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Foreign Minister Zaharieva: "2025 Is Realistic Date for EU Enlargement to Western Balkans"
May 11 (BTA) - Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva took part in the Second Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Visegrad Group (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) and the four Balkan EU Member States (Bulgaria, Croatia...
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Bulgaria Among EU Countries with Lowest Life Expectancy at Birth
May 11 (BTA) - The Bulgarian population's life expectancy at birth calculated for the 2015-2017 period was 74.8 years, which is an increase by 0.1 years compared to the previous period (2014-2016), show data released by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) on Friday. This pla...
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Corpbank's Two Conservators Charged with Deliberate Mismanagement
May 11 (BTA) - The Sofia City Prosecution Office has brought charges of very serious deliberate mismanagement against two conservators of Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank). Elena Kostadincheva and Stanislav Lyutov were charged with intentional failure to properly manage and...
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Parliamentary Forces Unite in Defence of Bulgarian Road Hauliers' Interests
May 11 (BTA) - The National Assembly on Friday urged the Council of Ministers to examine the European Commission's proposed Mobility Package and take a firm stance in favour of the demands of Bulgarian road hauliers and in defence of their rights and interests as well as the righ...
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Bulgaria's Total Exports Up 2.4 Per Cent in January-March 2018, Y/Y
May 11 (BTA) - In the January - March 2018 period, the value of all goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 12,464.7 million leva, up 2.4 per cent from the comparable period of the previous year, according to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute reported on Fri...
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Bulgarian Prime Minister and German Chancellor Discuss Upcoming EU-Western Balkans Summit
May 10 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday discussed the upcoming EU-Western Balkans Summit which will be held in Sofia on May 17. The two met in the German city of Aachen, where they attended a ceremony for awarding the...
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Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee Adopts Report on Probe of CEZ Deal, Draft Resolution
May 10 (BTA) - The parliamentary ad hoc committee probing the intended sale of the Bulgarian business of Czech energy group CEZ Thursday adopted a report on its activity and an accompanying draft resolution. At its previous meeting on Tuesday, the committee failed to reach an ...
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Education Minister Vulchev: Bulgaria Has 333 Sunday Schools in 42 Countries
May 10 (BTA) - Education Minister Krassimir Vulchev told a news conference that Bulgaria has 333 Sunday schools abroad, which are supported in line with a decree and under a national programme for Bulgarian language and culture abroad. The schools are attended by 28,000 students ...
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Economy Minister Tells Parliament Business Climate Has Improved by 2.8 Points So Far This Year
May 10 (BTA) - Bulgaria's business climate index has increased by 2.8 points since the beginning of the year, Economy Minister Emil Karanikolov said during a hearing in the National Assembly on Thursday. Karanikolov cited National Statistical Institute data which show that the in...
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Parliament Adopts 2017 Activity Report of Council for Electronic Media
May 10 (BTA) - Parliament on Thursday adopted the 2017 activity report by the Council for Electronic Media following a debate on the freedom of speech in the country. The vote was 85-38 with 38 abstentions. According to the report in 2017 the Council monitored a total of 28,49...
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PM Borissov Confers with ECB President Draghi
May 10 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov conferred with European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi in the German city of Aachen where he is attending the Charlemagne Prize ceremony. Borissov and Draghi discussed Bulgaria's readiness to apply for the eurozone.
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GERB Party to Support Most of Bills Suggested by Deputy Prime Minister Simeonov of United Patriots Coalition, Except Eas...
May 10 (BTA) - The parliamentary group of GERB, the major partner in the ruling coalition, will support most of the bills suggested by Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simoenov, who is leader of the National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB), part of the power-sharing United...
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Bulgaria, India Discuss Ways to Boost Textile Industry Cooperation
May 10 (BTA) - Economy Minister Emil Karanikolov here on Thursday met with Ajay Tamta, Indian Minister of State for Textiles to discuss ways to boost bilateral economic cooperation. "I believe there is potential to deepen cooperation in the textiles industry and possibly set u...
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Bulgaria Marks Europe Day
May 9 (BTA) - The EU flag was flown in front of the building of the presidential institution to mark Europe Day, May 9, in the presence of President Rumen Radev. As Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Bulgarian Army, he inspected the guard of honour and congratulated the guards on ...
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Deputy PM Expects Incomes in Bulgaria to Reach EU Average within Ten Years
May 9 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva Wednesday forecast that if the incomes in Bulgaria continue to grow at last year's rate, within ten years these will reach the EU average. She was speaking at the opening of a forum on incomes in the Wes...
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Sociologist: Bulgarians Are Among Most Pro-European Societies in EU
May 9 (BTA) - In an interview for BTA, Gallup International Executive Director Purvan Simeonov says that Bulgaria has one of the most pro-European societies in the EU, because of the fact that Bulgarians see mostly the EU's benefits and, in addition, they sometimes treat the Unio...
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Eurostat: One Pensioner Per Three Working-Age Bulgarians in 2017
May 9 (BTA) - Last year there was one person aged 65 or over per three working-age persons aged 15 to 64 in Bulgaria, according to Eurostat data on the old-age dependency ratio in the EU in 2017. This equals 1.4 million people aged 65 or over per some 4.4 million working-age Bulg...
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Minister Karakachanov, Socialist Leader Ninova Discuss Defence Expenditure, Legislative Changes
May 8 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov and Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Kornelia Ninova met in Parliament on Tuesday afternoon at Karakachanov's suggestion to discuss defence expenditure and draft amendments to the Religious Deno...
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Sofia Forum Discusses EU-Turkey Relations after Varna Leaders' Meeting
May 8 (BTA) - The prospects for relations between the EU and Turkey following a EU-Turkey leaders' meeting in Varna, and the role of Bulgaria, were discussed at a Sofia forum organized by PanEuropa Bulgaria and the Economic Development Foundation (IKV).
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Gallup Poll: 58% of Bulgarians Trust EU
May 8 (BTA) - Bulgarians are distinguishably pro-European and their trust in the EU has returned to its usual levels after the lasting drop observed in 2016, show the results of a nationally representative survey of Gallup International, conducted among 817 adult Bulgarians betwe...
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