Sofia Welcomes Greece's President
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Politics: 11 October 2004, Monday. Greece's President Kostis Stephanopoulos will arrive at an official visit to Bulgaria on Monday.
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Politics: 12 November 2004, Friday. A procession paying respect to late Yasser Arafat was carried out in Sofia Friday, as his funeral was taking place in Ramallah in the meantime.
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President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Prime Minister Indulis Emsis (Union of Greens and Farmers, ZZS) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Artis Pabriks (People's Party, TP) will join the leaders of other European Union ...
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President Yoweri Museveni yesterday joined the Orthodox community to mourn the death of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa.
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The presidents of Bulgaria and Finland on Tuesday spoke in support of Turkey's bid to join the European Union and the international recognition of Macedonia by its constitutional name, state radio reported.
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French President Jacques Chirac is welcomed by Romanian President Traian Basescu at the Cotroceni Palace, the Romanian Presidency headquarters, in Bucharest.Comment
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Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was at Sofia's Central Railway Station for the arrival of two new diesel trains of the Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ). Sofia was the final destination of a demonstration ...
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Lifestyle: 22 November 2004, Monday. Youngsters and adults sang and applauded for more than an hour the lavish rock-opera Patriarch Evtimii staged in Sofia's National Palace of Culture.
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President Branko Crvenkovski congratulated and sent huge gratitude to all Macedonian citizens on Thursday, after USA recognized the constitutional name of the Republic of Macedonia.
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Lifestyle: 17 December 2004, Friday. Several months after the crown of Mrs Globe 2004 ornated the head of Rumiana Marinova of Bulgaria the President of Mrs Globe came on her first visit in the Balkan country.
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President George W. Bush arrived in Albania on Sunday for the first visit by a U.S. leader to the Balkan republic, once a byword for hardline communist isolationism but now a staunch ally of America.
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The first United Nations representation office was officially opened in Sofia on Monday, bringing under the same roof most of the UN agencies and programmes, working in the country.
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Mikhail Saakashvili was sworn in to a second presidential term Sunday, pledging to mend fences with Russia, push Georgia closer to the West and bring prosperity to the ex-Soviet republic troubled by a divisive election that opponents claim was rigged.
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Lifestyle: 3 January 2005, Monday. A political party aimed to bring together Big Brother fans was inaugurated in Sofia on Monday.
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Politics: 1 December 2004, Wednesday. Nadezhda Mihailova, president of the big Bulgarian right-wing party Union of Democratic Forces will open Wednesday in Sofia a discussion on the 2005 budget.
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Lifestyle: 12 November 2004, Friday. Bulgaria's capital city Sofia will see a Hollywood-style ceremony for the opening of a new Planet Club.
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President George W. Bush arrived in  Albania on Sunday for the first visit by a U.S. leader to the  Balkan republic, once a byword for hardline communist  isolationism but now a staunch ally of America.