People
13:00 Thu 27 Feb 2003
Following Europe's split over Iraq and President Chirac's controversial criticism of Bulgaria, VELINA NACHEVA asked France's Ambassador to Bulgaria Jean Loup Kuhn Delforge to clarify the French position. read more 
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13:00 Thu 27 Feb 2003 - Velina Nacheva
FRIEDRICH Niemann, Hilton Sofia's general manager since the beginning of February, said that the hotel is a fabulous and contemporary structure that caters perfectly to the needs of modern business and leisure travellers. read more
13:00 Thu 27 Feb 2003 - Ian Soutar
BEING briefed prior to taking up my appointment here I was told that the embassy in Sofia did not do much in the way of traditional political reporting. "Really," I wondered, "What do they do then?" I must confess that after four years on multilateral disarmament work, I was looking forward to returning to bilateral work, in which political reporting plays an important role. read more
13:00 Thu 27 Feb 2003 - Ivan Vatahov
ON March 3, Bulgaria will celebrate the 125th anniversary of its liberation from Ottoman rule, which was one of the most glorious moments in the country's history. The liberation would never have happened if it were not for the decision of the Russian Emperor Alexander II, who fought a very difficult but successful war against the Ottoman Empire in 1877-78. read more
13:00 Thu 27 Feb 2003 - Matt Willis
ALEX Bivol made the transition from one ex-soviet bloc country to another in 1998 and was relieved to discover that Bulgaria's outlook was a lot less socialist than Moldova's. read more
