Bulgaria 2004
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News on Bulgaria in 2004
- DECEMBER 9, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ruled out the execution...
the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ruled out the execution...
- DECEMBER 6, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
the Bulgarian government rejected a proposal by Tripoli
the Bulgarian government rejected a proposal by Tripoli
- DECEMBER 5, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Libya said that it could review death sentences...
Libya said that it could review death sentences...
- NOVEMBER 27, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
French President Jacques Chirac spoke out on behalf of...
French President Jacques Chirac spoke out on behalf of...
- OCTOBER 22, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
European Commission President Romano Prodi said that...
European Commission President Romano Prodi said that...
- OCTOBER 8, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) decided that the PACE Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee would draw up a special report on the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on AIDS infection charg
- OCTOBER 4, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe's newly elected Secretary General...
The Council of Europe's newly elected Secretary General Terry Davis described as "outrageous" the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on charges of deliberate HIV infection of several hundred Libyan children
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
European Union Commission President Romano Prodi held...
European Union Commission President Romano Prodi held with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during a private visit to the north African nation, the EU said
- JULY 27, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria rejected a Libyan proposal for a deal to save...
Bulgaria rejected a Libyan proposal for a deal to save five Bulgarian nurses convicted of deliberately infecting children with AIDS from a firing squad and insisted that they were innocent
- JULY 5, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The parliamentary wing of the Organisation for Security...
The parliamentary wing of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a pan-European security body, urged Libya not to execute six foreign medical workers convicted of infecting children with AIDS
- JUNE 21, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) would take a many-sided approach to Libya to support the Bulgarian medical workers unfairly convicted in that country, PACE President Peter Schieder said referring to the case of five Bulgarian nu
- JUNE 15, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The motives for the death sentences of the five Bulgarian...
The motives for the death sentences of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, charged with intentionally infecting over 400 Libyan children with HIV, were given to the lawyers eight days after the legal deadline expired
- JUNE 6, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The motives for the death sentences passed on five...
The motives for the death sentences passed on five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor on charges of infecting over 400 Libyan children with AIDS were not presented, as required by Libyan law
- JUNE 5, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he planned to...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he planned to contact the Libyan government "at a high level" about the death sentences for five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus
- MAY 31, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Canada supported Bulgaria in connection with the trial...
Canada supported Bulgaria in connection with the trial against the Bulgarian medics in Libya, Paul Dubois, Assistant Deputy Minister at the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said after a meeting with Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Gergana Gruncharo
- MAY 28, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic...
Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic promised his Bulgarian counterpart Georgy Parvanov that his country would mediate on behalf of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya in a case involving AIDS-contaminated blood
- MAY 28, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
"China will use its influence to encourage a fair solution...
"China will use its influence to encourage a fair solution to the issue of the Bulgarian nurses sentenced in Libya," Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), told Bulgarian National Assembly Chairman Ogny
- MAY 27, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said he had learnt...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said he had learnt with regret that the results on the case of the Bulgarian medics in Libya were not good and expressed hope that their death sentences would not be carried out
- MAY 26, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Turkey would raise the issue of...
It was reported that Turkey would raise the issue of the Bulgarian nurses, sentenced to death in Libya, at the 31st Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, due to open in Istanbul on June 14
- MAY 26, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Turkey would raise the issue of...
It was reported that Turkey would raise the issue of the Bulgarian nurses, sentenced to death in Libya, at the 31st Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, due to open in Istanbul on June 14
- MAY 25, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian Assembly chairman Ognyan Gerdzhikov, who...
Bulgarian Assembly chairman Ognyan Gerdzhikov, who was leading a delegation to Rome met with Senate President of Marcello Pera, aksed Italy for assistance regarding the Bulgarian medical professionals, sentenced to death by the Benghazi Criminal Court on
- MAY 24, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi conferred...
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi conferred with Stefano Manservisi, head of cabinet of European Commission President Romano Prodi, and briefed him on the results of his visit to Libya on 18-19 May, on his meetings in Tunis during the Arab League s
- MAY 22, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting...
Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting international support for five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death by a Libyan court on charges of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus
- MAY 20, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic met the Libyan ambassador...
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic met the Libyan ambassador to Croatia to discuss how Croatia could help solving the problem of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death in Libya after they were convicted of deliberately infecti
- MAY 19, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister said he hoped for a quick...
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister said he hoped for a quick solution to a dispute with Tripoli over death sentences imposed on five Bulgarian nurses convicted of infecting Libyan children with the HIV virus
- MAY 18, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to...
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to release five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor it has sentenced to death for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with the virus that causes AIDS
- MAY 18, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to...
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to release five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor it has sentenced to death for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with the virus that causes AIDS
- MAY 6, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian...
A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor to death by firing squad for deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the deadly HIV virus, court officials said
- MAY 6, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to...
The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to five Bulgarian health workers and a Palestinian doctor for spreading AIDS, saying they cast a "shadow" over improving ties with Tripoli
- APRIL 21, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Bulgaria was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights