Bulgaria lawmakers vote to open archives
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Lawmakers on Wednesday adopted a much-delayed law to open the archives of Bulgaria's former communist secret service, but also voted to keep a small portion of the files secret for "national security reasons."
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Politics: 27 September 2004, Monday. Experts from EU Resources Management in the Bulgarian Finance Ministry and the Dutch Economic Institute ECORYS gathered around a Second Round Table for Partnership in Sofia ...
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Politics: 10 January 2005, Monday. The Intergovernmental Council for NATO Integration in Sofia is opening a session on Monday.
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Estonian lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill calling for the removal of a Soviet war memorial, ignoring Moscow's warning of 'irreversible consequences' for relations between the two countries.Comment
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Â· Archives cover worst excesses of Soviet eraÂ· Disappointment that only relatives will get access
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Representatives from eastern and central Europe meet in Bulgaria to discuss plans for Roma inclusion.
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Politics: 3 October 2004, Sunday. The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and US Congressman Alcee Hastings assessed highly Bulgaria's presidency of the organization.
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Politics: 21 October 2004, Thursday. The edifice of the Archeology Museum in Sofia was lit by a light spectacle Wednesday night, marking the culmination of a campaign for fighting osteoporosis.
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Afghanistan's lower house of parliament on Saturday voted into law a revised resolution calling for an amnesty for groups suspected of perpetrating war crimes during a quarter century of fighting, but also recognizing the rights of victims to seek justice.
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Politics: 12 September 2004, Sunday. Representatives of Bulgaria's ruling party have addressed business people in the country, extending a call for election support.
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Politics: 11 December 2004, Saturday. The mayor of Bulgaria's capital Sofia disclosed Saturday he is planning to run for an MP post in the next Parliament.
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Politics: 18 January 2005, Tuesday. The consuls of more than 60 countries to Bulgaria came together Tuesday to a monthly luncheon, and met in person Lieutenant-General Boyko Borissov, the Interior Ministry's ...
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BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - Romania&#39;s parliament voted in a centrist government on Tuesday packed with young, Western-educated academics vowing to speed up reforms needed to bring the Balkan country into the European Union.
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Bulgaria's ancient Thracian heritage has been thrust into the spotlight this year with a number of key archaeological discoveries in the so-called Valley of the Thracian Kings.
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The Skupstina (Parliament) of the Republic of Serbia passed the Law on Freedom of Access to Information.
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Business: 7 October 2004, Thursday. Bulgaria's Economy Minister Lidia Shuleva invited the French BRED Banque Populaire bank to open a branch in Bulgaria.
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The Netherlands said Thursday it has ratified an accord to open to a long-secret archive of Nazi death camp records in Germany, another step toward giving scholars access to a vast collection of historically invaluable Holocaust documents.