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Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Zaharieva Confers with Austrian Foreign Minister Kurz in Vienna
June 12 (BTA) - Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister conferred in Vienna on Monday with Sebastian Kurz, Austria's Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Zaharieva's Ministry said in a press release.
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Macedonian PM Zaev to Visit Sofia
June 12 (BTA correspondent Nickolai Jeliazkov) - Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said here Monday that his first visit abroad after his talks in Brussels today will be to Sofia. Zaev was speaking at a news conference he gave jointly with the EU Commissioner for European Neig...
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President Radev: Need to Give EU, NATO Membership Perspective to Bosnia and Herzegovina Reaffirmed
June 12 (BTA) - Emerging from a meeting Monday with the visiting Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mladen Ivanic,President Rumen Radev said that the need to give unconditional perspective for EU and NATO membership to Bosnia and Herzegovina has been reaffirm...
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BSP Calls for Strategic Review of Security and Defence, Restored Bulgarian Presence in Middle East, North Africa
Sofia, June 11 (BTA) - Speaking to the press after a meeting of the parliamentary group of Bulgarian Socialist Party for Bulgaria, leader Kornelia Ninova said that her party is calling for a strategic review of the state of play of the security and defence sector, the Inte...
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Deputy Prime Minister Zaharieva Confers with Austrian Vice Chancellor Brandstetter,Attends Forum Wachau
Vienna/Sofia, June 11 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister for judicial reform and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva has conferred with Austrian Vice Chancellor and Minister for Justice Wolfgang Brandstetter. The two met at the Goettweig Abbey within the framework of the Europ...
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GERB Dismisses Socialists' Criticism for New Debt Plans
Sofia, June 11 (BTA) - GERB dismissed Sunday criticism by the opposition Socialist party for plans to take out new debt. "Under the three-year budget forecast the deficit will be shored up and the budget will be balanced until 2020. In view of these projections, no new de...
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Supreme Judicial Council Candidates Interviewed at General Meeting of Judges
Sofia, June 10 (BTA) - Judges from all over Bulgaria gathered for a general meeting in Sofia Saturday to interview 27 candidates to the next Supreme Judicial Council (SJC). The nominees are contesting six positions in the Judges College of the SJC. At the opening of the m...
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President Declassifies Transcript of June 2014 Bank Crisis Meeting
Sofia, June 10 (BTA) - A transcript of a June 29, 2014 meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security (CCNS) concerning the now-bankrupt Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank) makes it clear that one of the options considered for averting a bank crisis in Bulgaria ...
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Prime Minister and Cabinet Members Discuss Measures to Reduce Administrative Burden in Traffic Police
Sofia, June 10 (BTA) - Short and long term measures to reduce the administrative burden on Traffic Police service users were mapped out during a working meeting at the Interior Ministry offices on Saturday, which was attended by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Deputy Prime ...
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Defence Ministers of Bulgaria and Greece Attend VIP Day of Balkan Dagger Exercise
June 9 (BTA) - Defence Ministers Krassimir Karakachanov of Bulgaria and Panagiotis Kammenos of Greece attended the VIP day of the joint Bulgarian-Greek training activity Balkan Dagger on Friday. They watched a demonstration of the capabilities of the two countries' special operat...
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Prime Minister Borissov: Bulgaria Wants A United Iraq
June 9 (BTA) - "Bulgaria hasn't made any commitments to support an independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan. Bulgaria's formal positions is for a united Iraq," said Prime Minister Boyko Borissov during Parliament's Question Time on Friday. He was asked by socialist MP Elena Yon...
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Navy Helicopter Falls Down during Black Sea Exercise, Captain Dies
June 9 (BTA) - A Panther helicopter of the Bulgarian Navy fell in the sea water around 12:30 hrs. local time Friday while carrying out tasks during a tactical exercise codenamed Black Sea 2017. The three crew members were injured in the accident, the Defence Ministry said. Later,...
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister to Visit Austria June 11-12
June 9 (BTA) - Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva will pay a working visit to Austria on June 11 and 12. Zaharieva will attend the European Forum Wachau at the Goettweig Abbey on June 10 and 11. The forum is a leadi...
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Scheduled Annual Repair Works of Power Unit Five of Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant Completed
June 9 (BTA) - Scheduled annual repair works of the 1,000 MW power unit five of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant have been completed and the generator was switched back to the national power grid on Friday after a check and a letter of approval issued by the Agency for Nucl...
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Foreign Ambassadors in Sofia Declare Support for Sofia Pride
June 9 (BTA) - Seventeen foreign ambassadors in Bulgaria and representatives of UNHCR issued Friday a statement of support for the Sofia Pride. The event has been scheduled for June 10 causing a controversy and a wave of declarations against it and in support of it. The ...
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Justice Minister Tsacheva Acquaints Justice Commissioner with Bulgarian Priorities in Forthcoming EU Presidency
June 9 (BTA) - Justice Minister Tsetska Tsacheva Friday met with the Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Vera Jourova, the Justice Ministry said. Tsacheva acquainted Commissioner Jourova with Bulgaria's preparations for the forthcoming Presidency of the ...
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Education Minister Vulchev Confers with EC Director-General for Education and Culture Reicherts
June 9 (BTA)- Meeting European Commission's Director-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Martine Reicherts, Education and Science Minister Krassimir Vulchev said that the ambition of his Ministry is to improve the quality of and access to education, and to expan...
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Health Minister to Submit Report on Financial State of Hospitals Twice Yearly
June 9 (BTA) - Parliament resolved in a 129-7 vote with 56 abstentions Friday that the Health Minister is to submit twice in the year, in June and December, a report on the current financial state of state- and municipal-owned hospitals to the parliamentary Healthcare Commit...
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Bulgarian Interior Minister Meets with EU Security Commissioner
June 9 (BTA) - Bulgarian Interior Minister Valentin Radev met in Luxembourg Thursday with EU Security Commissioner Julian King on the sidelines of a meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council, said Redev's Ministry. The two sides discussed the priorities of the EU in t...
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Registered Data Controllers Total 284,592 in 2016 - Report
June 8 (BTA) - A total of 6,176 new data controllers were registered in 2016, bringing the total to 284,592, Bulgaria's Commission for Personal Data Protection said in its 2016 Annual Report, which Parliament approved on Thursday.