During the seventh meeting of the EU-Bulgaria Association Committee, representatives of the Bulgarian administration and officials of the delegation of the European Commission discussed Bulgaria`s pre-accession strategy. The Head of the Bulgarian Departme
`The Constitutional Court is one of the greatest achievements of Bulgarian democracy,` President Peter Stoyanov told a cocktail party on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Bulgarian Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Co
The Bulgarian civil liability car insurance will rise by 25%, starting 2002. The insurance is obligatory for all drivers and must be paid by the end of each year.
`The attacks against the National Health Insurance Fund are an example for political pressure,` Sofia Mayor Stefan Sofianski said, quoted by Dnevnik Daily. Sofianski serves as Chairman of the management body of the fund.
The National Statistics Institute reported a 4.8% increase in the Bulgarian GDP for the first six months of 2000, compared to the same period of 2000.
The Bulgarian Finance Ministry held talks with representatives of three Bulgarian banks and the US financier George Soros`s fund. According to the Bulgarian Finance Minister Velchev, the banks and the fund are ready to participate in the future fund for m
US Ambassador Richard Miles shared information on the terrorist attacks in the United States with the Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, his deputy Ivan Petkov, Deputy Interior Minister Boiko Kotsev, the directors of the National Intelligence Service and the
Russian plane TU-154 crashed over the Black Sea at 1.45 p.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A Russian chartered airliner heading from Israel to Siberia exploded Thursday and crashed off the Black Sea coast with at least 76 people on board.
By REUTERS Presidents of 10 former communist countries seeking NATO entry are expected to back the international coalition being formed to wage `war on terrorism` at a meeting in the Bulgarian capital on Friday.
Presidents of 10 former communist countries seeking NATO entry are expected to back the international coalition being formed to wage `war on terrorism` at a meeting in Sofia on Friday. NATO Secretary-General George Robertson will join heads of state from
The Swedish Embassy in Bulgaria denied media allegations for violations in visa issuing. That was announced at a press conference on October 4 in the Embassy.
`At the end of the 100-day grace period of the Simeon II National Movement`s coalition, the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Coalition for Bulgaria will radicalize their attitude towards the rulers, `socialist leader Georgi Purvanov told the Bulgarian Na
The former Bulgarian Interior Minister Bogomil Bonev is to run for President at the presidential elections on November 11. That was announced after a meeting of the National Council of the Civic party, Info Radio reported.
Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Ukraine will have to report every year how much gas it uses and how much it transports through its territory to Europe, the Russian ambassador to Ukraine, Viktor Chernomyrdin said.
`A 2,000-strong police force from the Sofia Directorate of the Interior Ministry will guard during the summit meeting of the state leaders of the countries applying for NATO membership on October 5,` the Interior Ministry Press Center announced. Central h
Croatian news agency HINA Presenting a platform for the future activity of an anti-terrorist coalition at the American University in Blagoevgrad [western Bulgaria] on Thursday [4 October], Croatian President Stipe Mesic said smaller countries like Croat
The outstanding American political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski was awarded with the order of merit `Stara Planina` by the Bulgarian President Stoyanov. `Bulgaria has shown that it is true ally of the United States`, Brzezinski said after the ceremony.
`There should be succession in the Bulgarian politics. As far as the Bulgarian NATO orientation is concerned, I fully support it,` General Anguel Marin, the leftist candidate for Vice President said in an interview for radio Free Europe.
BBC Services A Russian airliner en route from Tel Aviv to the Siberian city of Novosibirsk has crashed into the Black Sea with at least 77 people on board.
The Bulgarian authorities denied the information of Russian officials that the Russian plane that crashed in the Black Sea stopped in the Burgas airport and took passengers from there, Info Radio reported. `The airplane did not pass trough the Bulgarian a
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