Bulgaria, EU move to secure freedom for HIV medics
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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.
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The European Union, backed by France&#39;s first lady, pushed Monday for an end to the eight-year ordeal of six foreign medics jailed for life for infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV.
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Bulgaria's foreign minister said Friday that negotiations were taking place with the families of Libyan children with HIV, but he cautioned that a deal to allow the release of six medics convicted of infecting them was far from being reached.
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Six medics imprisoned in Libya for infecting children with HIV are on their way to Bulgaria, French officials say.
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SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 18 Britain, the Netherlands and Spain plan restrictions on immigrant workers from Bulgaria and Romania once the two states join the European Union Jan.Comment
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Six foreign medics convicted of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV were freed on Tuesday after a "full partnership" deal between Tripoli and the European Union ended their eight-year ordeal.
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European health ministers rally in Lithuania to bolster the fight against a 'silent plague' of  HIV/Aids.
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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 on charges of infecting children with HIV were commuted to life in prison.
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The EU top executive pledged Friday to keep pressure on Libya to free five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor it has sentenced to death on charges of infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus.
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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.
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Politics: 7 September 2004, Tuesday. Bulgaria's Euro-affairs Minister Meglena Kuneva leaves for the Hague today to take part in an international conference on European Values Policies.
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The number of people living with HIV has reached 39.4 million people worldwide - with high increases reported from EU&#39;s neighbouring Russia and Ukraine, according to an annual AIDS report.
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SOFIA, Bulgaria - Five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya for allegedly infecting children with HIV plan to seek compensation from Tripoli for illegal arrest and torture, Bulgaria&#39;s justice minister said Monday.
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A European Union medical delegation is visiting Libya to assess the plight of some 400 children infected with HIV. In May, five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were sentenced to death for intentionally infecting them.
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Politics: 22 October 2004, Friday. The outgoing European Commission President Romano Prodi has talked several times to the Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi about the fate of the five Bulgarian medics sentenced to ...
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Six medics sentenced to life in prison in Libya for allegedly infecting children with HIV came home to Bulgaria on Tuesday and were greeted with tears and hugs &#151; and a presidential pardon that allowed them to walk free after 8 1/2 years behind bars.
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Six foreign medics convicted of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV were freed on Tuesday after a partnership deal between Tripoli and the European Union ended their eight-year ordeal.