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Defence Ministry Plans Review of Financial Parameters of Investment Cost Projects for Air Force, Navy
June 22 (BTA) - In order to ensure the simultaneous implementation of the three priority rearmament projects, Bulgaria's Defence Ministry is planning a review of the financial parameters of the investment cost projects that have already been adopted by Parliament for the Bulgaria...
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World Bank: Financial Supervision Commission's Financial Independence Is Most Effective for Capacity Strengthening
June 22 (BTA) - The World Bank published its finalized Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) conclusions. The report recommends a number of measures to increase the administrative and supervisory capacity of Bulgaria's Financial Supervision Commission (FSC), the Commission s...
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Gratuitous Transfer of Bouzloudja Monument Ownership Is Impossible - Minister
June 22 (BTA) - Emerging from a meeting with the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leadership on Thursday, Regional Development and Public Works Minister Nikolai Nankov told journalists that February 2017 revisions of the State Ownership Act make it impossible to transfer gratuitou...
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Bulgaria Continues Cooperation with European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
June 22 (BTA) - Bulgaria and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which guarantees support for the implementation of projects, financed through European structural and investment funds for the period 2014-2020, Cabi...
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Some 23% of Bulgarians Lived Below Poverty Line in 2016
June 22 (BTA) - In 2016, the average monthly poverty line for the country was 308.17 leva per capita, the National Statistical Institute said on Thursday. Some 22.9 per cent of the population, or 1, 638,700 lived below the poverty line.
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President Radev to Pay State Visit to Greece
June 22 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev will pay a state visit to Greece on June 23-24, which will be his first visit in Southeast Europe since taking office, said his Press Secretariat on Thursday.
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Bulgarian, Estonian, Austrian PMs to Declare EU Council Presidency's Priorities
June 22 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - On Friday the prime ministers of Bulgaria, Estonia and Austria will declare the EU Council Presidency's priorities, Bulgaria's EU Presidency Minister Liliyana Pavlova told journalists here late on Thursday .
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EP Committees Approve Mariya Gabriel as Commissioner-designate for the Digital Economy and Society
June 21 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Mariya Gabriel, the Bulgarian Commissioner-designate for Digital Economy and Society, Wednesday received approval from all European Parliament Committees which gave her a hearing on Tuesday, BTA learned from EP sources.
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National Assembly Chair Glavchev, Energy Minister Petkova, Socialist Leader Ninova Confer with Visiting Macedonian PM Za...
June 21 (BTA) - Bulgarian National Assembly Chairman Dimiter Glavchev conferred with Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, the Parliamentary Press Centre said on Wednesday. "Bulgaria has given us a sign of sincere friendship," Zaev said, quoted in the press release.
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Foreign Diplomats Visit Rakovski Industrial Zone
June 21 (BTA) - Heads of foreign diplomatic missions accredited to Bulgaria and representatives of international organizations visited companies in the Rakovski Industrial Zone, which is part of the Trakia Economic Zone (TEZ). The visit was organized by the Foreign Ministry, the ...
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National Radio Signs Copyright Agreement with MUSICAUTOR
June 21 (BTA) - On June 20, 2017 the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) and the MUSICAUTOR collective rights management society signed an agreement on the copyright to the music it broadcasts in all its 12 programme, MUSICAUTOR said in a press release on Wednesday.
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MPs of Different Parties Comment on Idea to Hold New Referendum on Election System
June 21 (BTA) - MPs of various parliamentary groups Wednesday commented to journalists at the National Assembly on an idea aired by Legal Affairs Committee Chairman Danail Kirilov MP of GERB that the type of election system should be put to a new national referendum.
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Former Road Infrastructure Agency Chief Lazarov Charged with Inflicting Lv 41.6 Mln Detriment
June 21 (BTA) - The Specialized Anticorruption Unit with the Sofia City Prosecution Office has charged former Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) Management Board chairman Lazar Lazarov with mismanagement as a result of which the RIA allegedly sustained detriment amounting to 41,630...
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No Reports about Bulgarians Hurt in Brussels Station Blast
June 21 (BTA) - By 11:00 p.m. Bulgarian time on Tuesday, there were no reports about any Bulgarians having been hurt in the explosion in Brussels, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said. A suicide bomber was shot dead by soldiers after he set off explosives that failed to injure ...
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Bulgarian Commissioner-designate for Digital Economy and Society Portfolio Given Hearing by European Parliament Committe...
June 20 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The European Parliament's Committees on Industry, Research and Energy and on Culture and Education Tuesday gave a hearing to Mariya Gabriel, the Bulgarian Commissioner-designate for the Digital Economy and Society portfolio.
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Justice Minister Tsacheva Unveils Priorities of Bulgaria's EU Council Presidency to Partners in Brussels
June 20 (BTA) - Justice Minister Tsetska Tsacheva, who is on a two-day working visit to Brussels, discussed the priorities of Bulgaria's Presidency of the EU Council in the first half of 2018. Tsacheva and EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos, who is responsible for Migration...
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Bulgaria-Macedonia Good Neighbourly Relations Agreement to be Signed August 2
June 20 (BTA) - Macedonia's Agreement on Good Neighbourly Relations with Bulgaria is almost ready, and after some final modifications it will be signed in Macedonia on August 2 during joint observances of Ilinden (Saint Elijah's Day), Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said on ...
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Bulgarian Energy Minister Visits Atomexpo in Moscow, Talks with Rosatom CEO
June 20 (BTA) - Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova visited the Atomexpo International Forum which is being held in Moscow from June 19 to 21, her ministry said Tuesday. The main theme of the ninth edition of the forum is the role of nuclear energy for a carbon-free ene...
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Government to Extend Lv 224 Lv for Recovery of National Railway Carrier BDZ
June 20 (BTA) - Following an authorization by the European Commission, the Bulgarian government will extend 224 million leva to see through reforms of the National Railway Carrier, Deputy Transport Minister Velik Zanchev told a news briefing on Tuesday.
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SCC President Panov Refuses to Use National Bodyguard Service Cars Over Safety Concerns
June 20 (BTA) - Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) President Lozan Panov said he wonТt be using the car provided by the National Bodyguard Service (NBS) as he has considers it unsafe. He was speaking to journalists at the building of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on Tuesday.