Vladislav Slavov, chairman of the Supreme Administrative Court, was elected Constitution judge by the General Assembly of the Supreme Administrative Court and the Supreme Cassation Court. The candidacy of Slavov has been nominated by the chief of the Supr
Foreign investments to Bulgaria January-April 2003 amount to some USD 281 M, data of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) shows. This makes USD 71 M more than foreign investments over the same period in 2002.
Bulgaria's national championship for synchronous swimming kicked-off in capital Sofia Monday. After the competition Bulgaria's Bogdana Zlateva will leave for Barcelona to take part in the World Swimming Championship in July.
A Toronto health care worker aged 51 died of SARS, Canadian town of Ontario's Health Ministry confirmed Monday. It is not yet known whether the victim who worked at Toronto's North York General Hospital is a man or a woman.
A Bulgarian national has been killed Monday in the northern West Bank, the first fatality since the declaration on Sunday by four Palestinian militant groups of a three-month ceasefire. There was a terror attack near Yabed in the northern West Bank and a
An Israeli motorist was seriously wounded Monday after being shot while driving near the West Bank city of Nablus, Israel Radio reported. The motorist was shot in the head, the radio said.
Krassimir Katev, Bulgaria's Deputy Finance Minister, warned Monday against too great expectations about the remittance of Iraq's USD 1,7 B debt to Bulgaria. Still Minister Katev conceded that Bulgaria would eventually receive its debt but the timing woul
Bulgaria must close pre-accession talks with the European Union (EU) in 2004, Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Monday. Italy takes over the rotating EU presidency July 1st and will chair the EU by the end of 2003.
Bulgarian gangs control car smuggling in Spain, data of Spain's Interior Ministry shows. The information was published by a Spanish newspaper Monday.
The project for the construction of Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline will be presented to US potential investors by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Valentin Tserovski, who started a working visit to the United States Monday. Meet
The third round of the National Mountain Championship for car racers finished Sunday. The rally arrived near the city of Gabrovo in the Balkan range.
Bulgarian cosmetics company Rubella denied Monday industrial espionage charges brought against employee Gabriela Antonova. Antonova was arrested last week under suspicion of spying on rival cosmetics producer Aroma.
State-owned Hemus Air establishes regular flights from the capital Sofia to the Black Sea town of Burgas starting from July 4. The flights will be conducted three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays by TU 154 M and Yak 40 aircraft.
A cooperation bourse for Bulgarian and German companies was opened Monday in Sofia by the economy minister of German state Saarland. The forum that will be followed by a similar bourse in Bulgaria's biggest coastal city Varna is part of the agenda of Mini
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg invited at a summit in Sofia his counterparts from the countries that signed the memorandum for the pan-European Corridor No 8. He send the invitation with his Foreign Minister Solomon Passy who was dispatched
Maria Zhekova happened to return from Varna to Sofia on the train that collided early on Monday in Central Bulgaria. In the crash, she got a bruise on the left arm but insists to have surmounted the shock.
The United States will enact Tuesday a law that stops military aid to countries that declined to sign bilateral agreements on the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ambassador of Bulgaria -- a country that had not signed such document -- said that Mo
US forces have launched a major offensive against resistance fighters in central Iraq. Operation Sidewinder began with more than 20 simultaneous raids involving aircraft, armoured vehicles and infantry in an area north of the capital, Baghdad, along the R
Saadi Qaddafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, has signed a two-year contract to play for Italian Serie A club Perugia. The Libyan international player was presented with the Umbrian side's number 19 shirt at a ceremony at team president Luciano Gau
The US space agency (Nasa) has delayed the launch of its second Mars rover until Wednesday night at the earliest as it tries to fix a problem with the rocket's insulation. A fresh launch attempt will be made at 2317 local time on Wednesday (03:17 GMT on T
Hollywood legend Katharine Hepburn has died at the age of 96. Hepburn, who lived in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, had suffered various health problems in recent years, including Parkinson's disease.
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