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European Commission Vice-President Dombrovskis Confers with President Radev, Prime Minister Borissov
June 2 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov conferred Friday with Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President of the European Commission for the Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, the government's information ser...
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Finance Minister: Bulgaria Only Stands to Win from Joining Eurozone
June 2 (BTA) - Bulgaria only stands to win from joining the Eurozone, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said Friday, speaking at a forum presenting the 2017 European Semester recommendations specific to Bulgaria. Attending the event is Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President of the E...
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Interior Ministry TU Federation Demands Radical Increase Of 2018 Budget
June 2 (BTA) - The Trade Union Federation of Interior Ministry Employees insists that the ministry's budget for 2018 should not be reduced but should be increased drastically, the TU said Friday. The largest trade union in the field also want this year's budget of the Interior Mi...
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Bulgaria Offers to Host Debate on EU Cohesion Policy
June 2 (BTA) - Bulgaria offers to host next year, amid its Presidency of the EU Council, a debate on the EU cohesion policy at the highest level, said here Friday the Minister in charge of the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU in 2018, Liliyana Pavlova. She was speaking during a de...
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Fire in Plovdiv's Waste Treatment Plant
June 2 (BTA) - A fire broke out in the waste treatment plant of Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv Friday morning, said the Interior Ministry. The facility is situated in the nearby village of Shishmantsi. No risk to the population is reported.
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Miners at Manganese Mine Go on Hunger Strike Once Again
June 1 (BTA) - Miners at the Obrochishte manganese mine in northeastern Bulgaria declared a hunger strike once again due to unpaid wages and food vouchers for the month of April, the mine's trade union leader Ivaylo Todorov said. Thirty miners are staying underground. According t...
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Parliament Approves 2016 Activity Report by Energy, Water Regulator
June 1 (BTA) - Parliament on Thursday adopted the 2016 activity report by the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission.
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Fund for Medical Treatment of Children Helps Over 400 Patients Since Year's Start
June 1 (BTA) - A total of 460 children have been helped by the Fund for Treatment of Children since January, 328 of which were treated in Bulgaria and 132 abroad, the Fund reported Thursday.
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Boyko Borissov Congratulates Macedonia's New Prime Minister Zoran Zaev
June 1 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has congratulated Zoran Zaev on his election to the post of Prime Minister of Macedonia, the Government information service said Thursday. The sides had a telephone conversion in which Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov also ...
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Dimiter Glavchev Remains Chairman of National Assembly
June 1 (BTA) - GERB's Dimiter Glavchev will remain Chairman of the National Assembly. With 118 votes "against," the parliamentary majority rejected his resignation demanded by BSP For Bulgaria. GERB and United Patriots MP voted against. A total of 114 MPs of BSP For Bulgaria, the...
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Bulgarian National Radio Closes Most of Foreign-language Services
June 1 (BTA) - The Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) closes a big part of its foreign-languages service (Radio Bulgaria), BNR Director General Alexander Velev said in an interview for the radio.
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Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Israel Talk by Telephone
June 1 (BTA) - Bulgaria's good cooperation and friendly relations with Israel were highlighted in a telephone conversation between the two countries' prime ministers, Boyko Borissov and Benjamin Netanyahu, the press office of the Bulgarian government reported on Thursday.
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Consolidated Fiscal Programme Balance at End-April 2017 was Positive, at Lv 1,590.7 Mln
June 1 (BTA) - Based on the monthly reports from first-level spending units, Bulgaria's Consolidated Fiscal Programme (CFP) balance on a cash basis was positive as of end-April 2017, amounting to 1,590.7 million leva, or 1.6 per cent of the projected GDP. The balance resulted fro...
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Estonia, Bulgaria and Austria to Sign EU Presidency Trio's Programme on June 23
May 31 (BTA) - The programme of the EU Presidency Trio of Estonia, Bulgaria and Austria will be signed officially on June 23. This transpired on Wednesday after the latest round of consultations between the three countries which will preside over the Council of the European Union...
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Presidential Administration Rejects Claims Bulgarian Orthodox Church Representatives Were Denied Access to Papal Audienc...
May 31 (BTA) - The claims that the administration of the Bulgarian head of State has not allowed access of a representative of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to the audience of Pope Francis are not true, a press release of the Press Secretariat said Wednesday. The release came in ...
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BSP for Bulgaria Demands Parliament Chair Glavchev's Resignation
May 31 (BTA) - The BSP for Bulgaria parliamentary group is demanding Parliament Chair Dimiter Glavchev's resignation for "alleged systematic abuse of power and failing in his duties", said here on Wednesday Socialist leader Kornelia Ninova at a news conference in Parliament, atte...
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Eurostat: Smoking-Induced Lung Cancer Kills 3,500 Bulgarians Annually
May 31 (BTA) - Some 3,500 Bulgarians died in 2014 of lung cancer caused by use of tobacco products, Eurostat reported in connection with the World No Tobacco Day, May 31.
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No Mission Members Hurt by Car Bomb Blast near Bulgarian Embassy in Kabul
May 31 (BTA) - None of the members of Bulgaria's diplomatic mission were hurt by a powerful car bomb that exploded in the diplomatic quarter of the Afghan capital Kabul at 8:30 a.m. local time, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. The blast damaged the building of th...
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister Zaharieva Confers in Berlin with German Counterpart Gabriel
May 31 (BTA) - Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva conferred in Berlin on Tuesday with German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, Zaharieva's Ministry said in a press release.
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President, Prime Minister, Parliament Leader Talk with Croatian Foreign Minister
May 30 (BTA) - The visiting Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Davor Ivo Stier met with the President, Prime Minister and Parliament leader of Bulgaria Tuesday during an official visit to Sofia. The talks were dominated by bilateral relati...
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