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Albania's President Tells Top Bulgarian Diplomat that His Country Relies Much on Bulgaria's Support for EU Integration
July 26 (BTA) - Meeting with the visiting Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva here Wednesday, Albanian President Ilir Meta said his country relies much on Bulgaria's support for its EU integration efforts. "We rely on you very much and we appreciate the efforts of Bulg...
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Employers Alert Watchdog to "Discriminatory" Seniority Bonus
July 26 (BTA) - Employers have asked the Anti-Discrimination Commission to declare regulations introducing the seniority bonus discriminatory. The employer organizations claim that the regulations violate a legal ban on discrimination based on age, personal and social status.
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Ruling Party Withdraws Controversial Revisions Affecting Foreign Financing for Professional Organizations of Magistrates
July 26 (BTA) - The ruling GERB party announced Wednesday that it is pulling out controversial revisions to the Judicial System Act which banned foreign financing for professional organizations of judges, prosecutors, investigators and court clerks.
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Labour Code Revisions to Remedy Unpaid Wages Issue
July 26 (BTA) - Parliament voted 138 in favour, with one abstention, to approve Labour Code amendments targeting employers who do not pay wages. The proposal was made by MPs of all parliamentary groups after the issue was explored by an ad hoc committee. Ombudsman Maya Manolova a...
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NHIF Budget for 2018 Should Increase by Lv 330-plus Mln, Medical Association Says
July 26 (BTA) - The budget of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) for 2018 should increase by over 330 million leva, Ventsislav Grozev, President of the Bulgarian Medical Association, told a BTA-hosted news conference Wednesday. In his opinion, the increased funds could com...
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Trade Unions Alert International Institutions about Employers' Conduct
July 26 (BTA) - The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) and the Podkrepa Confederation of Labour have alerted all the international institutions about "the unprecedented aggression of the leaders of the nationally represented employer organizations again...
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Deputy PM Zaharieva Confers with Serbian Justice Minister Kuburovic
July 25 (BTA) - On the second day of her visit to Serbia, Deputy Prime Minister for judicial reform and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva conferred in Belgrade on Tuesday with Serbian Justice Minister Nela Kuburovic, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release.
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Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee Recommends Audit Office Check on NDK 2015-2017 Financial Management
July 25 (BTA) - The parliamentary ad hoc committee appointed to look into the spending of funding allocated to prepare the NDK convention centre for Bulgaria's EU Presidency in 2018 Tuesday recommended that the National Audit Office make an audit of NDK for 2015-2017. The ad hoc ...
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Government at a Crossroads about Seniority Bonus
July 25 (BTA) - The issue of abolishing the seniority bonus remains open, and negotiations about it between employer organizations and the trade unions will start at the first meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation (NCTC) in the autumn.
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Zhivko Martinov MP of GERB Quits Parliament after Corruption Scandal
July 25 (BTA) - Zhivko Martinov MP of GERB, who is being investigated by the Anticorruption Specialized Unit, has quit his seat in Parliament, GERB floor leader Tsvetan Tsvetanov told a news conference in Dobrich.
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Energy Minister Petkova Meets with US Ambassador Rubin
July 25 (BTA) - Meeting with US Ambassador in Sofia Eric S. Rubin, Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova said the construction of the Greece-Bulgaria gas interconnector is one of the government's top priorities in the energy sector and is key to the diversification of routes and so...
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Union of Bulgarian Jurists Sends Letter to President Protesting against Revisions to Judicial System Act
July 25 (BTA) - The Union of Bulgarian Jurists has sent a letter to the President taking a stance against the proposed revisions to the Judicial System Act. The texts have a retrograde effect on the development of democratic processes and the establishment of the state of law, th...
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Vice President Iotova Meets Representatives of Association of Bulgarian Schools Abroad
July 25 (BTA) - The educational centres abroad should be wardens of the Bulgarian spirit, Vice President Iliana Iotova said, as quoted by the presidential press centre. She was speaking after her Tuesday meeting at the Presidency with representatives of the Association of Bulgari...
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Prime Minister Borissov Confers with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European, Eurasian Affairs Yee
July 24 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has conferred here with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Hoyt Yee, Cabinet's Press Service reported on Monday.
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Employers Request Scrapping of Seniority Bonus
July 24 (BTA) - The Association of the Organizations of Bulgarian Employers (ABEA) want the seniority bonus (for length of service) scrapped, it emerged at a BTA-hosted news conference Monday. The Chairman of the Board of the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association, Vassil Ve...
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Report: Gap between Richest, Poorest Regions to Grow
July 24 (BTA) - The gap between the richest and the poorest regions in Bulgaria will continue to grow, suggests an analysis of incomes in Bulgaria carried out by the Institute for Market Economics and the Bulgarian Geoinformation Company.
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Sofia Airport Named Fastest Growing in Europe for 2016
July 24 (BTA) - Sofia Airport has been named the fastest growing airport in Europe in 2016 in the 3-5 million passengers category by the specialist website anna.aero, the airport said on Monday.
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Bulgarian Economic Affairs Services Hold Annual Meeting
July 24 (BTA) - Addressing an annual meeting of the Bulgarian Trade and Economic Affairs Services (TEAS) here on Monday, Deputy Economy Minister Alexander Manolev urged commercial aides to be more active in attracting investors to Bulgaria and in popularizing the country as an in...
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Prosecution Moves to Strip SSMs Control Bureau Official of Access to Classified Information
July 24 (BTA) - The prosecution service has taken steps to strip of access to classified information an official of the National Bureau for Control of the Special Surveillance Means (SSMs) after an alert by the State Agency for National Security (SANS).
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Bulgaria to Be Advertised on Billboards in New York City - Tourism Minister
July 22 (BTA) - Bulgaria will be advertised on billboards in New York City, said here on Saturday Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova, who took part in a meeting of the National Tourism Council at the Golden Sands resort. The billboards will be placed at key locations in the US' ...
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