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- Kapoustin to return Sunday from Bulgarian jail
PARIS - Canadian businessman Michael Kapoustin, who has been in Bulgarian custody since 1996, is expected to return to Canada on Sunday, according to his lawyer and a Canadian official. Kapoustin, released from jail Thursday, got the green light to leave
- ArcelorMittal, Bulgarian mill sign deal
SOFIA, Bulgaria Kremikovtzi said in a statement the deal with the Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal 'has a possibility to lead to potential investments in future' and would ensure Kremikovtzi's long-term viability. No financial details were made public. The
- More blasts at Bulgarian depot - top military man resigns
Sofia - More explosions rocked an old munitions depot outside Sofia Friday but there was none of the danger of the previous day - while a top army officer resigned over the incident. Deputy chief of staff Rumen Zokov had borne responsibility for the
- Avenging East Germans Killed in Bulgaria
It starts with the smell, the cloying odor of decay, growing behind the brown steel doors, its dull impact becoming more penetrating in the semidarkness. Finally, the next steel door reveals the source of the smell, the bodies of three men, shockingly
- ArcelorMittal signs production deal with Bulgarian steel maker
Kremikovtzi said in a statement the deal with the Luxembourg-based steel giant 'has a possibility to lead to potential investments in future' and would ensure Kremikovtzi's long-term viability. No financial details were made public. The company said
- Powerful explosions rock Sofia
Sofia: A series of powerful explosions at an arms storage complex on the outskirts of Sofia rocked the Bulgarian capital on Thursday, panicking thousands and breaking windows, authorities and eyewitnesses said. It was not yet clear whether the blasts,
- Bulgaria New Agriculture Fund CEO Elected
Bulgaria's Agricultural Minister introduced Friday the new CEO of the Bulgarian Agriculture State Fund. The Fund's new Director is Atanas Kunchev, who was until now Deputy Finance Minister. At a meeting Thursday, the Fund's Managing Board decided to
- Bulgarian farming agency chief quits over frozen EU funds
(AFP) - The chief executive of Bulgaria's farming agency announced his resignation Wednesday after the European Commission suspended 93.5 million euros (150 million dollars) in EU agricultural subsidies. Dimitar Tadarakov, the head of the agency which
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Having fought on the losing side in both World Wars, Bulgaria fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and became a Peoples Republic in 1946. Communist domination ended in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR, and Bulgaria began the contentious process of moving toward political democracy and a market economy while combating inflation, unemployment, corruption, and crime. Today, reforms and democratization keep Bulgaria on a path toward eventual integration into the EU and NATO.
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