HIGHLIGHTS

• H. E. Mr. Harald Kindermann supports the Bulgarian Interior Ministry in its combat of organized crime
• Macedonian students in Bulgaria received certificates
• Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg-Gotha met with the World Bank Country Director for Bulgaria Anand Seth
• The U.S. Embassy made a donation to the Bulgarian Customs Agency
• Ambassador Hill: Bulgaria showed a constructive approach to the reports of the EU experts
• Minister Petkanov met the Minister of Internal Affairs and Sports of the German Province of Reinland-Pfatz
• Georgia opens an embassy in Sofia
• Minister Passy met with the NATO and EU Ambassadors
• Bulgaria and Macedonia signed a Memorandum for Co-operation
• Minister Solomon Passy met with honorary consuls of Bulgaria
• Ambassador Hill ran 22 km in honour of Bulgaria’s Union Day
• Bulgarian Aid for Beslan
• A conference on terror and security was held in Sofia under the auspices of President Parvanov
• Georgia’s Foreign Minister visited Bulgaria
• The Bulgarian President received Mirella Freni
• French scriptwriter trains young Bulgarian authors
• In November a French-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce will be established
• Bulgaria and Jordan are aimed at enhancing their economic co-operation
• An agreement between the Bulgarian and the Italian Red Cross
• Sofia hosted an international conference on money laundering and funding of terror
• IAEA Director General: “Bulgaria can rely on IAEA support for its new NPP”
• Meeting of the Defence Ministers of Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania

EUROPEAN UNION

• Final consultations on the Regular Report on Bulgaria’s Progress in 2004
• Solomon Passy took part in the EU Ministerial Meeting in Maastricht
• Bulgaria was invited to the signing of the new EU Constitution in Rome
• Deputy Prime Minister Lydia Shouleva received the Ambassadors of the EU member-states
• Belgium highly assessed the work of the Bulgarian Government for EU membership

NATO

• Bulgaria joined two more NATO agreements

BULGARIA – LIBYA

• Minister Passy: “Real negotiations will start after the ruling of the Libyan court of second instance”
• Colin Powell urged for “a prompt, favourable action” with regard to the Bulgarian nurses

ECOLOGY

• Minister Dolores Arsenova opened an eco-park
• Bulgaria joined the European Car Free Day

IMF

• The International Monetary Fund and Bulgaria failed to approximate their positions

BCCI

• General Assembly of the Bulgarian-Japanese Economic Council
• Round table on Bulgaria’s EU accession

BUSINESS. INVESTMENTS

• The foreign direct investments in Bulgaria for the period January – July 2004 tower to 1 milliard euro