November 1st is the day of the leaders of the Bulgarian National Revival. On the occasion of the holiday, President Stoyanov delivered a speech in the National Library “St.
Air Malta, one of the biggest national air carriers in the Mediterranean, reopens its regular service to Bulgaria. With the first flight on October 29, Air Malta, started to fly every Monday and Thursday from Malta via Istanbul to Sofia and back, company
`15,000 people will be laid off from the army by 2003,` Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov announced. He added that after the approval by the Cabinet budget bill, he no longer has concerns that the Bulgarian army will not manage to meet the requirements of
Pope John Paul II will visit Bulgaria in the second half of May, 2002. Foreign Minister Solomon Passy announced that he had received a confirmation about the time of the visit from the Apostolic Nuncio in Sofia.
Gas dealers started mass protests on October 31 because of the governmental decision to introduce an excise on the “blue fuel.” 'We don't agree with the Finance Ministry on 0.
Krzysztof Zanussi will shoot a film in Bulgaria. The famous Polish director is make a large-scale TV serial titled "Save and Keep", as quoted by the Russian news agency RIA "Novosti".
Deputy Economy Minister Sofia Kassidova and US Ambassador to Bulgaria Richard Miles participated in a panel on the challenges that Bulgaria faces at Harvard`s University Kennedy School of Government in the United States. The two speakers highlighted diffe
Bulgarian hospitals must receive BGN 100 M (EUR 51 M) by the end of 2001 if the health care budget is to be executed, representatives from the Cardiological Hospital St. Ekaterina said.
Draft amendments to the Public Procurement Act envisage the establishment of a new state agency in charge of public procurement. Its members are to be appointed by the Cabinet.
BTA At an extraordinary meeting on October 31, the Government approved the 2002 national budget bill and a package of amendments to the tax laws concerning corporate income tax, local taxes and charges, VAT, personal income tax and excise duty.
Foreign demand for Bulgarian bread wheat has suffered a fall for the first time in years. Despite the 700,000 surplus tones from the 2001 crop, only 150,000 tones have been sold on international markets.
The Chief Mufti of the Bulgarian Muslims, Selim Mehmed, urged the British paper Guardian and all other media organizations to apologize to local people. The media reported that in the Bulgarian village Muslim fundamentalists are being trained.
`A state security court in Istanbul wants a 30-year prison sentence for Mahmud Ceylan,` the Turkish private television NTV announced. The defendant is the owner of Ceylan Holding which was awarded a big contract for the construction of the Gorna Arda hydr
`A new project of the Global Environmental Facility for reducing the nitrogen and phosphorus inflow into the Black Sea starts in January. Recent analyses proved that these two elements are the biggest threat to the Black Sea,` said Plamen Djadjev, Executi
Canadian equipment for extraction of a concentrate with a higher percent of copper and gold will be introduced in the Zidarovo pit, a part of Bulgaria’s Burgas Copper Mines. The Lawrence-Martin Zidarovo joint venture, which runs the pit, plans to launch t
`The experts of Fitch IBCA, the international rating agency, are waiting for the agreement with the IMF and a conservative prudent budget for 2002 before raising Bulgaria's rating,` Deputy Finance Minister Krassimir Katev said. On October 30, Fitch IBCA a
Insurance companies announced the start of the 2002 Civil Liability car insurance campaign on October 29, 2001. The insurance is obligatory for all car owners.
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Major corporations, Citibank clients, are interested in the privatization of the Bulgarian tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac, representatives of Schroder Salomon Smith Barney of Citigroup Inc. said after a meeting with Apostol Apostolov, head of the Bulgarian
Bulgarian Press Agency BTA GDP growth for 2002 is projected at 4%, year-end inflation is projected at 4.
The Bulgarian Government approved at an extraordinary meeting the 2002 budget bill and the tax bills on October 31. A little after 5 pm on October 31, Finance Minister Velchev brought the budget draft to the Bulgarian Parliament.
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