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PM Borissov, Europol's Wainwright Involved in Discussion on Security after Brexit
December 20 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said there was a great confidence between Europol, Britain's and Bulgaria's law enforcers. He participated in a public discussion entitled "Beyond Brexit - The Future UK-EU Security Cooperation" organized here on Wednesday by the ...
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New Counter-Corruption Body Allowed to Use Special Surveillance Means, Conduct Investigations
December 20 (BTA) - Parliament Wednesday adopted on second reading the Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Asset Forfeiture Bill. Its provisions establish a single counter-corruption body - a Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Commission - that wi...
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Bulgaria's Energy Intensity Should Fall by 41% in 2020 from 2005
December 20 (BTA) - Bulgaria's primary energy consumption should be reduced from 18,460,000 tonnes of oil equivalent (what it would be without energy efficiency measures) to 16,870,000 tonnes of oil equivalent (toe) by 2020. Meeting the national targets by 2020 will reduce primar...
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European Commission Urges for Immediate Progress on Full EU-US Visa Reciprocity
December 20, (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday said that it has intensified contacts with the US at political and technical level in order to achieve full visa reciprocity and called for immediate progress. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus...
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Government Details Reimbursed Medicines Price Setting Procedure
December 20 (BTA) - The Government approved changes in the Ordinance on the conditions, rules and procedure for regulation and registration of prices of medicinal products, theCabinet's press service said on Wednesday.
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Gender Pay Gap in Bulgaria at 12% - 2016 Report
December 20 (BTA) - Cabinet adopted here on Wednesday a report on gender equality in Bulgaria for 2016, according to which women's monthly net salary was 12 per cent less than men's. This compares to an EU average gender-based pay gap of 16 per cent, the Government's press servic...
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Purchase of New Patrol Ships, Maintenance of MiG-29 Fighters Postponed - Defence Minister
December 20 (BTA) - Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov explained to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and journalists during Wednesday's Cabinet meeting that the negotiations with the MTG Dolphin PLC company, which was supposed to build two multipurpose patrol ships, have failed...
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GERB to Move for Scrapping Moratorium on Reimbursement of New Therapies by National Health Insurance Fund
December 19 (BTA) - The parliamentary group of the ruling GERB party will propose scrapping a moratorium on reimbursement of new therapies by the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). The proposal will be made Wednesday at a meeting of the leaders of the political groups in Parl...
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This Year Most Satisfactory for Bulgarians Aged up to 40, Well Educated, Wealthy People
December 19 (BTA) - This year was the most satisfactory for young Bulgarians aged up to 40, well educated and wealthy people, as well as those living in big cities, while for Bulgarians aged over 60, badly educated and poor people 2017 was a bad year, show data from a nationally ...
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Government to Extend Additional BGN 15 Mln to BAS
December 19 (BTA) - The Government will extend additional 15 million leva to the budget of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Education Minister Krassimir Vulchev said quoted by the BAS press centre. This was agreed at a meeting of a BAS contact group and BAS Chairman, Acad...
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Michel Barnier Visits Bulgaria
December 19 (BTA) - Michel Barnier, the European Chief Negotiator for Brexit, met with Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov here on Tuesday. Barnier told reporters the Bulgarian EU Council Presidency would be of exceptional importance for the Brexit talks.
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EU Presidency Energy Portfolio Handed Over to Bulgaria
December 19 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova took over the Energy portfolio of the EU Council Presidency from Estonia's Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Minister Kadri Simson on December 18, Petkova's ministry reported. The handover took place during the ...
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Bulgaria Takes Part in Quadrilateral Balkan Meeting of Police Chiefs
December 18 (BTA) - The Chief Secretary of the Bulgarian Interior Ministry, Mladen Marinov, took part in the First Quadrilateral Meeting of Police Chiefs of Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and Macedonia, which was held in Thessaloniki, Marinov's ministry reported on Monday.
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Bulgaria Gets Extra EUR 41 Mln from Kozloduy International Fund
December 18 (BTA) - Bulgaria has received an extra 41 million euro from the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund (KIDSF). The decision was approved by the Assembly of Contributors to the Fund, which met in London on Monday, the Bulgarian Energy Ministry said in a p...
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UNHCR Issues Recommendations to Bulgarian EU Presidency
December 18 (BTA) - The UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, released a set of recommendations to the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, published by the Agency Monday.
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Grigor Dimitrov Named Best Balkan Athlete of 2017
December 18 (BTA) - Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov was named Best Balkan Athlete of 2017 in the 45th annual poll of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA). Romanian tennis player Simona Halep was ranked second in the poll, and Turkish sprinter Ramil Guliyev came in third.
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Surveys Reveals Expectations for Increasing Energy Prices, Fiscal and Regulatory Burden among Majority of Bulgarian Busi...
December 18 (BTA) - A survey by the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) reveals expectations among the majority of businesses in this country for growing prices of energy and raw materials, and increasing fiscal and regulatory burden in 2018. It was the traditional year-end su...
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President Radev Participates in Candle-lighting Ritual for Hanukkah
December 18 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev participated in a candle-lighting ceremony for Hanukkah in Sofia's Central Synagogue on Sunday. "In the Hanukkah days, the menorahs on the windowsills do not light up the Jewish homes only. Their light shows us that the biggest miracle - ...
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Academy of Sciences Contemplates Protests in January
December 17 (BTA) - The General Assembly of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) will meet on January 8 to consider a possible protest march in downtown Sofia sometime between January 15 and 19, which may be followed by other similar actions, protest leader Prof. Boiko Georgie...
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New Skiing Season Launched in Bansko
December 16 (BTA) - The new skiing season was launched in Bansko on Saturday with amusement races and games, music, dance and merrymaking at the heart of the ski area. The hosts wished a successful season and lots of snow to all winter-sport and mountain fans.
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