The International Monetary Fund will revise its economic growth forecast at global level, Reuters reported. Twice a year the IMF publishes the “World Economic Outlook”.
Associated Press By Veselin Zhelev
Reuters Greece's Antenna TV that it would again bid to obtain a Bulgarian nationwide television licence following a high court ruling which retracted a licence it had won last year.
Parliament started debates on State Assistance budget bill for 2002 at second reading on December 13. The budget agreed total BGN 139,640,000.
Nikolay Vassilev, Deputy Prime Minister is not fit for the position and should quit, former Finance Minister Muravey Radev stated in parliament on December 12. He disclosed an order by Nikolay Vasilev according to which the National Electric Company /NEC/
The Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) leadership will hold a seminar over the weekend on December 15 –16 at the Borovets resort. Amendments to UDF statute are reportedly going to be discussed.
Tokyo blocked the publication of a European Union study that warned Japan was at high risk for mad cow disease, a local newspaper has reported. Citing a 12-page document dated February 1, the newspaper reported that the EU study blamed misguided Japanese
A tape released today by the Pentagon shows Osama bin Laden discussing the September 11 attacks, saying: "All that we had hoped for" was collapse of floors above where planes hit,” "We calculated in advance the number of casualties" based on "position of
Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) under India’s Commerce Ministry has recommended imposition of provisional duties against imports of acrylic fibre from Bulgaria, Asian News Network Asia Pulse reported on December 12. The other
The Bulgarian Government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached an agreement. The agreement is for two years and is for USD 300 M, Finance Minister Velchev announced in Parliament on December 14.
The European Court of Justice will deliver its final verdict on December 14 over whether the French are breaching European law by refusing to accept beef from Britain.
A total of 112 projects have applied for funding under the SAPARD program, which will star in the summer. 41 of them have already been approved and 59 have been rejected.
A third group from the Bulgarian national expedition to Antarctica will leave for the continent on January 14, the Director of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, Associate Professor Hristo Pimpirev announced. Pimpirev and two other scientists, Senior Rese
A huge fire burst in the central building of the Bulgarian State Railways Company in Sofia in the night of December 13. The fire destroyed 500 square meters of the building.
Plovdiv-based KTZM, Bulgaria’s biggest lead and zinc smelter expect its 2001 losses to reach BGN 2,5 M. The loss was due mainly to record low global prices and the investment of USD 40 M in a major economic upgrade of production facilities.
The Privatisation Agency /PA/ sold to the US C.P.
Industrial exports for the first ten months of 2001 were 0,3 % lower over 2000, data of the National Statistics Institute show. This was caused mainly by the global economic slowdown, low domestic demand and fall in traditional exports prices on the world
Bulstad, Bulgaria’s private insurance company, elected a new executive board on December 12 that would be headed by Roumen Yantchev .A shareholders meeting of the company also elected a new supervisory board.
A gunbattle has broken out at India's parliament in New Delhi after five unidentified armed intruders stormed the building at around midday on Thursday. Two gunmen have been killed, the Indian prime minister's office told CNN, while two others are believe
The Israeli Cabinet cut off contact with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat Thursday, saying it holds him directly responsible for an ambush of a bus in the West Bank Wednesday that killed 10 and injured 30 others.
Textile producers in Bulgaria insisted on amendments that would ensure better protection against imports of low-quality produce at dumping prices, mainly from neighbouring Turkey, Denvnik Daily reported. According to Robert Alexandriiski, head of the Asso
Aniventure Comic Con Returns to Bulgaria with Star Guest Christopher Judge!
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