministry announced. According to data of the Bulgarian National Bank foreign exchange reserves reached BGN 7,178 BLN on November 16, 2001.
The National Electricity Transmission Company (NETC) is to open tenders for electricity export mediators, Dnevnik daily wrote, quoting a source from the State Agency of Energy and Energy Resources. NETC negotiated with Enron Corp.
Drugs and refugees crossing the Bulgarian border have increased since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan, the Bulgarian Border Police and the National Service for Fight against Organized Crime announced. According to Brian Taylor, head of the United
The Economic and Investment Bank /EIBank/ announced that it has started the subscription for a BGN 3 M issue of mortgage bonds, Pari Daily wrote. The issue has a maturity of 2 years at an annual interest coupon of 7.
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