UPDATE 2-Bulgaria says won&#39;t forgive Iraqi debt outright
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Bulgaria, one of Europe&#39;s poorest countries, will not heed a call by the Paris Club of creditor nations to forgive most of the $1.75 billion in debt it is owed by Iraq, its finance minister said on Monday.
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Bulgaria will keep on being a reliable U.S. ally in Iraq and in the international war on terrorism after general elections in June, President Georgi Parvanov said Monday.
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WASHINGTON - The United States signed an agreement with Iraq on Friday to forgive 100 percent of the $4.1 billion debt Iraq owes it, and urged other nations to follow suit to help the war-torn nation.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States yesterday forgave $4.1 billion Iraq owed it and urged other nations not part of an international debt relief agreement to follow suit.
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Politics: 21 September 2004, Tuesday. Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry issued a warning to compatriots who plan trips to Indonesia.
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Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov has refused to pardon a Liverpool football fan sentenced to 10 years in prison in Bulgaria for attempted murder, Parvanov's office said Thursday.
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Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov has expressed his opposition to redeployment of his country's troops from Iraq's Karbala to Najaf, local media reported Saturday.
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Russia will slash at least $9.5 billion of Iraq&#39;s debt to Moscow, Interfax news agency reported Monday. Iraq&#39;s debt to Russia will be reduced to $700 million to $1 billion
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BERLIN  - Russia is blocking a Paris Club agreement to wipe out 80 percent of Iraqi debt, a source said on the sidelines of a Group of 20 meeting of finance chiefs.
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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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Bulgaria's defense minister on Monday angrily rejected a Polish military official's suggestion that Bulgarian troops in Iraq should be moved to a more dangerous province.
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The Bulgarian National Assembly on Friday rejected a non-confidence bill against the coalition government led by Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev.Comment
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Politics: 10 January 2005, Monday. The leader of Bulgaria's rightist Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) lashed rival Socialists for their pledge to withdraw Bulgarian troops from Iraq if winning this year's ...
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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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"The indemnities are financed by international contributions in the form of debt remission"  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.The six foreign medics have been sentenced to death in the case, and Libyan officials have said a settlement could pave the way for their release.Jailed since 1999, the six deny having infected more than 400 children and say their confessions were extracted under torture. Experts and outside scientific reports have said the children were contaminated as a result of unhygienic conditions at a hospital in the northeastern coastal city of Benghazi. Fifty of the infected children died. Read more
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Russian President Vladimir Putin told visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi that his country would write off 90 percent of the debt owed it by Iraq, making it clear
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More than a quarter of Iraq&#39;s foreign debt burden could be forgiven after a framework agreement was reached by two of the country&#39;s main creditors.