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Institute for Market Economics:Budget Surplus Covers Up Overspending
February 11 (BTA) - For a second year running, the consolidated fiscal programme (CFP) has shown an annual surplus instead of the expected deficit. The estimated deficit for 2017 was 1,300 million leva, but in reality revenues exceeded expenditures by some 850 million leva.
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Prison Officers Organizes Series of Nationwide Protest Rallies over Low Pay
February 10 (BTA) - The Trade Union of Prison Officers in Bulgaria said on Saturday that its General Meeting has passed a resolution to hold a series of protest rallies across the country. The prison officers demand equalization of the social status and pay of all employees in th...
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Three NATO Ships Ensure Safety of Vessels Crossing Black Sea
February 10 (BTA) - Three ships, part of NATO's Standing Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2), ensure the safety and security of the vessels crossing the Black Sea, SNMCMG2 Commander, Royal Navy Captain Justin Hains, said Saturday, speaking at a news conference which was held...
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First Salon of Museums Opens in Sofia's National Palace of Culture on March 3
February 3 (BTA) - The first Salon of Museums opens in the National Palace of Culture convention centre in Sofia on March 3, Bulgaria's National Day, with free admission, the organizers of the event said. The idea is to show in one place replicas of art masterpieces and the work ...
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Sofia Condemns Benghazi Terror Attack
February 9 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry condemned a terrorist attack in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday. It says in a statement that the attack reconfirms that there is a pressing need to make tangible progress in the political process of national reconciliation a...
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Auto Makers Support Tighter Control on Car Emissions
February 9 (BTA) - The Association of Automobile Producers is supportive of the Environment Ministry's resolve to tighten controls on car emissions through the annual technical checks and on the road, the Ministry said in a press release Friday. Meeting on Friday, Environment Min...
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Excise Duty Revenues from Tobacco, Manufactured Tobacco Products Up 2.8 Per Cent in 2017 from 2016
February 9 (BTA) - The excise duty revenue from tobacco and manufactured tobacco products increased by 2.8 per cent in 2017 compared to 2018, Bulgaria's National Customs Agency Director Georgi Kostov told a news briefing here on Friday, quoted by his Agency in a press release.
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European Parliament Delegation Will Visit Bulgarian-Turkish Border
February 9 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Members of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs at the European Parliament will visit Bulgaria between February 12 and 14. They are expected to inspect the Frontex operations at the Bulgarian-Turkish bord...
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Greens Party Co-chair Keller Interviewed on Corruption in Bulgaria and EU, Environmental Issues, EU Politics
February 9 (Metodi Yordanov of BTA) - The Co-chair of the Greens/European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament (EP), Ska Keller, was in Sofia Friday to present together with Bulgarian partners a report on the fight against corruption in Bulgaria commissioned by Keller's...
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Parliament Conclusively Amends Bank Bankruptcy Act
February 9 (BTA) - On Friday, the National Assembly passed conclusively amendments to the Bank Bankruptcy Act, moved by three MPs of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms: Delyan Peevski, Yordan Tsonev and Hamid Hamid and prompted by the Corpbank failure.
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More Ambitious Measures Called for in Combatting Corruption in Bulgaria - Greens
February 9 (BTA) - The co-chair of the Green/European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament, Ska Keller, was in Sofia Thursday to present a report on the state of affairs with the fight against corruption in Bulgaria commissioned by Keller's group. At a news conference t...
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President Appoints Colonel Todorov Acting Head of National Bodyguard Service
February 9 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev has decreed the discharge of Lieutenant General Angel Antonov as National Bodyguard Service (NBS) head, the President's press secretariat said Friday.
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Minister Zeybekci:Turkey Commends Bulgaria's Initiative to Host EU-Turkey Summit
February 9 (BTA) - Turkey views very positively Bulgaria's initiative to host a high-level meeting between the EU and Turkey in Varna (on the Black Sea) on March 26, said Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci in a BTA interview. He said: "I view the summit as a historic chan...
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GERB Asks Constitutional Court if Istanbul Convention is Consistent with Constitution
February 8 (BTA) - GERB has asked the Constitutional Court to determine whether the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (known as the Istanbul Convention) is consistent with the Constitution, Danail Kirilov, Chairm...
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Automotive Industry Quadruples in Ten Years
February 8 (BTA) - The automotive industry accounts for 3.6 per cent of the Gross Value Added and has more than quadrupled in the past ten years, said Thursday Economy Minister Emil Karanikolov. He was speaking at a conference on the state of play of the automotive industry in 20...
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National Beekeeping Programme Reports 70 Per Cent Absorption in 2017
February 8 (BTA) - The first year of the implementation of the National Beekeeping Programme for 2017-2019 ended with 70 per cent absorption of the funds, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry said in a press release on Thursday. This is the fourth three-year national pr...
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Over 6,500 Students from 49 Universities to Receive European Scholarships
February 8 (BTA) - Over 6,500 students from 49 higher education establishments in Bulgaria will receive scholarships worth a total of 4.4 million leva for high grades and special achievements during the winter term of 2018, the Education and Science Ministry said in a press relea...
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Bulgarians Favour More Order, Control in Resorts - Survey
February 8 (BTA) - Most of Bulgarians firmly support the introduction of more rules and order in Bulgarian resorts, shows a Gallup International survey conducted among 801 adults between January 31 and February 1 as part of the pollster's consumer research programme.
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European Commission Edges Down Forecast for Bulgaria's Economic Development in 2018
February 7 (BTA) - The European Commission Wednesday published its winter 2018 economic forecast where it edged down Bulgaria's expected real GDP growth for 2018 to 3.7 per cent, and for 2019, to 3.5 per cent, from previous estimates of 3.8 per cent and 3.6 per cent respectively.
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Ex-President Plevneliev: "Former Defence Minister Nenchev Acted in Line with State Policy on MiG-29 Fighters Repair"
February 7 (BTA) - Former Bulgarian President (2012-2017) Rosen Plevneliev Wednesday testified before the Sofia City Court in a trial in which ex-defence minister Nikolay Nenchev is charged with malfeasance in office in connection with the repair of the Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29...
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