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Socialists Ask Law-Enforcers to Probe Construction of Border Fence
June 8 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party said Thursday that it is asking the prosecution service and the State Agency for National Security to look for a possible fraud in the construction of a fence on the Bulgarian-Turkish border. This was announced to the press by MP E...
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Bulgarian Interior Minister Meets Estonian Counterpart
June 8 (BTA) - On the sidelines of an ongoing meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg Thursday, Bulgarian Interior Minister Valentin Radev met with Estonian counterpart Andres Anvelt. The two exchanged views on the preparation of the Presidencies of the Troi...
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Bulgaria Reconfirms Support for Establishment of European Public Prosecutor's Office
June 8 (BTA) - Bulgaria reconfirmed its support for the establishment of a European public prosecutor's office in Luxembourg Thursday. Addressing a meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council, Justice Minister Tsetska Tsacheva said, as quoted by her Ministry: "The time has co...
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Parliament Passes Concessions Act on First Reading
June 8 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Parliament Thursday passed on first reading a Concessions Bill moved by GERB MPs. The vote was 124 in favour (GERB, United Patriots, Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) and 1 Volya MP) and 68 against (BSP for Bulgaria and the rest of Volya).
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Experts Expect about 550 kg/0.1 ha from New Grain Harvest in Dobrich Region
June 8 (BTA) - The average yield in the new grain harvest in Bulgaria's northeastern Dobrich region will reach 500-550 kg per 0.1 ha, Prof. Ivan Kiryakov, head of the Dobroudzha Agricultural Institute's section responsible for selection of cereals and legumes said. The unit prese...
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Government Eases Requirements for Hiring Workers from Third Countries
June 8 (BTA) - Between 4,000 and 6,000 members of the Bulgarian communities in Ukraine, Moldova and other former Soviet republics have signed preliminary contracts and wait for the regulations to start work in the Bulgarian resorts, Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov told jour...
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EUR 86.6 Million from Cohesion Policy Funds Provided for Construction of Line 3 of Sofia's Underground
June 8 (BTA corr. Nikolay Jeliazkov) - On Thursday the European Commission adopted a new investment package worth 86.6 million euro from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to finance further works on the western part of the third line of the Bulgarian capital's subway ...
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Sofia University Ranked among World's Top 2.7 Per Cent
June 8 (BTA) - Sofia University has been named in the segment from 701st to 750th place in the QS World University Rankings for 2017, which were published on Thursday. The rankings include about 26,000 higher schools around the world. This puts the oldest and most prestigious Bul...
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Parliament Passes Unanimously Ombudsman Report for 2016
June 8 (BTA) - Parliament Thursday unanimously passed the Report of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria for 2016 with 190 votes "for". MPs from all parliamentary groups congratulated Maya Manolova for her efforts and her work in the past year.
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Bulgarian PM Borissov Confers with German Chancellor Merkel
June 7 (BTA) - Bilateral cooperation, Bulgaria's aspirations to join the euro zone and the Schengen area, security and the EU perspective of the Western Balkans topped the agenda of a meeting that Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held he...
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Vice President Yotova: Europe at Several Speeds Results from Wrong and Nearsighted Policy
June7 (BTA Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgarian Vice President Iliyana Yotova Wednesday slammed the plans for future development of the EU at several speeds. "The project for Europe at various speeds is the result of a wrong and nearsighted policy of the EU over the last ...
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Bulgarian Deputy PM Zaharieva Confers with Romanian Prime Minister Grindeanu
June 6 (BTA) - Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva conferred with Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu in Bucharest on Wednesday, Zaharieva's Ministry said in a press release.
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Prosecutor General, Ranking GERB Deputy Dismiss Idea for Removing Prosecution Service from Judiciary
June 7 (BTA) - Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov and Danail Kirilov MP (GERB), who heads the parliamentary legal committee, dismissed Wednesday an idea for removing the prosecution service from the judiciary and making it equidistant from the three branches of government. The id...
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Foreign Ministry: No Information about Injured Bulgarians in Teheran Attacks
June 7 (BTA) - There is no information about injured Bulgarian citizens in the attacks in the Iranian parliament and the Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, carried out on Wednesday morning in the Iranian capital, said the Foreign Ministry in press release.
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Standard & Poor's Revises Sofia's Outlook to Positive
June 6 (BTA) - The Standard and Poor's Global Ratings revised its outlook on the Bulgarian city of Sofia to positive from stable, Sofia Municipality reported Wednesday.
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International Conference Discusses Bulgaria's Nuclear Energy
June 7 (BTA) - An international conference titled "Bulgarian Nuclear Energy - National, Regional and Global Energy Security", started here on Wednesday. Deputy Energy Minister Krassimir Purvanov recalled during the conference that a technical and economic analysis on the Belene N...
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Prosecutor General Tsatsarov Demands MRF MP Dimitar Avramov's Immunity
June 7 (BTA) - Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov demanded that Parliament strips Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) MP Dimitar Avramov of his immunity due to an investigation that started four years ago. Following a year-long investigation, on August 30, 2013 the Sofia City ...
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Prime Minister Borissov Confers with German President Steinmeier
June 6 (BTA) - Starting an two-day official visit to Berlin on Tuesday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov met with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the information service of the Bulgarian government said.
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ALDE Condemns Growing LGBTI Hate Speech in Bulgaria
June 6 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in the European Parliament issued a position on Tuesday, condemning the growing LGBTI hate speech in Bulgaria, and calling on Sofia Pride marchers to be protected.
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Tripartite Cooperation Council Discusses Minimum Pension Rise, New Medical Expert Evaluation Ordinance
June 6 (BTA) - The National Council for Tripartite Cooperation (NCTC) met here on Tuesday to consider draft legislation increasing the minimum pension in two steps until the end of 2017 and a Health Ministry ordinance on medical expert evaluation.
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