Bulgaria's seven power distribution utilities have declared a loss of BGN 75 M from electricity thefts over the first six months of 2003. Those thefts form the major part of the companies' technological expenses and have negative effect on their financia
At least four people have been killed by storms that battered western France overnight, officials said. Dozens more were injured and hundreds were evacuated from campsites to temporary shelters as trees came crashing down.
Read the news published in The News about the presentation of the new Engage project of the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum (BBLF) on July 15: Bill Drysdale is a former chair of BBLF and current adviser in Bulgaria's PM office.
Bulgaria's Parliament once again postponed Wednesday the election of governor of Bulgaria's National Bank. The negotiations were to resume this week with a meeting of the representatives of left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party, right-wing United Democrati
The temporarily closed Energy Chapter of Bulgaria's pre-accession negotiations with the European Union might be reopened, Emil Vapirev chair of Bulgaria's Agency on Nuclear Regulation said Wednesday. He commented on the suggestion that third and fourth r
Delegation of representatives of eleven American companies led by US Deputy Secretary of Commerce Samuel W. Bodman arrived Wednesday in Bulgaria to explore future business cooperation.
The best young entrepreneur 2003 contest kicks off in Sofia. The contest is a joint event of the Bulgarian-American investment fund and Job Tiger.
Reports on Bulgaria's progress in the negotiation talks with the European Union were presented by Bulgaria's Euro-integration Minister Meglena Kuneva July 16th at the ninth meeting of the European Union (EU) Associate Committee in Brussels. Discussions b
The US has said that North Korean claims it has produced enough plutonium to start making nuclear bombs were cause for serious concern. Although the White House said it could not confirm the veracity of the claims, it said it would continue to work with
The United States' administrator in Iraq has said American-led forces will stay in the country no longer than necessary, but will see Iraq through the transition to an elected government. Paul Bremer described the recent formation of an administrative cou
Yuliana Doncheva was elected deputy floor leader of the parliamentary group of Simeon II National Movement to replace Vesselin Bliznakov, who resigned just two days after he was re-elected in the parliamentary group reshuffle last week. Following a ballo
US troops are to stay in Iraq indefinitely, according to army officials, cited by international agencies. The ongoing security problems mean that some 9,000 troops from the US army's 3rd Infantry Division will remain in the country.
Fifty percent of the Bulgarians would not vote should parliamentary elections take place now, a survey of the National Center for Research of Public opinion shows.
HRH Prince Charles praised Bulgarian companies community involvement in a letter sent to the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum (BBLF). Maxim Behar, BBLF chair, presented the letter July 15 at a discussion on community involvement and volunteer work in Bulg
Venko Alexandrov was elected chair of the parliamentary committee on foreign policy, defence and security at the meeting of the parliamentary group of ruling Simeon II National Movement July 15. Alexandrov will replace Stanimir Ilchev, former deputy floor
Sofia City Court ruled Serb citizen Nenad Milenkovic, allegedly a member of the so-called Zemun Clan, under permanent arrest at a closed meeting July 15.
Bulgaria's population decreased by 0,6% or 46,000 persons at the end of 2001 due to higher mortality rate, the National Statistical Institute announced.
British police has raised charges of manslaughter against two men in the wake of last years's death of a Bulgarian student in a human catapult stunt gone wrong. Kostadin Yankov, 19, a biochemistry student at Oxford University, was fatally injured on Nove
BGN 87 M of Bulgaria's telecoms operator 2002 profit has been transferred to the state budget under an order of Transport Minister Plamen Petrov of May 9. Shareout of 2002 profit dividend was one of the contentious issues that remained open before the te
Over 1000 Bulgarians working in railway repair plants in Bulgaria's towns of Karlovo, Rousse and Levki protested July 15 because of unpaid salaries for over three months. The protestors gathered at Sofia's Alexander Nevski Square and headed to Bulgaria's
A Palestinian man has stabbed three people in Tel Aviv, in what police describe as the first case of political violence in an Israeli city since Palestinian groups declared a truce in June. One of the victims later died in hospital.
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