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Vice President Yotova: We Are Determined to Go Ahead with Thessaloniki Process
December 15 (BTA) - "Fifteen years on, we have the ambition to go ahead with the Thessaloniki Process," said Vice President Iliana Yotova during a meeting with Maria Kollia Tsaroucha, Deputy Minister of the Interior for Macedonia and Thrace, here on Friday.
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Vice President Iotova Confers with Macedonian Prime Minister Zaev
December 15 (BTA) - Bulgarian Vice President Iliana Iotova conferred with Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and called for the Treaty of Good-neighborliness to be ratified by the parliaments of the two countries as soon as possible, the Presidential Press Secretariat said on F...
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PM Willing to Reconsider Moratorium on Reimbursement of New Medicines by National Health Insurance Fund
December 15 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov Friday expressed readiness for reconsidering a moratorium on the reimbursement of new medicines by the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). He commented the matter to Bulgarian reporters covering the year's last European Council...
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Bulgarian, Romanian MEPs Urge for Immediate Accession of Schengen Area by Their Countries
December 15 (BTA) - In a joint position on the initiative of Bulgarian MEP Peter Kouroumbashev, all Bulgarian and Romanian members in the European Parliament urge for both counties's immediate accession of the Schengen area based on the fulfilled criteria.
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Bulgarian President Praises Montenegro for European Integration Effort
December 15 (BTA) - Receiving Montenegro's Parliament President Ivan Brajovic in Sofia Friday, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev praised his country for working actively for its European integration. Radev said: "You are a model for the other countries in the Western Balkans and yo...
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High-Level Corruption, Conflict-of-Interest Whistleblowers Will Not Be Immune to Prosecution, Parliament Resolves
December 15 (BTA) - Regardless of whether their alerts are well-founded or not, high-level corruption and conflict-of-interest whistleblowers will not be immune to prosecution for a delict, according to a provision in the Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Asset Forfeitur...
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President Slams Parliament's Vote to Overturn His Veto on Moratorium on New Medicines
December 15 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev Friday slammed the power-holders for their vote to overturn his veto on legislation that imposed a moratorium on the reimbursement of new medicines. "I believe the power-holders and Parliament in general are aware of what happened in the ...
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Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Estonia Discuss EU Presidency Trio Programme
December 15 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas met in Brussels to discuss the implementation of the programme of the EU Presidency Trio of Estonia, Bulgaria and Austria (July 2017 - December 2018), the government information ser...
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November Unemployment Edges Up 0.2 Per Cent from October, Stays under 7 Per Cent
December 15 (BTA) - In November 2017, the level of unemployment registered by the National Employment Agency was 6.9 per cent, the Agency said in a press release on Friday. The level edged 0.2 percentage points up from October but fell by a substantial 1 percentage point from ...
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Bulgarian EU Presidency's Final Programme Presented to National Assembly
December 15 (BTA) - The final version of the programme of the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council in the first half of 2018 was presented to the National Assembly by the minister in charge, Liliyana Pavlova, on Friday. The programme was adopted by the Council of Ministers on D...
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Parliament Chair Hopes Legislature Will Become Place for Constructive Debate
December 15 (BTA) - "As someone who is first among equals, I will lay more emphasis on being equal than on being first," the recently elected National Assembly Chair Tsveta Karayancheva said in an year-end interview with BTA. "I want very much to see the National Assembly become ...
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Prosecutor General Wants Parliament to Debate Allegations about Surveillance Violations
December 14 (BTA) - Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov urged several parliamentary committees to consider allegations by Boyko Rashkov, chief of the Bureau for Control of Special Surveillance Means about serious violations in the use of special surveillance means (SSMs) carried o...
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Political Party Subsidies Can Be Reduced to 6 Leva per Vote If Funding System is Reformed, Researchers Say
December 14 (BTA) - The annual subsidy for political parties in Bulgaria can be reduced from 11 to about 6 leva per valid vote won at the latest parliamentary elections if the party funding system is reformed comprehensively, the Institute for Public Environment Development (IPED...
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Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Zaharieva Discusses Counter-Terrorism, Religious Tolerance with Iranian MPs
December 14 (BTA) - The fight against terrorism and hate speech, the promotion of inter-faith tolerance and the search for a solution to the migration crisis figured on the agenda of a meeting that Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva held here...
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Montenegro Hopes to Open Remaining Three Negotiating Chapters during Bulgaria's EU Presidency
December 14 (BTA) - Montenegro's Parliament President Ivan Brajovic told reporters his country hopes to open the remaining three chapters in its EU accession negotiations during Bulgaria's EU Council Presidency. He met with National Assembly Chair Tsveta Karayancheva at whose inv...
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Visiting EU Commissioner King Confers with Interior Minister Radev
December 13 (BTA) - The first informal EU Justice and Home Affairs Council under the Bulgarian EU Presidency will take place at the end of February, said Interior Minister Valentin Radev emerging from a meeting with visiting EU Commissioner for the Security Union Julian King on T...
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Parliament Overturns Presidential Veto on 2018 Healthcare Budget
December 14 (BTA) - Parliament on Thursday overturned a presidential veto imposed on parts of the 2018 National Health Insurance Fund Budget Act. Of the 221 MPs present in the chamber, 126 voted in favour and 95 were against.
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European Parliament Almost Unanimously Backs Bulgaria's Schengen Entry
December 13 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Of the eight political groups in the European Parliament (EP), only two (the European Conservatives and Reformists and Europe of Nations and Freedom) did not support an EP resolution insisting on Bulgaria's and Romania's accessi...
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Norwegian PM Solberg Visits Bulgaria, Conferswith PM, President
December 13 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov conferred here on Wednesday with visiting Norwegian counterpart Erma Solberg, who described Bulgaria as an important partner in Europe, the European Economic Area and NATO.
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President Radev: "We Can't Pretend Any More that Climate Change Is Not a Problem"
December 13 (BTA) - Talking to reporters in Paris on Tuesday evening, President Rumen Radev said, as quoted by his press secretariat: "We can't pretend any more that climate change is not a problem. It is a problem which cannot be solved either through a ban on conventional energ...
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