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Bulgaria Mourns Victims of Vakarel Bus Crash
April 14 (BTA) - Saturday was a day of mourning in Bulgaria for the victims of a deadly bus crash on Friday, which killed 6 people and injured over 20. The flags were flown at half mast during the day and all celebrations were called off.
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Over 50 Fallow Deer Released into Wild in Eastern Rhodope Mountains
April 14 (BTA) - A group of 54 fallow deer were released into the special protected area of Madzharovo in Bulgaria's Eastern Rhodope mountains on Friday, as part of efforts to restore the species population in this area a century after its disappearance, the Rewilding Rhodopes fo...
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National Revenue Agency Closes Entire Unit and Lays Off Some 300 Tax Officers
April 14 (BTA) - The National Revenue Agency (NRA) Friday announced that it is closing down all of its operational inspection units in its territorial structures and laying off all tax officers working in them. According to trade union leaders quoted by the press, over 300 people...
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Bulgarian PM Meets with Foreign and Defence Minister after Syria Strikes
April 14 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov held a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov and Interior Minister Valentin Radev after the Syria strikes by the US, t...
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Six Dead and 23 Hurt in Deadly Crash on Trakia Motorway
April 13 (BTA) - Six people died and 23 were injured in a deadly crash on Sofia Motorway near Vakarel on Friday. The crash occurred just before noon when a bus capsized after an apparent collision with a car.
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Prime Minister Borissov, Chairman of Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zvizdic Mull Creation of Regional Ai...
April 13 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Denis Zvizdic, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, discussed Friday in Sofia the creation of a regional airline to connect the capitals of the Balkan countries, the two said, speaking to reporters in t...
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Justice Ministry's Probe into Sofia Prison Escape Fails to Establish How Inmate Got Hold of Firearm
April 13 (BTA) - The Justice Ministry's probe into the two inmates' recent escape from Sofia Central Prison has failed to establish how one of them, Vladimir Pelov, has gotten hold of a gun. In addition to that, it is unclear whether he got help from prison staff, show the result...
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With or Without Syria Tensions, Bulgarian Armed Forces are Getting Prepared, Defence Minister Says
April 13 (BTA) - Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov said on Friday that the Bulgarian Armed Forces are being trained on a regular basis, "not because there is some sort of situation somewhere in the world." The comment came in response to a journalist's question about whethe...
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Bulgaria's Population is 7,050,034 at End-2017
April 13 (BTA) - Bulgaria's population was 7,050,034 as at December 31, 2017, accounting for 1.4% of the population of the European Union, the National Statistical Institute reported on April 12. Compared with 2016, the country's population decreased by 51,825 people (0.7%).
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Strasbourg Court to Look into Two Property Complaints by former King of Bulgaria and His Sister, Dismisses the Rest of t...
April 12 (BTA) - The European Court of Human Rights announced Thursday that it has decided to look into two complaints brought by the former king of Bulgaria, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and his sister Maria-Luisa Chrobok alleging violation of their property rights as they attempted...
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President Radev: Bulgaria Ready to Deepen Cooperation with Bosnia and Herzegovina in Defence, Security
April 12 (BTA) - Bulgaria is ready to deepen its cooperation with Bosnia and Herzegovina in fields of security and defence, in light of Sarajevo's Euroatlantic perspective, said here Thursday President Rumen Radev during his meeting with the Chairman of the Council of Ministers o...
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President Convenes National Security Consultative Council to Discuss Risks to National Security and Condition of Armed F...
April 12 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev is convening the Consultative Council for National Security on April 19 to discuss the challenges to national security and the condition of the Armed Forces, his press secretariat said Thursday.
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Bulgaria Supports EC's rescEU Initiative for Disaster Management
April 12 (BTA) - Bulgaria supports the rescEU initiative of the European Commission (EC) for disaster management, Interior Minister Valentin Radev told reporters on Thursday. Radev said that work on the topic is underway during the Bulgarian EU Presidency, in working groups and a...
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First Investment Bank Intends to Support Inercom's Purchase of CEZ Group's Bulgarian Assets by EUR 80 Mln
April 12 (BTA) - On December 19, 2017, First Investment Bank (FIB) issued a letter expressing an intention to support Inercom Bulgaria purchase of the Czech CEZ Group's Bulgarian assets by 80 million euro, BSP for Bulgaria MP Zhelyo Boichev told a news conference in Parliament on...
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Mariya Gabriel: Bulgaria Ranks No.1 for Female ICT Specialists in EU
April 12 (BTA) - In a keynote address to the SHE leader@digital Conference 2018 in Sofia on Thursday, Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, said Bulgaria ranks first in the EU with double the EU average number of women employed in the IT sector.
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US-owned TPPs Do Not Plan on Changing Electricity Selling Price
April 11 (BTA) - The US-owned thermoelectric power plants (TPPs) do not plan on changing the price at which they sell electricity, said here on Wednesday Ivan Tsankov, the Executive Director of AES Bulgaria, which manages the AES Galabovo TPP. He told journalists that there was a...
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PM Borissov: All Must Be Done to Stop Siphoning of Social Assistance Systems
April 11 (BTA) - Speaking at a briefing at the Council of Ministers Wednesday, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said that when his government was set up, a coalition agreement was signed and one of the conditions set by the parties to it was to make everything within their power to ...
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Court Releases from Remand Bulgarian Man Wanted by US for Violation of Syria Embargo
April 11 (BTA) - A court in the northeastern town of Dobrich released from remand Wednesday a Bulgarian man who was arrested on a US request for a violation of the Syria embargo. The prosecution wanted the court to order a 60-day remand of Zhelyaz Andreev awaiting a court decisio...
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Minister Pavlova Reports on First Three Months of Bulgarian EU Presidency
April 11 (BTA) - Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council Liliyana Pavlova Wednesday presented to journalists the achievements made during the first three months of the Bulgarian EU Presidency. Among the achievements she mentioned how the Bulgarian EU Presidency ha...
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Foreign Minister Zaharieva Meets with UAE Ministers of Justice, Infrastructure Development
April 11 (BTA) - On the second day of her working visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva met with Minister of Justice Sultan bin Saeed Al Badi and with Abdullah bin Mohammed Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of ...
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