Managers of the Kuwaiti joint venture Mohammed Abdulmohsin Al-Kharafi & Sons - Admak General Contracting Co and Sofia Airport wrapped up successful negotiations for the reconstruction of Sofia airport. After all necessary documents are prepared, the contr
A team of Lufthansa Technik arrives in Sofia on November 12 to re-negotiate with Balkan Air Tour the use of two Balkan Airlines Boeing 737-300 planes. The team was invited by the newly established Bulgarian carrier Balkan Air Tour.
The Privatisation Agency officially announced it will appeal the ruling of the Supreme Administrative Court, which stripped the preferred buyer for Bulgaria's tobacco monopoly, the consortium Tobacco Capital Partners and Clar Inns, of its status. As seen
Opportunities for cooperation between Germany's company Jenoptik and Bulgarian companies were considered at the meeting of Deputy Economy Minister Nikola Yankov and representatives of the company. Jenoptik, part of the Carl Zeiss Jena group, is the bigges
Raiffeisenbank's profit from Bulgarian arm leaped by 80.3 percent for the first ten months of 2002 year-on-year.
The State Financial Supervision Commission will be financed from the state budget, the parliamentary budgetary policy and finance committee decided November 7. Revenue generated by supervision fees will also be allocated to the State Financial Supervision
The Cabinet ordered on Thursday the payment of BGN 20,5 M from the state budget to software maker Mocrosoft. The initial USD 3,15 M instalment will be transferred immediately to the American company.
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The Bush administration still hasn't decided which countries to back in Prague but Bulgaria is among the serious candidates for NATO membership. That emerged after the meeting of Foreign Minister Passy with US Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns in Brussels
Custom officers intercepted seventy-eight sham bank-notes of EUR 50 at the Kalotina border-checkpoint. The forged money was found in the underwear of a Bulgarian national who was trying to leave the country by a car.
Rightist opposition party Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) should "open the door" to involve more people across the country at all levels. Such is the advise of British Conservative Party's representatives, Chris Poole and Jean Searle, who pay a visit to
Jerald Schiff who leads the IMF mission in Bulgaria arrived Friday in Sofia. Upon his arrival, he said that that the introduction of differentiated insurance income floors in Bulgaria wasn't very efficient to up revenues.
Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov called on German businessmen to invest in high tech parks, construction of big infrastructure projects and in energy projects in Bulgaria. He assured them that the state would guarantee their investments.
Bulgaria has to close third and fourth nuclear units as the European Commission demands even if it gets peer review. France doesn't oppose the Bulgarian demand for peer review.
Bulgaria's expectation for a clear signal for EU entry at the Copenhagen summit in December was reiterated by Foreign Minister Passy at his meeting with European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solanam, Brussels. The results of the meeting of the Euro
A total of 38 of the Bulgarians, among the immigrants found by the French authorities in Bordeaux sheds, are with irregular status, Foreign Ministry's spokesman Lyubomir Todorov said for novinite.com.
There are no reasons why the Bulgarian government changes its decision for the closure of third and fourth units in 2006, according to Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg. He answered a question of right-wing leader Nadezhda Mihaylova in Parliament.
Nikolai Nedkov, Executive Director of Zlatni Pyasutsi resort on the Black Sea, has been assaulted and injured Thursday evening. His life is not in danger, doctors said.
The town of Panagyurishte is celebrating a day of NATO on Friday. The ambassadors and military attach?s of NATO member states as well as other foreign envoys take part in the celebrations in the mountain town some 90 km away from Sofia.
A man stormed the reception room of the German Embassy in Sofia at 10.58 am and threatened he would hold everybody hostages till his demands were met.
Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg said that a new regional development minister was going to be appointed next week. He declined though to say whether the future minister would be an expert or a politician.
Bulgarian tour operator Alma Consult, representative of the international tour operator Eurasia Erlebnisreisen (Germany), will use the Vitosha Express and Korona Express trains. The company plans travels for up to eighty customers in the destination Istan
The number of unemployed in Bulgaria was 584,500 in September, 1,3 percent down, compared to the same year ago period, the national statistical institute announced. Unemployment dropped by 0,3 percent compared to that in June this year.
Bulgaria's orthodox Christians marked the day of the Archangels on Friday. Celebrations on this day feature special greeting to people who have the name of Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael thus enjoying their guidance.
A film festival, during which forty-two films will be shown, kicks off in Hall 1 of cinema Lumiere. Four Bulgarian movies will be shown among many famous European films.
The coalition between the Simeon II National Movement (SNM) and the mainly ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) still has a sufficiently large parliamentary majority to pass legislation, the country report of the Economist Intelligence Un
Every evening, between 10 and 15 November 2002, Seasons Restaurant at the Hilton Sofia offers a culinary journey through Sweden. The Swedish culinary week will begin on Sunday, November 10, with Swedish specialties served on the Hilton Brunch buffet.
City of straight streets and limes A city of straight streets and lime trees Stara Zagora is a prime tourist destination not least because of its speedy and diverse links.
Spider-Man Director: Sam Raimi
Adults often believe infants are off in their own world, but a new study indicates they are more tuned into the wider world and what the people around them are doing than previously thought. The research by University of Washington psychologists Rechele B
Jetlag may affect physical and mental performance when you travel rapidly through several time zones. It may take a few days to acclimatise to the new time zone.
Ingredients: 2-3 cucumbers, 500g yoghurt, 1/2 walnuts, 3-4 cloves garlic, dill, sunflower oil and salt.
Bulgaria's Magdalena Maleeva qualified for the WTA champs 1/4-finals after it upset 7th seed Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia in straight sets in the first round of the WTA Championship (6:2, 7:5). This is the first success for the 27-year-old Bulgarian in
Around 150,000 Muslim faithful people flocked peacefully to Jerusalem for the first weekly prayers during the holy month of Ramadan, as two Palestinians were shot dead in the West Bank. "At least 150,000 people were on the Temple Mount plaza but it has al
The United Nations Security Council on Friday approved a resolution that demands that Baghdad allow U.N.
Voters in Gibraltar rejected overwhelmingly a British plan to share sovereignty of the disputed colony with Spain, official results show, but London swiftly reiterated its support for a deal. Almost 99 percent voted to reject the plan in a referendum tha
Chinese President Jiang Zemin has opened the most important meeting of the ruling Communist Party in a decade, urging speedy economic growth coupled with strict political control. Addressing 2,114 delegates assembled in Beijing's cavernous Great Hall of t
Sofia Airport's Terminal 3 Construction Set to Begin in Early 2026
COVID-19 Impact: Bulgaria's Grim Milestone as Highest Death Rate in EU
