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Parliament Opens New Session
September 1 (BTA) - The five parliamentary groups read out declarations at the opening of Parliament's new session on Friday.
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Finance Ministry: CFP Expected to Show Surplus of Lv 2,156.8 Mln at End-August
September 1 (BTA) - Based on preliminary data and estimates, the Consolidated Fiscal Programme (CFP) is expected to be in a surplus of 2,156.8 million leva (2.2 per cent of the GDP projection) on a cash basis as at the end of August, the Finance Ministry said.
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450 People Killed in 4,317 Road Traffic Accidents, January-August 2017
August 31 (BTA) - A total of 450 people were killed and another 5,488 were injured in 4,317 road traffic accidents in Bulgaria between January 1 and August 31, 2017, Interior Minister Valentin Radev said at his Ministry's monthly news briefing here on Thursday. He noted that the ...
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Urgent Check Ordered into Complaints of Overbooked Wizz Air Flights
August 31 (BTA) - The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski, has ordered the Directorate General Civil Aviation Administration to act on a growing number of
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Roumen Porozhanov Reports on Agriculture Ministry's 100 Days
August 31 (BTA) - Looking back on the first 100 days of his department on Thursday, Agriculture, Food and Forestry Minister Roumen Porozhanov said the ministry's top priorities are: sustainable, competitive and market-oriented agriculture; a stable food sector; sustainable and fu...
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Dunarit Pays Lv 50 Mln Debt to State Consolidation Company
August 31 (BTA) - Using its own funds, Rousse-based Dunarit Corp. has paid ahead of maturity all 50 million leva it owes the State Consolidation Company (SCC), the explosives manufacturer's Executive Director Krustyo Krustev commented to journalists here on Thursday. He specified...
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Foreign Direct Investments in Non-financial Sector in 2016 Up 1.4% YoY
August 31 (BTA) - Foreign direct investments (FDI) in the non-financial sector in 2016 increased by 1.4 per cent on year to 23,491 million euro, according to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute, released on Thursday.
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This Year's Grape, Wine Will Be Very Good Quality - Expert
August 31 (BTA) - This year's grape and subsequent wine harvest in Bulgaria is expected to be of very good quality, Prof. Ivan Pachev, Director of the Institute of Viticulture and Enology in Pleven, told BTA.
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Socialists Discuss Their Counter-Corruption Bill with Supreme Administrative Court Judges
August 30 (BTA) - Representatives of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Wednesday discussed their Counter-Corruption Bill with judges of the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) at a meeting in Parliament. Both the Bulgarian Judges Association and the SAC recommended that the b...
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Bulgarian Armed Forces Capable of Fulfilling their Tasks Despite Hardships - Report
August 30 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Council of Ministers Wednesday approved the 2016 Report on the State of Defence and the Armed Forces and moved it to the National Assembly for adoption, the Government Information Service said in a press release. The document covers the present situat...
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Government Establishes Board to Coordinate Bulgarian Presidency of EU Council
August 30 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers Wednesday adopted an ordinance on the establishment of a board to coordinate Bulgaria's Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the government information service said. This guarantees the operational supervision of the negotiat...
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Government Approves Annual Working Programme for Bulgaria's EU Communication Strategy
August 30 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Council of Ministers approved a 2017 Working Programme for the country's Communication Strategy for the European Union, the government press service reported on Wednesday. The Working Programme will use a budget of 900,000 leva, including 360,000 leva...
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President Calls Consultative Council for National Security to Discuss Counter-Corruption Efforts
August 30 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev has called a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security (CCNS) to discuss the anti-corruption, the President's Press Secretariat said on Wednesday. The meeting is due October 9.
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No Bulgarians Reported Hurt in Tropical Storm Harvey
August 30 (BTA) - No Bulgarians are known to have been hurt in tropical storm Harvey in the United States, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday citing information from the US State Department.
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PM Borissov Meets with Thomas Cook Group CEO Fankhauser
August 29 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova met here Tuesday with Thomas Cook Group CEO Peter Fankhauser, said the government press office. Fankhauser is in Bulgaria on Angelkova's invitation.
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Kresna Gorge Fire Put Down, Cattle Harder Charged with Starting the Flames
August 29 (BTA) - A large fire which engulfed thousands of acres of forests in Kresna Gorge and caused an environmental catastrophe, has been put down. The Interior Ministry said Tuesday that all flames have been extinguished and that small patches in the centre of the fire conti...
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Bulgaria Starts Building National Nuclear Waste Repository
August 29 (BTA) - Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova turned the first sod for a National Nuclear Waste Repository Tuesday. The ceremony was held on the territory of Kozloduy N-Plant where the repository will be built.
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Food Safety Agency Finds Second Batch of Fipronil-contaminated Egg-yolk Powder from Germany
August 29 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency has found fipronil in a new batch of egg-yolk powder delivered from Germany. A lab test has established a high level of fipronil, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forest said.
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Bulgarian Socialist Party Warns French Proposal for Changes in Posted Workers Directive "Hide Risks"
August 29 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) warned that the French proposals for changes in the Posted Workers Directive "hide risks" and undermine the founding principles of the EU for free movement of people, goods and capital, and for equal rights of European citizen...
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Bulgarian Industrial Association: "EU Must Keep Workers' Posting Framework As It Is"
August 29 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) insists on keeping the existing EU Posted Workers Directive unchanged, the employers' organization said in a position on Tuesday. According to the BIA, the Posted Workers Directive and its implementing provide the fr...