More than 37% approve what has been done by the Bulgarian Parliament so far, according to a survey, conducted by the National Center for Research of the Popular Opinion. The survey was conducted from September 7 to September 17 among 1004 Bulgarians.
The two day official visit of the Bulgarian delegation to Skopje ended on September 25. Foreign Policy, Defense and Security Parliamentary Committee Chairman Stanimir Ilchev led the delegation.
The Parliament voted on September 26 the salaries to be paid to the members of the Central Electoral Commission. The salary of the Chairman of the Commission will be equal to that of the ministers – BGN 1150.
In case that the Simeon II National Movement does not announce a candidate for President, Coalition for Bulgaria will accept the proposal of the Euro Left Party for a separate strong leftist candidature. That became clear after the Socialist leader Georgi
`The Russian Leros Balkan tried to re-sell Promet JSC,` Ivan Ivanov, the CEO of the metallurgical plant, said. The transaction was devised as a debt-for-equity deal, the management of the metallurgical plant announced.
The Supervisory Board of the Privatization Agency /PA/ approved the transfer of 9,683,903 Chimco shares /71% of the capital of the fertilizer plant/ to AVST Trading Ltd, based in Cyprus from US-based IBE Trans. A principle shareholder in the new owner is
`It is much more prudent and efficient to modernize and relicense existing nuclear facilities than close them down before their technological time has expired and then build brand new ones,` Genadii Shasharin said at the 20th session of the international
`The economy growth will be about 5% this year, i.e.
`The budget of the Sofia municipality for 2001 will be closed with a deficit,` mayor Stefan Sofianski said. He asked the finance minister to cancel the free of charge use of public transport by some government officers as part of their bonus package.
The Bulgarian Central Bank issued qualification licenses to the newly elected members of the board of DSK Bank /State Savings Bank/: Krassimir Angarski, Raiko Karagyozov, Ognyan Yordanov and Stoyan Penkov. The Israeli company Ashtrom was awarded one more
Israeli billionaire Sasson Naim who is among the world 30 top rich men, is ready to invest $2 billion in the reconstruction of the Plovdiv-based airport, Standart Daily reported. A project on the reconstruction of the airport to turn it into the most mode
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom Report by BTA, Bulgarian news agency - It is crucial for this country that it sign an agreement with the IMF since economic growth depends on it.
`Bulgaria has great potential and must improve its image abroad, but also there are lot of changes to happen in the administration and economy` Baron Daniel Janssen, Solvay S.A.
Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg released Georgi Tabakov from the position Chairman of the Agency for Foreign Investments, publication in the government` s web site said according to Dnevnik Daily. The order is based on Art.
The Kozluduy Nuclear plant hosts the 20th meeting of the international working group on the nuclear power plants modernization. The meeting is under the aegis of the Interatomenergo International Commercial Association.
After the meeting of the Executive National Council of the United Democratic Forces, Former Finance Minister Muravey Radev criticized the economic policy of the current government. According to him, the leaders of UDF are concerned with the remarks of the
`The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry will most probably give to the US Embassy in Bulgaria a note that Bulgaria grants to the United States an air corridor for non military flights on September 26, ` the Bulgarian Foreign Minister Passy announced after the mee
`The interests of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Bulgaria are primarily in the areas of the privatization in the energy and banking sectors and in municipal services,` EBRD director for Southeast Europe Olivier Descamps said. He m
MobilTel will considerably reduce the prices of the services in the M/Tel Prima package, starting October 1. This package will become one of the cheapest phone packages in Bulgaria, MobilTel`s CEO Rumyana Kyuchukova said in Plovdiv.
`The German Services for Academic Exchange` granted 115 scholarships for Bulgarian students and scientists. The qualified will be able to study in different fields and to improve their qualification in the 2002-2003 academic year.
Chimco restored the production cycle and started to gradually load the plant`s facilities. During the months when the plant remained idle a capital repair of the installations was made.
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