Free English Service
Купуването и продаването на гласове са престъпления!9asd-
Cabinet Decides Bulgaria Will Refrain from Joining UN Global Migration Pact
December 5 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers Wednesday decided that Bulgaria will refrain from joining the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, the Government Information Service (GIS) said. Bulgaria will not have official representatives to the In...
-
VMRO Urges MPs to Protect National Interest, Unite against EU Mobility Package
Sofia, December 5 (BTA) - The MPs from the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (VMRO), part of the power-sharing United Patriots coalition, urged all parties in Parliament to come up with a joint position and for a statement by the National Assembly concerning Monday's...
-
Roudozem-Xanthi Border Crossing Expected to Open in 2020
December 4 (BTA) - At a meeting in Xanthi on Tuesday, the Joint Monitoring Committee of the Interreg V-A Greece-Bulgaria Cooperation Programme 2014-2020 discussed strategic bilateral projects between the two countries, Haskovo's regional administration said in a press r...
-
European Parliament Energy Committee Adopts Report on Kozloduy NPP with Bulgarian MEP as Rapporteur
December 4 (BTA) - The European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy voted, 38-3, to approve a draft report on a dedicated financial programme for decommissioning of nuclear facilities at the Kozloduy and Bohunice NPPs, with Bulgarian MEP Peter Kouroumbas...
-
Sofia Deputy Mayor of Transport Krussev Resigns
December 4 (BTA) - Sofia Deputy Mayor of Transport Evgeni Krussev has handed in his resignation. He announced this to the press at Sofia Municipality on Tuesday.
-
Employer Organization Calls for Measures against Rising Electricity Prices
December 4 (BTA) - The leadership of the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA) insisted in a letter to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov that measures should be taken against what they see as an unfounded rise of electricity prices which has continued for months. The text o...
-
Consumption of Fish, Fish Products in Bulgaria Lowest in EU
December 4 (BTA) - The Bulgarians consume the least quantity of fish and fish products in Europe, the Chairman of the National Association of Fish Producers in Bulgaria, Tacho Pashov, told BTA on the eve of December 6 when the Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of St Nicholas t...
-
Armed Man Tries to Enter Presidency Building
December 4 (BTA) - An armed man who tried to enter the presidency building in downtown Sofia was arrested on Monday night, the Interior Ministry said. The security guards searched the 72-year-old man and seized a legal pistol with two rounds of ammunition. He told the guards he w...
-
President Radev: More Ambitious Greenhouse Emission Targets at Odds with Bulgaria's Interests
December 3 (BTA special correspondent Lora Metanova) - Bulgaria continues its work on climate change for the full implementation of the Paris Agreement but setting more ambitious greenhouse emission targets is at odds with the Bulgarian interests, President Rumen Radev said in hi...
-
One in Five 16+ Bulgarians Have Long-Standing Disability - Eurostat
December 3 (BTA) - According to Eurostat data, 18.9 per cent of Bulgarians aged 16 or over reported long-standing disabilities in 2017, meaning that they felt some or severe limitations in performing everyday activities for a period of six months or longer. This transpires from f...
-
Ministry of Justice to Begin Using 250 Electronic Bracelets to Monitor Convicts and Defendants
December 3 (BTA) - Within the next few months, the Ministry of Justice will begin monitoring electronically convicted individuals and defendants under house arrest. This transpired Monday at a news conference at the Bulgarian News Agency held by Deputy Minister of Justice Nikolay...
-
Market Links Polling Agency: Three Quarters of Bulgarians Unhappy with Present Situation in Their Country
December 3 (BTA) - Three quarters of the Bulgarians are unhappy with the present situation their country, according to an opinion poll conducted in November by the Market Links agency. Presenting the results of the poll on bTV on Monday, Dobromir Zhivkov from the agency said that...
-
Ekaterina Zaharieva to Attend NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting
December 3 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva will attend the upcoming Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting of NATO on December 4 and 5 in Brussels, said the Foreign Ministry on Monday. The talks will focus on international security, the...
-
Poor Air Quality in Several Bulgarian Cities on Sunday
Sofia, December 2 (BTA) - The European Air Quality Index map showed poor and very poor air qualities in several Bulgarian cities on Sunday. The air quality index reflects the levels of fine particulate matter (PM).
-
Standard & Poor's Affirms Bulgaria's Sovereign Rating, Outlook Is Positive
Sofia, December 1 (BTA) - Standard&Poors on November 30 affirmed its 'BBB-/A-3' long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Bulgaria. The outlook remains positive, the credit-rating agency said.
-
Bulgaria, Morocco Cooperate Actively in Security
November 30 (BTA special correspondent Antoan Nikolov) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told a news conference in the Council of Ministers building that Bulgaria and Morocco have been cooperating actively in the last few months in the field of security, especially regard...
-
President Warns against Militarizing Black Sea
November 30 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev is opposed to the militarization of the Black Sea. Asked by local media about the Bulgarian position on the tensions between Ukraine and Russia following the Kerch Strait clash, Radev said, as quoted by his press secretariat: "T...
-
Parliament Updates Bulgaria's Energy Strategy
November 30 (BTA) - Parliament on Friday updated 162-0 Bulgaria's energy strategy by 2020. One MP from GERB and nine from the United Patriots abstained.
-
Unemployment in Bulgaria Up 0.1 Point in October M/M
November 30 (BTA) - Unemployment in Bulgaria slightly increased to 5.4 per cent in October 2018 from 5.3 per cent in September 2018. Year-on-year, the unemployment rate decreased from 5.9 per cent, Eurostat announced on their website on Friday.
-
SME Digitization Supports Bulgarian Exports, Deputy Economy Minister Says
November 30 (BTA) - Deputy Economy Minister Alexander Manolev Friday unveiled a discussion on the digital challenges facing businesses, his ministry reported. Manolev said there is no easier and more accessible instrument to support Bulgarian exports than the digitization of SMEs...