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Stoitcho Stoilov, a football player who had a severe gunshot wound, was transported to "Pirogov" emergency hospital yesterday afternoon. He is stabilized now, doctors say. There are still three bullets in his body. An army cook fired 7 shots at him. Photo Rumen Zherev
November 16 in History.
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In 1885, after an ultimatum delivered by Austria-Hungary, Bulgarian troops were withdrawn from the town of Pirot despite the willingness of the locals to join Bulgaria. The offensive of the Bulgarian army was stopped in the Serbo-Bulgarian war.
Stoitcho Stoilov Moved to "Pirogov"
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Vladimir Simeonov
The shooter has been put in custody for 72 hours under prosecutors orders, he is charged with premeditated murder.
Stoitcho Stoilov, a football player who had a severe gunshot wound, was transported to "Pirogov" emergency hospital yesterday afternoon. He is stabilized now, doctors say. There are still three bullets in his body. The best experts in thoracic and abdominal surgery will continue treatment of the captain of Litex. Simeon Metchev, who is a retired military, took the shot at him with his licensed Makarov gun. For now he will remain in custody in Blagoevgrad regional police department. His blood test for alcohol showed 1.51 per mille. Because of the incident chief of the National Police Service Gen. Vassil Vassilev ordered an urgent checkout of all arms possession licenses of former policemen and Defense Ministry officers.
Svinarov Ready to Resign.
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Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolai Svinarov said Friday he was ready to resign because of the TEREM case of military hardware exported by a state-owned company. If this is a political necessity, I am ready to hand in my resignation, Svinarov said. He said he would consider stepping down after NATO's summit in Prague next week. Svinarov fired the entire board of TEREM, and authorities launched an investigation into the circumstances of the deal. Svinarov said he bears political responsibility in the scandal.
'First Aid' With New Phone Number.
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Yuliana Uzanicheva
M-Tel will pay for all phone calls at 088 150.
'First Aid' will have a new free of charge phone for emergency calls, Dr. Georgi Gelev - director of the National First Aid Center, said. The number can be dialed from both stationary analogue and mobile phones throughout this country, Dr. Gelev added. M-Tel will cover completely the expenditures on the new system instalment, as well as all the calls.
A Woman for President? Why Not...
INTERVIEW Standartnews: Antonia Parvanova
Milena Nikolova
I write fairy tales and am quite tempted to publish them with illustrations of my own. Men's neckties are a challenge I send to men, says Antonia Parvanova.
Antonia Parvanova is a Doctor of Medicine. She is an MP in the 39th National Assembly. Mrs. Parvanova is a member of the parliamentary committees on EU integration and health care.
- Mrs. Parvanova, you stand out as a woman who often wears neckties. What kind of a woman would prefer a necktie as an accessory?
- In my outfits a necktie is something like a tease for the men's world in which I live. Because the higher you climb up the hierarchical ladder, the more man-owned the world becomes. This is the challenge I send to the men around me.
- Do you have a hobby?
- I like drawing, write comic stories and fairy tales.
- Have you been ever tempted to publish them one day?
- Yes, I have given it a thought. However, I'd rather like to publish a book with fairy tales for kids with my own illustrations.
- What is your most cherished dream when it comes to politics? The world has already seen a woman premier and even a president...
- Well, a lady president is a serious dream. Although why not...
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INTERVIEW Standartnews: Dimitar Lambovski
Nevena Mircheva
We didn't keep our promise to ensure control over transactions. I don't want to be an accomplice when it comes to catering for political interests of the parties, said Dimitar Lambovski.
- Mr Lambovski, why did you hand in your resignation from the top post in the subcommittee on privatization control?
- I think that the control exercised over the current privatization processes is not effective. The public is not well informed. Bulgarian Telecommunication Company (BTC) was only the last reason for my resignation. The main reason is that we move very slowly towards keeping our pre-election pledge to shed more light on the privatization deals. We worked out a very detailed report, where the work of the previous cabinets for the period 1992-2001 is assessed. The public should know that. I don't want to be an accomplice if the same things happen under our rule.
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