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Parliament to Broaden Labour Inspectorate Powers, Tighten Restrictions on Unfair Employers, in Bid to Address Unpaid Wag...
July 6 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Parliament Thursday unanimously adopted the report of an Ad Hoc Committee of enquiry into cases of unpaid wages.
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Civil Procedure Code Amendments Proposed by Ombudsman Approved Provisionally at Committee Level
July 6 (BTA) - The Legal Affairs Committee in the National Assembly voted unanimously on Wednesday evening to approve on first reading amendments to the Civil Procedure Code proposed by National Ombudsman Maya Manolova and civic organizations. The changes are aimed to limit the p...
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Bulgarian Judges Association Opposes Judicial System Act Amendments
July 6 (BTA) - In a statement Thursday, the Bulgarian Judges Association (BJA) said that draft changes to the Judicial System Act openly aim to prevent judges from exercising their right to free association.
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Health Fund Chief to be Elected According to New Rules
July 6 (BTA) - Candidates for the director's job at the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) will be checked for possible affiliation with the Communist-era secret political police and military intelligence, the National Assembly resolved on Thursday, approving procedural rules ...
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Insurer Bulstrad Accused of Breaking Competition Law
July 6 (BTA) - The Commission for Protection of Competition has found that ZAD Bulstrad Vienna Insurance Group and its life insurance arm, ZEAD Bulstrad Life Vienna Insurance Group, have violated Bulgaria's Competition Protection Act by imposing unlawful vertical arrangements abo...
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Trakia Motorway Pile-up Victims in Life-Threatening Condition
July 6 (BTA) - People who sustained cervical vertebra fractures in Wednesday's two multi-vehicle pile-up collisions on Trakia Motorway are in life-threatening condition, according to reports by Sofia's St Anna Hospital and Pirogov Emergency Hospital. An 80-year-old woman hospital...
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10 Judges May Be Punished for Delaying Civil Cases
July 5 (BTA) - The Inspectorate of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has proposed to the Judges College at the SJC to impose disciplinary penalties on 10 judges in the civil division of the Sofia Regional Court (SRC). The Inspectorate said in a press release on Wednesday that ch...
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Ministers of Labour, Education Discuss Pupil Retention Measures
July 5 (BTA) - Labour Minister Bisser Petkov and Education Ministers Krassimir Vulchev on Wednesday took part in a working meeting with the chiefs of the regional offices of the Agency for Social Assistance.
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Eurostat: Nearly Third of Bulgarians Aged 15-64 Were Economically Inactive in 2016
July 6 (BTA) - Nearly 31 per cent of Bulgarians aged 15-64 were economically inactive in 2016, according to Eurostat data, released on Wednesday. Figures suggest that 27 per cent of the EU population were outside the labour market in 2016.
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Bulgarian Prime Minister Borissov Paid Tribute to Simone Veil at Paris Ceremony
July 5 (BTA) - At the personal invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov attended the farewell ceremony for Simone Veil at Les Invalides in Paris on Wednesday, the Government Information Service said.
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Interior Ministry Radev: "No Way to Give Ministry Staff Pay Rise this Year"
July 5 (BTA) - "Salaries at the Interior Ministry must be raised by a fair percentage, and we are trying to set it," Bulgarian Interior Minister Valentin Radev said in Parliament's lobby Wednesday morning. He was commenting on a protest that Interior Ministry personnel are stagin...
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Deputy PM Zaharieva Receives European Commission Director-General for Justice, Consumers Astola
July 4 (BTA) - Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva Tuesday received European Commission Director-General for Justice and Consumers Tiina Astola, who is visiting Sofia, Zaharieva's Ministry said in a press release.
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Prime Minister Borissov Urges for More Harsh Sentences to Deter Assaults against Medics
July 4 (BTA) - At Tuesday's Cabinet meeting, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov pledged full support for the doctors at Sofia's Sheinovo Maternity Hospital, the Government Information Service reported.
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European Parliament Endorses Mariya Gabriel as EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society
July 4 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The European Parliament Tuesday backed the appointment of Mariya Gabriel as EU Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society by 517 votes to 77, with 89 abstentions, in a secret ballot.
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PM Borissov: Education is Government's Topmost Priority
July 4 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Tuesday said that education was a top priority for the government. He was speaking during the presentation of a multi-institutional mechanism for educational inclusion at the Council of Ministers.
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Experts Report 17 Alerts about Bulgarian Migrants' Exploitation Abroad
July 4 (BTA) - The National Commission for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings has received 17 alerts this year about Bulgarians being trafficked to foreign countries in order to be exploited. The alerts concern Bulgarians working in the Czech Republic, Britain, Austria and th...
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TIR Trucks Will Not Be Allowed to Travel on Bulgarian Motorways during Busiest Summer Hours
July 4 (BTA) - TIR trucks will not be allowed to travel on Bulgarian motorways during the busiest hours in the summer. The rule will be established after an analysis of road camera footage and passenger car traffic data, the Regional Development and Public Works Ministry said on ...
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Burgas Bombing Trial Fails to Proceed Again
July 4 (BTA) - The specialized court on Tuesday failed to proceed with the trial about the 2014 bombing at Burgas Airport due to faulty summons.
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President: Nikolay Nenchev Grounded the Air Force, and Tsvetan Tsvetanov is on Autopilot When He Speaks
July 4 (BTA) - Nikolay Nenchev grounded the Bulgarian Air Force, and Tsvetan Tsvetanov is on autopilot when he speaks, according to President Rumen Radev. The head of state spoke to journalists on Monday before a court hearing of a case in which former Defence Minister Nikolay Ne...
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Heavy Rain Causes Some Disruptions
July 3 (BTA) - The 112 emergency telephone service has received over 160 alerts about incidents caused by heavy rain since Sunday night, the Interior Ministry reported in the early afternoon on Monday. No people have been reported injured or in distress as a result of the rainsto...
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