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02:00 Thu 21 Apr 2005
Three Bulgarians, reportedly the crew of a helicopter, died when it crashed in the region of Tikrit in Iraq on Thursday April 21.
Focus news agency quoted Bulgarian National Radio as giving the names of the three victims as Lyubomir Kostov, Georgi Naydenov and Stoyan Anchev. read more 
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| 01:00 Tue 31 Jan 2006 The four foreign workers taken hostage in Nigeria were released yesterday. Among the freed captives is Bulgarian Milko Nichev. The hostages are in good health, Nigerian government sources said. The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry confirmed the information.
Nichev said in a phone call to his family that he expected to return to Bulgaria in four or five days. read more |  | 01:00 Sat 28 Jan 2006 Next week the Cabinet will take a decision concerning the new Bulgarian mission in Iraq, Defence Minister Vesselin Bliznakov said. This would be the second participation of Bulgarian troops in the Iraq reconstruction operation, mediapool.bg reported.
Bliznakov said 120 Bulgarian soldiers will provide security to Ashraf refugee camp. Preparations for the new mission will last between 30 and 40 days. read more |
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| 01:00 Fri 20 Jan 2006 Norwegian low-cost air carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle AS will start flights from Oslo to Varna and Bourgas starting May 2006, the company said. The flights will take place once each week, according to initial plans, on Saturday. The first flight will be on May 6. A one-way ticket, including airport taxes, will cost 74 euro. read more | | 01:00 Fri 13 Jan 2006 Cumulative inflation in 2005 was 6.5 per cent, said the head of the National Statistical Institute consumer prices index department, Radka Kunova. This was the highest in the past five years, she said. In 2001, inflation was 4.8 per cent. In 2002, it was 3.8 per cent but an increase to 5.6 per cent followed in 2003. In 2004, inflation was four per cent. read more |
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| 01:00 Fri 06 Jan 2006 Bulgaria has once again imposed stricter measures against bird flu, after two Turkish children were reported to have died from the virus on Thursday. Two Turkish laboratories have confirmed the presence of the virus, but have yet to specify its type. The director of the national veterinary service, Zheko Baichev, said that Bulgaria was constantly exchanging information with the European Commission, which has the latest data on Turkey and Romania. read more | | 01:00 Fri 23 Dec 2005 In 2005 investment in Bulgaria would reach 5.5 billion euro, said Pavel Ezekiev, the head of the Invest Bulgaria Agency. Compared to 2004, this is an increase of close to 10 per cent. For the first time, this year the total investment sum does not include the money gathered from privatisation, Ezekiev said. read more |
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| 01:00 Fri 16 Dec 2005 Starting January 16 2006, air-carrier Hemus Air will offer tickets at special prices, some of them as low as nine euro, Hemus Air managing director Dimitar Pavlov said. The company is also completing a new site, which will enable online reservation and payment.
The company plans to offer some packages with prices lower than those of low-cost air carriers that have already started flying to Bulgaria, Pavlov said. read more | | 01:00 Fri 09 Dec 2005 The closure of units of Kozlodui nuclear power plant is expected to be one of the key issues in the report on Bulgaria's EU reform progress. The report will be presented during a session of the European Parliament next Wednesday. Some of the members of the EP have proposed the deletion of a recommendation by the EP rapporteur for Bulgaria, Geoffrey Van Orden, that there be a flexible approach to the closure of the units. read more |
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| 01:00 Fri 02 Dec 2005 Ministers have to accept at least two EU-related measures daily during the coming year, to meet the requirements for Bulgaria to join the EU as scheduled on January 1 2007. The Cabinet approved the new strategy for EU accession, European Integration Minister Meglena Kouneva said. The plan includes the acceptance of 766 new laws and regulations. read more | | 01:00 Fri 25 Nov 2005 Military modernisation is heading for a complete halt because of a lack of funding, as well as court proceedings. Defence Minister Vesselin Bliznakov said this during a two-day conference on the modernisation of the armed forces. The necessity of three projects which are being carried out - the provision of new vehicles, transport aircraft and helicopters - is to be reassessed. One option is the purchase of a smaller number of vehicles. Bliznakov said that overall, equipment purchases were likely to be reduced. read more |
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