`The power price should be increased by 20,2%, the International Monetary Fund demands,` Nikolay Vassilev, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister said. According to him, the rise in the price of the power and central heating is due to the losses of th
Bulgaria hasn`t submitted a plan for implementing the Schengen legislation to the European Commission. This is stated in a report of the European Commission compiled for the summit of the EU in Gent.
A concert on the occasion of the Sofia Musical Academy 80th Anniversary will be held on October 22 in `Bulgaria` Hall in Sofia. Students of the Academy will take part in the concert to the accompaniment of Valya Dervenska (violin), Maria Hristova (viola),
Three men with weapons and masks burgled a branch of HebrosBank in Montana at 8.10 am and took BGM 71,000 with themselves.
`At this point there is no tangible risk of biological terrorist attacks in Bulgaria, `, Nedjet Mollov, the Head of the Standing Committee for Protection of the Population against Disasters and Accidents, says in a governmental statement to the media. `R
`The deadline for the preparation of a strategy on Bulgaria`s participation in the EU structural funds expires on December 31 this year,` Bulgaria`s chief negotiator with the EU Meglena Kouneva, told the press after a meeting of the Council on European In
Turkish companies may participate in road and energy facilities construction, ownership restructuring in the water and sewerage companies, and waste water treatment in Bulgaria. That was announced after a meeting of representatives of large Turkish constr
The American University of Blagoevgrad (AUBG) is hosting a conference of the Bulgarian Association for American Studies. The academic forum, which will end in October 21, is sponsored by the US State Department and is the first of its kind to be held in B
45% of 196 business people said that the macroeconomic environment in Bulgaria has remained unchanged as far as small and medium-sized enterprises are concerned. Conditions for doing business are improving according to 12 % of respondents, while nearly th
Customs Agency Director Emil Dimitrov will hand over to prosecutors 18 cases of contraband. That was announced after the meeting of Dimitrov with Prosecutor General Nikola Filchev and top prosecutors.
A working meeting on Link Diversity project of the Council of Europe opened in Sofia on October 19.
Second day of his visit Prince Andrew had a lunch with several members of the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum. `It was extremely useful and business orientated conversation, which I do hope will turn to a long-term partnership`, Maxim Behar, BBLF Chairm
`The number of unemployed people in Bulgaria in 2002 is expected to be nearly 600 000, while those working – 3 119 000, `Deputy Prime Minister and Social Minister Lidia Shuleva announced on October 19 during the parliamentary control session.
As the trade representative of British Trade International, Prince Andrew visited two companies with British investments in Bulgaria. British Trade International is a governmental organization, responsible for the promotion of British trade and investment
The youth organization of the Simeon II National Movement launched a news web site with address novotovreme.bg.
The purpose of the missiles SS 23 is not part of the Bulgarian policy on the Bulgarian national security, according to the Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov. Minister Svinarov did not say exactly when the missiles are going to be destroyed but h
Macedonian radio The German embassy in Macedonia has issued a press release on reports in the Macedonian media that Germany had asked Bulgaria to participate in NATO`s Amber Fox mission.
Petur Stoyanov who is to run for second presidential mandate denied media allegations that his brother speculated wit his name for real estate purchase. He added that he has never used his political status to help any one, his own brother including.
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The quotas in the new Media Council will be like they used to be – five of the members will be elected by the Bulgarian Parliament while four of them will be appointed by the Bulgarian Parliament. The MPs decided on that after nearly two hours long discus
The Prime Minister of Bulgaria Simeon Saxe-Coburg will visit Brussels on Monday, 22 October 2001. He will be meeting with the Secretary General of NATO, Lord Robertson, and with the North Atlantic Council, EU and Belgium officials.
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