The European Commission, in its 2002 country report, recognised Bulgaria as a functioning market economy, acknowledging the progress made by Prime Minister Ivan Kostov's government toward market-oriented reforms.

The BBC reported that in 2002 work done by Edward Castronova showed that Everquest was the 77th richest country in the world, sandwiched between Russia and Bulgaria and its GDP per capita was higher than that of the People's Republic of China and India.

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This includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Australia 4, Austria 6, Bangladesh 1, Belgium 3, Bulgaria 19, Canada 2, China 16, Croatia 14, Cuba 1, Cyprus 7, Denmark 3, Estonia 5, Finland 1, Germany 54, Greece 627, Hong Kong 12, Iceland 3, India 10, Iran 2, Israel 26, Italy 36, Japan 2, Latvia 24, Lebanon 6, Monaco 29, Netherlands 10, Nigeria 2, Norway 43, Poland 29, Portugal 2, Romania 15, Russia 85, Saudi Arabia 1, Slovenia 2, South Korea 5, Spain 1, Switzerland 54, Syria 4, Turkey 84, Ukraine 25, United Arab Emirates 3, United Kingdom 4, United States 10 ( 2002 est.

* 2002 – NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.

Other former cases at international courts between Belgium and other countries are — in chronological order — the Oscar Chinn Case of 1934 ( with the United Kingdom, the Borghgrave Case of ( 1937 ), the cases of the electricity company of Sofia ( with Bulgaria ) and of the " société commerciale de Belgique " ( with Greece ) of 1939, the case concerning the Barcelona Traction Company of 1970 ( with Spain ), the arrest warrant case of 2002 ( with the Democratic Republic of the Congo ) and the case concerning legality of use of force of 2004 ( with Serbia and Montenegro ).

* 2002 Inge Morath: Danube, City Gallery of Russe, Russe, Bulgaria.

* Turgovishte, Bulgaria, since 2002

* Boev, Zlatozar ( 2002 ): Tetraonidae VIGORS, 1825 ( Galliformes – Aves ) in the Neogene-Quaternary record of Bulgaria and the origin and evolution of the family.

Georgi Sedefchov Parvanov (, ) ( born June 28, 1957 ) was President of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012.

Petar Stefanov Stoyanov () ( born May 25, 1952 ) is a former President of Bulgaria from 1997 until 2002.

On 25 May 2002, Pope John Paul II visited Rila monastery during his pilgrimage to Bulgaria.

She won a gold medal at the 2002 A Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria in the 70 kg category.

The company was privatized by Bulgarian corporate investors in 2002 and has since faced stiff competition from foreign carriers, as well as the newly-established successor of Balkan, Bulgaria Air.

In November 2002, public contests were held in Bulgaria to determine a name and logo for the new airline.

Hermann Pálsson, Icelandic scholar and translator: born Sauðanes á Ásum, a farm near Blönduós in Iceland on the 26th May 1921 ; Lecturer in Icelandic Studies, Edinburgh University 1950-82, Professor of Icelandic Studies 1982-88 ( Emeritus ); married 1953 Stella Þorvarðardóttir ( one daughter ); died Bourgas, Bulgaria 11 August 2002.

Ivankov was a champion of Bulgaria in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and the national cup winner for 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2005.

He made his debut for Plamen Markov's Bulgaria in a friendly against Spain on 20 November 2002, when he was a CSKA Sofia player, coming on as a second half substitute during 0 – 1 defeat at Los Cármenes in Granada.

In 2002 Kotev signed with Lokomotiv Plovdiv, with whom became a Champion of Bulgaria and holder of Bulgarian Supercup in 2004.

Between 2002 and 2004, Chilikov earned 7 caps for Bulgaria.

Ambassador Miles served as Ambassador to Azerbaijan from 1992 to 1993, as Chief of Mission to Belgrade from 1996 to 1999, and as Ambassador to Bulgaria from 1999 to 2002.

In April 1997 he was appointed Ambassador of Bulgaria at the UN, New York and from August 1998 to January 2002 he was Ambassador of Bulgaria to the US.

Compagnie D is the second rifle company-it provided Luxembourg's contribution to NATO's ACE Mobile Force ( Land ) ( disbanded in 2002 ) as the Luxembourg Reconnaissance Company.

In 2002, the team was nearly disbanded when Major League Baseball selected the Twins and the Montreal Expos ( now the Washington Nationals franchise ) for elimination due to their financial weakness relative to other franchises in the league.

* The Angolan Civil War ( 1975 – 2002 ), once a major proxy conflict of the Cold War, the conflict ended after the anti-Communist organization UNITA disbanded to become a political party.

It was disbanded on 9 July 2002 by its last chairperson, South African President Thabo Mbeki, and replaced by the African Union ( AU ).

Paratroopers ( Tropas Páraquedistas ) would be transferred from the Air Force to the Army in 1994 and the Commandos ( Comandos ) would be disbanded only to be recreated in 2002.

Revolutionary Organization 17 November ( Greek: Επαναστατική Οργάνωση 17 Νοέμβρη, Epanastatiki Organosi dekaefta Noemvri ), ( also known as 17N or N17 ) was a Marxist urban guerrilla organization ( characterized as a terrorist group by the Greek state and the United States and the United Kingdom ) formed in 1975 and believed to have been disbanded in 2002 after the arrest and trial of a number of its members.

It was disbanded on 15 December 2002, the date set by the UN Security Council.

Not in Our Name ( NION ) was a United States organization founded on March 23, 2002 to protest the U. S. government's course in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks ; it disbanded on March 31, 2008.

The group officially disbanded in 2002 and its members began solo careers and other projects.

Love and Erlandson officially disbanded Hole via a message posted on the band's website in 2002.

In December 2002, Garrett announced that he would seek to further his political career and Midnight Oil disbanded.

Following the tour, feeling that his band was unprofessional and his band mates were not fully committed, Slash disbanded Slash's Snakepit in an announcement made in early 2002.

Suede's final album, A New Morning ( 2002 ), their first after the collapse of Nude Records, was a commercial disappointment, and the group disbanded the following year.

As part of the general restructuring, the unit was disbanded in 2002.

They officially disbanded in 2002.

Although successful in its goal of bringing games to the Linux platform, the company was eventually forced to close due to financial troubles, with it declaring Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection in August 2001, and finally being disbanded in January 2002.

Mr. Big disbanded in 2002.

The Long Beach Dub Allstars were a dub reggae / ska / rock band formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2002.

It was disbanded in 2002 and sold to E * Trade Bank.

In January 2003, the Voter News Service was disbanded largely because of failures in 2000 and 2002.

As more capable rapid reaction forces were established, earlier ' fire brigades ,' including the Allied Command Europe ( ACE ) Mobile Force-Land ( AMF ( L ), were disbanded ; AMF ( L ) was disbanded on 30 or 31 October 2002.

The was disbanded after the 2000 census, which is why Shimkus faced David D. Phelps, incumbent of the 19th district, in the 2002 election.