The News As It Was: World In 2003
COLUMBIA SPACE SHUTTLE BROKE UP, ALL ABOARD DIED Politics: 1 February 2003
COLUMBIA SPACE SHUTTLE BROKE UP, ALL ABOARD DIED Politics: 1 February 2003
BULGARIA'S TOP FIGURE SKATERS WON WORLD CONTESTS IN JAPAN Sports: 29 November 2003
EUROWEEK AWARDS BULGARIA'S DEBT DEAL MANAGEMENT Business: 14 January 2003
OLDEST BLACK SEA SHIPWRECK FOUND OFF THE COAST OF BULGARIA Lifestyle: 16 January 2003
STEVE HANKE:BULGARIA'S STAND ON IRAQ WILL MAKE EUROPE CAUTIOUS Exclusive Interview: 22 May 2003
STATEMENT OF THE VILNIUS GROUP COUNTRIES For the Record: 5 February 2003
BULGARIA'S DIVIDED LOYALTIES Point of View: 8 March 2003
A man stood up in a crowded restaurant and shouted: "Anybody lost a roll of ten dollar bills with an elastic band round them?"
A letter bomb has reached the office of EuroJust, the European Union (EU) agency coordinating anti-terrorism efforts. The device, however, did not explode.
The twenty-three Bulgarian firefighters that left for the quake-hit Iranian city of Bam will return on December 31.
Car crashes in Bulgaria over January-November 2003 have claimed the lives of 874 people, data of the Interior Ministry show. Over that period, more than 61,000 road accidents took place in the country - the heaviest of them numbering some 6, 460.
Four of the Bulgarian soldiers who got wounded in last Saturday's Karbala bombings are still at the intensive care at a US hospital in Germany, about to undergo surgery. The condition of the four men - Peyo Stoev, Stefan Draganov, Boris Borissov and Tsve
Mayor of the Bulgarian village of Cherepovo, near the town Hskovo - 50-year-old Ivan Vanchev, was found dead at his home on Tuesday. Policemen found no trace of violence against the man, and no goodbye letter either.
Michael Jackson's chief spokesman Stuart Backerman quit due to "strategic differences with the way things are going." Earlier this month, child molestation charges were brought against the legendary pop singer.
Three of the Bulgarian soldiers that were wounded in the December 27 Karbala attacks will be released from hospital on Wednesday, director of the Military-Medical Academy Brigadier-General Stoyan Tonev said Tuesday. The plane that carried the bodies of t
Death toll from the severe earthquake that shook Iran's southeastern part last Friday could reach 50,000, officials said Tuesday. The quake, measuring 6.
The British embassy in Peru was closed for two days, December 30 and 31, after they received a terror threat. It applied to the embassy only, the UK Foreign Office said.
Deaths of the five Bulgarian soldiers after last Saturday's attacks in Karbala shocked the Bulgarian nation, BBC wrote on Tuesday as Bulgaria observes its national day of mourning. The news agency also noted that there was "praise for the prompt action o
By Nick Thorpe BBC south-east Europe correspondent
The ceremony for paying last respect to the five Bulgarian soldiers who died after the Karbala attacks on December 27 started at about 09:30 a.m.
The Bulgarian plane that carried the bodies of the five soldiers killed in last Saturday's Karbala attacks also brought to the country 18 wounded soldiers, other two who are in a shock after the bombings, and another two who returned due to personal reaso
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