[ 5/14/08, Vorskla Steel of the Ukrainian tycoon Konstantin Zhevago and ArcelorMittal of the Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal are bound in a struggle for the purchase of 71% Bulgaria's largest steel maker Kremikovtzi. The news about their competing bids was announced Wednesday by the Bulgarian Minister of E...
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[ 5/14/08, Nancy E. McEldowney, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor has been nominated by US President George W. Bush to become Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Bulgaria. McEldowney's nomination h...
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[ 5/14/08, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" launched Wednesday the first university TV channel, called Alma Mater. On the eve of its 120th anniversary and after the successful 15-year-long development of its radio station, the university decided to start a TV channel. The programs will be dedicated to...
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[ 5/14/08, Serbian clay-court glory days are still on. After Novak Djokovic’s triumph in Rome, the top domestic players are appearing in Hamburg, Germany for the €2.27m ATP event – the last check-up before the second Grand Slam of the year – Roland Garros. As the No. 3 seed at the Masters Series Hamburg Open, Djokovic had a bye in the first round, but used the spare time to watch his compatriot Janko Tipsarevic see off wild-card Andreas Beck 3-6 6-3 6-1. The Serbian number two meets seventh seed USA’s James Blake.
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[ 5/14/08, Serbia may get the candidate status for the EU membership until the end of the year, Tanja Miscevic, director of Government’s Office for European integration told ‘Blic’ yesterday.
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[ 5/14/08, Cedomir Cupic, Professor of the Faculty of political sciences and his family are receiving death threats because of the interview with our daily in which he said that ‘the PM Kostunica does not have a realistic view of Kosovo issue’.
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Dima Bilan, the Russian representative, is considered to be one of the front-runners of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest He will perform his autobiographic song “Believe” in the first Semi-Final at the “Belgrade Arena” on May 20. The song is produced by world renowned producer Timbaland.
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Serbian number two tennis player in the women’s tour Jelena Jankovic starts her title defence at the Rome Open in the second round against the winner of the first round tie between lucky loser Olga Savchuk and home player Flavia Pennetta. Serbia’s number one Ana Ivanovic hits the court of Foro Italico on Wednesday against Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova, who got past Klara Zakopalova of Czech Republic in the opening round.
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Petar - Peca Popovic, the fifty-eight-year-old journalist and editor of numerous music magazines, among which are the famous “Jukebox” and “Rock”, has recently published the book “Rukopisi” (“The Manuscripts”), published by “Cepter Books”. This luxury edition has had unexpectedly well reception of the audience from all ex-Yugoslav countries. Petar’s spiritual journey through the world of popular music during the last decade is a valuable segment in the history of Serbian journalism.
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The Dinar rate of exchange is slowly stabilizing and the official EUR rate today is expected to be 82.6 Dinars. However, the indexes of shares at Belgrade Stock after record-high jump of the previous day yesterday were in red again. The index of shares of the 15 most solvent enterprises ‘Belex 15’ yesterday dropped by 4.16 pct and ‘Belexline’ 2.6 pct.
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As of yesterday the Socialist Party of Serbia is very close to agreement with the DS over post-election coalition, ‘Blic’ learns from high DS and SPS sources. This agreement is to be concluded until the end of May, our source, well informed about the negotiations led in recent two days between these two political parties says.
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American President George W. Bush announced today his decision to nominate the current US Ambassador in Sofia, John Beyrle to become the new US Ambassador in Russia. Beyrle's nomination has been sent to the US Senate for approval. The information has been published on the official White House webs...
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Indonesian Polnaya travels for already 2 years round the world on a motorcycle in the name of peace
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The discovery may prooves theories that Hisar town was sanctuaries of the nymphs
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A 39-year-old Austrian man has reportedly killed five members of his family with an axe and turned himself in, authorities said on Wednesday. The man initially told the police he had killed his wife and 7-year-old daughter but investigators believe the suspect is also responsible for the murders o...
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The New York Senator Hillary Clinton won decisively Tuesday's primary of the Democratic in the state of West Virginia expectedly defeating her opponent, the Illinois Senator Barack Obama. With 92% of the precincts reporting, Clinton has 67% vs. Obama's 26%, the New York Times reported, with 7% goi...
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Bulgarian cosmetics and wine have great future on the immense Chinese market. They would be the best type of goods to promote with the higher chances for a break through. This opinion was voiced at the International Plovdiv Fair by Ivan Lambov, Manager of an intermediary company in Beijing. Our to...
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