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More than 1000 Bulgarian youths attended the presentation of a special project that aims to introduce them to the European Union policies and standards. The implementation of the project, funded by Bulgaria's Sports Ministry, started September 23 and is e
Politics | October 4, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Sofia opened a special exhibition, dedicated to the history and accomplishments of the Hague institutions. The exposition is also a compliment to Bulgaria for its role in establishing mechanisms to settle peacefully disput
Society | October 4, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
FIFA President Joseph Sepp Blatter arrived in Bulgaria on Saturday to join celebrations of 80 years since the first football clubs were officially formed in the country.
This is my second visit to Bulgaria but the first one since I took on my current pos
Sports | October 4, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
An explosion went off at a restaurant in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa on Saturday, reportedly killing 20 people and injuring up to 50 others. Three children are reported to be among the dead.
World | October 4, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
US troops opened fire Saturday on a rioting crowd of former Iraqi soldiers who had gathered near a military base in capital Baghdad to demand their redundancy payouts. They became angry and started throwing stones and shouting abuse at the US soldiers, wh
World | October 4, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Policeman in Malaga, Spain have arrested four Bulgarian nationals suspected of a double murder committed in Madrid at the beginning of 2003, local press reported.
The four arrestees are probably linked to the February 26 shooting, in which another two Bu
Politics | October 4, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
The reaction of some NATO member countries after Bulgaria's prime minister appointed Brigo Asparuhov his assistant is interference in the state's internal policies, Ahmed Dogan, leader of Bulgaria's ruling coalition junior partner Movement for Rights and
Politics | October 4, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg defended Saturday the draft for European Union's first-ever constitution, the Bulgarian News Agency reported.
Politics | October 4, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Police Officers at the Sofia Airport foiled late on Friday a Bulgarian man's attempt to get six grams of cocaine and one gram of hashish into the country. After a special test and an x-ray examination, policemen were surprised to see that the man had swal
Politics | October 4, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Bulgaria's Transport Minister Nikolay Vassilev discussed possible cooperation between the Ministry and US leading software producer Microsoft, at a meeting with its Vice President Pete Hayes on Saturday.
Hayes, who is currently in Sofia to attend celebra
Business | October 4, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Bulgarian press hit number 17 in an international media corruption ranking that was ordered by the US Institute for Public Relations, Bulgaria's Capital newspaper wrote.
Politics | October 4, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Bulgaria's Sports Ministry launched Saturday a special fun-and-education event for children in capital Sofia to stimulate regular physical activity. The happening, which took place in the city's South Park, was part of an international initiative for incr
Politics | October 4, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
An Israeli army officer has reportedly been charged over causing the death of four Palestinians, three of them children. The officer was accused of ordering tank units to fire shells and machine guns to enforce a curfew in the West Bank town of Jenin June
World | October 4, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Six oil tanks at an oil refinery in Tomakomai on Japan's Hokkaido Island, that were damaged by September 26 earthquakes, could catch fire, local authorities have said. The refinery has already suffered two fires caused by the two major earthquakes that hi
World | October 4, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg flies October 4 to Rome, where leaders of 25 European Countries are set to discuss a draft for the European Union's fist-ever constitution. It was drawn out to try setting how the Union should be run when 10 ne
Politics | October 4, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Princess Maria Luisa, sister of Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg, stood behind her brother as he faced fierce media criticism some two years after taking on his current post.
The princess, cited by Bulgarian radio NET, has said that many of t
Politics | October 4, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Some 53 products were awarded with golden medals at the International Technical Fair Autumn 2003 in Bulgaria's second city Plovdiv. Thirty-four of the gold medals were awarded to Bulgarian companies from Sofia, Plovdiv, Lovetch, Targovishte, and Varna.
Politics | October 3, 2003, Friday // 00:00
North Korea escalated nuclear tensions on Friday by declaring it has solved "all the technological matters" involved in using plutonium extracted from nuclear fuel rods to build atomic bombs. The communist state said a day earlier it had completed reproce
World | October 3, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Shiite Muslim employees of Pakistan's space agency in this southern port city on Friday, killing six and wounding at least six others. The attack took place as about 20 workers were on their way to a mosque for Friday
World | October 3, 2003, Friday // 00:00
President Bush said on Friday that a search for weapons of mass destruction made clear that Saddam Hussein was "a danger to the world" even though investigators have failed so far to find any illegal arsenal. Bush made his comments at the White House.
World | October 3, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Bulgaria's Cabinet has achieved considerable positive results mainly in the economic sector, Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg said in his address to the nation dedicated to the first 800 days in office. During his pre-election campaign Saxe-Coburg pledge
Politics | October 3, 2003, Friday // 00:00
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