The Atlantic Council of USA issued a report on the Bulgarian defence industry recommending that `the US and their NATO allies should assist Bulgaria in transforming and reorienting its defence industry but only if the country continues tightening arms exp
Bulgaria has sold 96,000 tons of barley from the new crop to the Middle East at $85-$92 per ton. The forecast for the total exports is up to 200,000 tons, traders and analysts said on Wednesday.
Balkan Airlines is negotiating charter flights with one of the biggest tour-operators Neckermann. Next week experts from the commercial department of Balkan leave for Germany.
Members of Parliament cannot participate in management or supervisory boards of trade companies, the temporary committee of the 39th National Assembly decided Wednesday. The MPs will have to declare whether they have direct financial interest in a particu
`Microsoft appreciates the political will of President Stoyanov to fight software piracy and to promote the enforcement of copyright legislation`, MS Senior Vice President Jean-Philippe Courtois writes in a letter to Stoyanov. The two met on June 21, 2001
Coalition for Bulgaria submitted Wednesday a request on an inquiry into the activities of the government of Kostov between April 10 and July 5, 2001, i.e.
`Coalition For Bulgaria believes that the Constitution should not be revised`, the Socialists` Deputy Floor Leader Kornezov said, commenting on the idea of Yunal Lyutfi of the ethnic Turks` Movement that the Constitution should be revised to reflect the f
`Graf Ignatievo Airport, which will host the NATO exercise codenamed `Cooperative Key`, is making good progress. The construction work must be completed on schedule for the exercise`, General Miho Mihov, Chief of the Bulgarian General Staff, announced.
New York Times, By JOHN TAGLIABUE SEVLIEVO, Bulgaria — Much like a Martian spacecraft, a huge new factory that makes porcelain bathroom fixtures is a startling sight on the farmland outside this worn-down city of 25,000 in a remote corner of the Balkans.
BBC-The former King of Bulgaria, Simeon II, who won last month`s elections, has struck a coalition deal with a party representing the country`s ethnic Turkish minority. The Movement for Rights and Freedoms is due to sign the deal with the Simeon II Nation
`The idea of changing the Bulgarian ethnic model poses certain risks to this country and should be subject to a very serious discussion`, Nadezhda Mihaylova, deputy chair of the UDF, said referring to statements by senior members of the Bulgarian ethnic T
Voting time in parliament was set at one minute, the temporary commission of the 39th National Assembly decided on Tuesday. The 15 seconds option proposed by the commission`s chairman Georgi Petkanov was not accepted by the caucuses of the Coalition for B
Russian president VLADIMIR PUTIN expressed Russia`s readiness to support the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, which he sees as the optimal route for oil deliveries to the Balkans and Southern Europe. ***
The lawsuit against Nova Plama`s former receiver, Nikolay Penev was postponed for a second time by the Pleven Regional Court. According to the prosecutor, Penev has committed breach of trust and has caused damages to the company amounting to BGN 150,000.
Siemens plans to build a third-generation mobile communications system in Bulgaria in 2004, the company`s General Manager Uwe Quecke announced. The Bulgarian Government plans to license an operator of a 3G mobile network in 2005.
`432 proposals for CABINET members have been submitted`, Antoniya Purvanova from the King`s movement announced, adding that large number were made by members of the public. The SNM MPs were given the opportunity on Tuesday to put forth candidacies for cab
`Norway plans to open an embassy in Sofia`, Lyubomir Todorov, who is in charge the bilateral consular relations, said after meeting Arnt Rindol, Norwegian Ambassador to Romania. According to Rindol the emigration of Bulgarian Roma form the Rousse region a
Greece will provide EUR 1.5 M to the fund for closure of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant, which is run by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Bulgaria will take part in a joint project for orbiting a television geo-stationary satellite, which will allow broadcasting 37 channels. The project will be carried out by Cyprus and the Vatican and is assessed at some $1 Bln.
SOFIA, Bulgaria (Reuters) - Bulgaria`s prime minister designate, former King Simeon II, reached agreement on Tuesday on the formation of a coalition government, the first in the Balkan state to include an ethnic Turk party. No names of the future cabinet
`The King`s movement and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms reached an agreement Tuesday for coalition governance of the country`, the movement`s floor leader Plamen Panayotov announced. It includes consensus on the priorities in the country`s governanc
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