Paris Welcomes Bulgaria's PM
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Politics: 5 October 2004, Tuesday. Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg and Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Lidia Shuleva are leaving for a four-day official visit to Paris ...
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France on Friday extradited to Bulgaria Vasil Kachikov, a Bulgarian national suspected of complicity in the assassination of one of his country's underworld bosses in Amsterdam about a year ago.
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Politics: 22 October 2004, Friday. The outgoing European Commission President Romano Prodi will arrive at an official visit to Sofia at the invitation of Bulgaria's prime minister.
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Serbian-Montenegrin President Svetozar Marovic is arriving on a one-day visit to Bulgaria on Thursday marking improvement of once cool relations between the two Balkan neighbours.
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"I am calling for calmness and a little bit more patience, Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev said. "We are taking and will be taking all steps to bring this whole case to an end as soon as possible and see our compatriots very soon on Bulgarian soil."  By Anna MudevaSOFIA  - Bulgaria and the European Union called on Libya on Wednesday to transfer six foreign medics to Sofia, after Tripoli lifted their death sentences for infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus.The five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor, who have spent more than eight years in jail, could be pardoned by the Balkan country's president if they are sent to Sofia under a 1984 prisoner exchange agreement with Libya.Following hectic diplomatic talks and payment of hundreds of millions of dollars to the families of 460 HIV victims, Tripoli commuted the death sentences against the six to life imprisonment late on Tuesday, paving the way for their release. Read more
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President Georgi Parvanov on Friday conferred Bulgaria's highest order of Stara Planina to the country's Orthodox leader Patriarch Maxim as the latter celebrated his 90th birthday.
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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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The diplomatic chiefs of the Western Balkan countries, in presence of the French Foreign Minister, Michel Barnier, on Saturday in Ohrid declared that the 'economic transformation of the region through ...
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The American defence minister has thanked Bulgaria for the work of its contingent in Iraq, and expressed appreciation of Bulgarian troops&#39; professionalism.
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Politics: 5 December 2004, Sunday. Bulgarian journalists managed to bring a box of plasticine in the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, where the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) ...
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair kindled speculation he was running to be the first president of the European Union by praising the bloc in a speech in Paris as France prepares to oversee the appointment process.
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The leaders of France and Australia met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during announced visits Saturday, each pledging their countries' commitment to Afghanistan for the longterm.
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Politics: 4 October 2004, Monday. Bulgaria's prime minister handed the diplomas to students at the Balkan Politics School in Sofia Monday.
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Tony Blair is holding talks with French president Jacques Chirac who is visiting London as part of centenary celebrations of the Entente Cordiale.
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Politics: 29 October 2004, Friday. Bulgaria's Premier Simeon Saxe-Coburg will attend Friday the signing of the European Union's first Constitution.
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Politics: 6 January 2005, Thursday. Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Cobrug has made a personal financial donation for the survivors of December's earthquake-tsunami disaster in Asia.
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France's first lady visited Libya Sunday and met its leader Moammar Gadhafi to press for the repatriation of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor imprisoned for allegedly infecting Libyan children with the AIDS virus, French media and Libyan officials said.