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Sofia Hosted 2nd Balkan Meeting of the Interior Ministries' Internal Security Units
October 20 (BTA) - The 2nd Regional Meeting of the Internal Security Units of the Balkan Countries' Interior Ministries was held here on Thursday. Addressing the heads of anti-corruption units and delegates, Interior Minister Valentin Radev said security cooperation means plan...
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PM Borissov Slams Calls for Discontinuing EU Talks with Turkey
October 19 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Speaking to Bulgarian reporters covering the European Council meeting in Brussels Thursday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov slammed calls by some member states for discontinuing EU talks with Turkey. "Speaking against Tur...
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Prime Minister Borissov Confers with Donald Tusk, Theresa May in Brussels
October 19 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov arrived here on Thursday to participate in the European Council meeting and conferred with European Council President Donald Tusk and UK Prime Minister Theresa May, Cabinet's press service said.
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Slovakia's Interior Minister Kalinak Visits Sofia
October 19 (BTA) - Interior Minister Valentin Radev conferred Thursday with Slovakia's Interior Minister Robert Kalinak who arrived on a visit to Bulgaria.
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Hungarian National Assembly Deputy Speaker Matrai Visits Sofia
October 19 (BTA) - The cooperation between the Parliaments of Bulgaria and Hungary, the partnership within the EU and NATO, and the upcoming Bulgarian EU Presidency were high on the agenda of a meeting Thursday between National Assembly Chairman Dimiter Glavchev and Hungarian Nat...
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Socialist Party Demands Interior Minister's, Deputy PM's Resignation
October 19 (BTA) - The left-wing BSP for Bulgaria parliamentary group demanded the resignations of Interior Minister Valentin Radev and Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov following Wednesday's government decision to designate the fence along the Bulgarian-Turkish border a site...
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Georgi Cholakov's Election as Supreme Administrative Court President Confirmed
October 19 (BTA) - Georgi Cholakov's election as President of the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) was upheld by the new Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on Thursday after he was interviewed by the Council earlier in the day. The vote was 20 to 4. His appointment to the post is t...
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Parliament Overcomes President's Veto on Revisions to Defence and Armed Forces Act
October 19 (BTA) - Parliament Thursday overcame President Rumen Radev's veto on amendments to the Defence and Armed Forces Act. At least 121 votes in favour were needed to overcome the veto. After a first voting failed to achieve this, the MPs held a second voting at the propo...
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Bulgaria's Current and Capital Account Record EUR 792.2 Mln Surplus in August 2017
October 19 (BTA) - Bulgaria's current and capital account recorded a surplus of 792.2 million euro in August 2017, compared with a positive balance of 575.7 million euro in August 2016. In January-August 2017 the current and capital account was positive amounting to 2,624 million...
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BSP Petitions Constitutional Court about Parliament's Rejection of Dobrev's Resignation
October 18 (BTA) - Sixty-two Socialist MPs have petitioned the Constitutional Court about Parliament's rejection of the resignation of GERB MP Delyan Dobrev. BSP for Bulgaria holds that the National Assembly has no power to refuse to discharge Dobrev of his duties and can only...
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President Radev Calls for Equal Criteria for Member States' Participation in EU Integration Projects
October 18 (BTA) - Bulgaria regards its forthcoming Presidency of the EU Council as an important responsibility and a chance to broaden and improve the cooperation with its EU partners, President Rumen Radev said here Wednesday. He was speaking at a working meeting with the heads...
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Bulgarians Remain Among EU Optimists but Want their Voice to Count More - Survey
October 18 (BTA Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgarians remain among EU optimists, shows a Parlemeter survey presented by the European Parliament on Wednesday. The 2017 Parlemeter survey is based on face-to-face interviews with 27,881 Europeans, aged 15 or more, in all E...
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Deputy Foreign Minister Kraleva Participates in General Affairs Council in Luxembourg
October 18 (BTA) - Deputy Foreign Minister Emilia Kraleva participated in the General Affairs Council meeting held in Luxembourg on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry said.
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European Council President Proposes Sofia as Host of EU-Western Balkans Summit in 2018
October 18 (BTA Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - European Council President Donald Tusk proposes that Sofia host a EU-Western Balkans Summit on May 17, 2018. This is included in the Leaders' Agenda, a document presented by Tusk on Tuesday that offers the list of priorities he w...
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Parliament Re-elects Maxim Minchev BTA Director General
October 18 (BTA) - The National Assembly Wednesday re-elected Maxim Minchev Director General of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) with 141 votes in favour. This is Minchev's second five-year mandate as BTA head. His nomination was put forward by Toma Bikov MP of GERB. Following ...
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Parliament Amends Code of Civil Procedure on Second Reading, Streamlining Debtor Summoning Procedure
October 17 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Parliament Tuesday adopted on second reading amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure, initiated by National Ombudsman Maya Manolova and aimed at curbing the powers of private enforcement agents.
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National Security Council Fails to Agree on Role, Functions of Future Anti-corruption Authority
October 17 (BTA) - A Consultative Council on National Security failed to agree on the role and functions of the future anti-corruption authority and the rules for the appointment of its leaders, said President Rumen Radev, emerging from the four-hour meeting on Tuesday. On its ag...
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Bulgarian Economy Needs Specialization, Deputy PM Donchev Says
October 17 (BTA) - Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev said that Bulgarians lack a sense of shared objective. In his opinion, such an objective is "to become really good at something: education plus its ensuing effects for the economy and industry.
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143 Migrant Children Were Enrolled in Bulgarian Schools in 2015/2016 School Year
October 17 (BTA) - One hundred and forty-three migrant children attended school in Bulgaria during the 2015/2016 school year, and 113 of them finished the educational level successfully, whereas 24 children were enrolled in kindergartens, Bulgarian Union of Teachers (BUT) Chair Y...
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Bulgarians in Budapest Tell Vice President Iotova they Want National Policy for Expats
October 17 (BTA) - Talking to Bulgarian Vice President Iliana Iotova at the building of the National Bulgarian Self-Government in Budapest late Monday evening, members of the Bulgarian community in Hungary said they want a national policy for expatriates, the President's Press Se...
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