BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom Sofia, 12 August: The Interior Ministry anti-corruption unit will be reinforced and the corruption tip offs will be checked once again.
Following a request by Interpol`s international office, Interior Ministry officers extradited Turkish national Iskender Albayrak on Friday with a flight of the Turkish Airlines, the Interior Ministry press office said.Albayrak, 37, was arrested at the Ka
A state of emergency was declared in the municipality of Ivailovgrad, Southern Bulgaria, as heavy forest fires continues for the third day running. Since late Sunday a Greek fire helicopter with a capacity of 15 t of water has been helping put down the
We negotiate with three investors aspiring for the `Varna Shipyard`. These are: Bulgarian consortium between `Bulgaria Holding` and `Odesos` dockyard, the U.
The Classified Files Commission wants to appropriate too much power, not given to it by law, new Interior Minister Georgy Petkanov said, quoted by Standart. He said that he won`t allow the commission to see the official archive of the IM and the archive o
Bulgaria`s unemployment rate eased to 16.83 percent of the workforce at end-July from 17.
Nearly 1 million leva of investment have been attracted to the development of cultural tourism in Veliko Turnovo as a result of the 4th International Folk Festival, held here between June 30 and July 7. The Festival is under the auspices of the UNESCO-af
15 advisors will enter the political cabinet of the PM, Minister of State Administration Dimitar Kalchev said. They will be divided into two councils of Euro-integration, privatization and investments.
Prime Minister of Bulgaria will have 1327 Bulgarian leva monthly salary, same as the speaker of the parliament. The amount of leva equals to the same amount of German marks.
BBC Monitoring Service The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry calls on all sides involved in the Middle East conflict to stop violence and hostilities, urgently complying with the recommendations of the Mitchell plan for peace, the office of the Foreign Ministr
Former Bulgarian president Zhelyu Zhelev had a meeting with Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg where he shared with the prime minister the idea he had already discussed with Foreign Minister Solomon Passy to visit Skopje as a representative of the Balkan
The Paissii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv is launching a Master of European Studies course. The initiative will be implemented in operation with the Rhineland-Westphalia Technical University(RWTU) of Aachen, Germany, the University said.
Famous Bulgarian artist Stoimen Stoilov displayed his consecutive exposition in one of the most interesting buildings in the Austrian capital which is cultural center of Bulgaria - the Witgenstein Home. From June 29 to July 31 the connoisseurs of the fine
An exhibition, devoted to the Bulgarian cinema was opened with a garden-party of the `Boyana Film` film studio. The exposition will turn into a base for the future Cinema Museum.
Doctor Robert Ballard, who discovered the exact location of the remains of the Titanic` and the `Bismarck`, will search for evidence that the Biblical deluge started in the Black Sea some 7,500 years ago. Ballard has already gathered evidence that a great
For the first time this year the `Top Model Bulgaria 2001` beuty contest will be held in Bulgaria. It`s a part of the well-known international contest `World Top Model`, which is held for the seventh year in a row by the world beauty organization.
The Independent - London BY MAUREEN HIRON
Valya Balkanska, the Biserovi sisters, Blagovest Poruzhanova, Daniela Traicheva, the Chinari folk formation, the Biseri Roma orchestra and the Romane Chihaya orchestra will perform August 11-15 at the festival venues in Sofia, Burgas and Varna. The titl
BMW dealer in Vrana Lazar Anev (33) and his bodyguard were shot dead on Fiday. Anev was the owner of Albion Cars company and ran also several hotels.
A judge from the Sofia Court of Appeal was appointed yesterday by the Premier a chief secretary of the Council of Ministers. Sevdalin Mavrov is to be in charge of all the tasks of the Cabinet’s administration.
Jurist Petko Nikolov is the new head of the Supervisory Board of the Privatisation Agency. He was elected with consent at the first sitting of the Board.
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