Bulgaria eyes quick Libya deal for HIV nurses
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Bulgaria said it was hopeful of an agreement with Libyan authorities on Monday that would pave the way for the release of six foreign medics convicted of infecting Libyan children with HIV.
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Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor could face the firing squad if a Libyan court convicts them on Tuesday on charges of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy, his wife and EU officials pressed for the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to life in prison in Libya for allegedly infecting children with AIDS, the president's office said Monday.
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Libya begins distributing funds to the families of children with HIV under a deal that could free six foreign medics.
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Relatives of the Bulgarian nurses given life sentences in Libya were waiting for them early Tuesday at Sofia airport hoping for their return, Bulgarian national radio reported.
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Libya lifted death sentences on Tuesday against five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of deliberately infecting children with HIV, paving the way for them to be freed after eight years in jail.
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Bulgaria pressed Wednesday for the repatriation of five of its nurses and a Palestinian doctor jailed in Libya after their death sentences were commuted to life in prison.
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Six foreign medics jailed for life in Libya for infecting children with the AIDS virus flew to Bulgaria on Monday after being released by Tripoli under a deal brokered with the European Union.
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A settlement has been reached with families of HIV-infected children in the case of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, the spokesman for Libya's Gadhafi foundation said Tuesday.
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Bulgaria welcomed a decision on Monday by Libya to reconsider executing five nurses for infecting hundreds of children with HIV, but refused a call for compensation, saying any payouts would be an admission of guilt.
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Outgoing European Commission President Romano Prodi said Friday the European Union could help five Bulgarian nurses on death row in Libya.
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Bulgaria said Tuesday it has granted citizenship to a Palestinian doctor on trial in Tripoli along with five Bulgarian nurses for infecting children in Libya with AIDS.
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Five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya have been moved to a special facility in their prison, the Trud newspaper reported Thursday.
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A timeline of events in the case of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death in Libya for allegedly infecting more than 400 children with the virus that causes AIDS.
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Libya's highest court said Wednesday it would rule July 11 on the appeal of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor trying to overturn their conviction and death sentences on charges of infecting about 400 Libyan children with the AIDS virus.
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TRIPOLI, Libya -- Several eastern European countries would forgive Libyan debt dating back to the Cold War under a proposal to compensate families whose children were allegedly infected with the AIDS virus by five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, a victims' advocate said Saturday.
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Libya has asked for normalized relations with the European Union in talks over releasing six foreign medics jailed for infecting hundreds of children with HIV, an official source in Libya said on Monday.