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Checks Start whether Multinational Companies Offer Inferior-ingredients Foods in Bulgaria
May 19 (BTA) - Sample taking starts on May 22 of some brand foods offered by multinational companies in Bulgaria and in the older member states of the EU, Agriculture and Food Minister Roumen Porozhanov said during Question Time in Parliament Friday, responding to an MP's questi...
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Supreme Cassation Court President Describes Last Constitutional Amendments as Mimicry
May 19 (BTA) - The President of the Supreme Court of Cassation, Lozan Panov, described the constitutional amendments passed by the previous Parliament as "mimicry". Panov, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Justice Minister Tsetska Tsacheva, and Deputy Prime Minister responsible for ...
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Prosecutor General Tsatsarov Discusses Implementation of CVM Recommendations During Brussels Visit
May 19 (BTA) - Bulgaria has made an impressive progress under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), said Paraskevi Michou, Deputy Secretary General of the European Commission in charge of Institutional and Administrative Policies, meeting with Prosecutor General Sotir...
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Bulgaria Expects Additional EUR 400 Mln in EU Support for Migration - Interior Minister
May 18 (BTA Correspondent Nikolay Zheliyazkov) - Interior Minister Valentin Radev said Bulgaria expects from the EU additional 400 million euro in support for migration over the next ten years. He is in Brussels to attend an EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting.
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Plovdiv Hosts First Debate on EU Common Agricultural Policy in Next Programming Period
May 18 (BTA) - The first of the series of debates enabling Bulgarian farmers to have the real opportunity to discuss the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) over the next programming period was launched Thursday in Plovdiv.
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Sofia City Hall Adopts Programme for Ambient Air Quality
, May 18 (BTA) - Restrictions may be put in place for movement of vehicles during days when high air pollution is expected, according to the Programme for Ambient Air Quality in Sofia adopted almost unanimously by the Sofia City Hall on Thursday. The programme was developed by ex...
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Belgian Federal Prosecutor Van Leeuw Discuss Reform of Belgian Prosecution Service
May 18 (BTA) - Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov on Thursday met with Belgian Federal Prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw. Tsatsarov is visiting Brussels at the invitation of his Belgian counterpart.
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Defence Conference Discusses Problems of Armed Forces
May 18 (BTA) - Bulgaria's membership in NATO does not free the country from responsibility to keep its armed forces in combat ability. On the contrary, the NATO member states individually and jointly, call for combat fitter Bulgarian armed forces, Ilia Miloushev, Security and Def...
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Populist Voting Prevailed in Last Election Campaign - Analysts
May 18, (BTA) - Populist voting prevailed in the last campaign, Transparency International Bulgaria CEO Kalin Slavov told a BTA-hosted news conference Thursday. Slavov added that the main topics around the elections were refugees and social policy, but no one included measures ag...
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Startup Companies Will Tap Lv 20 Mln for Innovations
May 18 (BTA) - Startup companies will be able to tap nearly 20 million leva to develop innovations under the Innovation and Competitiveness Programme, the Economy Ministry said. Economy Minister Emil Karanikolov on Thursday handed out the contracts.
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Volya and BSP Demand Deputy PM Simeonov's Resignation amid Nazi Salute Scandal
May 18 (BTA) - The parliamentary Volya party on Thursday urged United Patriots Co-Chairman and Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov to withdraw from the executive branch of government after his recent statements in connection with an ongoing Nazi salute scandal. The Bulgarian So...
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Public Board Says March 26 Elections Were Better Organized than Previous General Elections
May 17 (BTA) - A public board with the Central Election Commission (CEC) believes that the March 26 general elections were better organized than the previous general elections held in 2014, CEC said Wednesday.
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Deputy Minister Resigns over Nazi Salute Picture
May 17 (BTA) - Deputy Regional Development Minister Pavel Tenev resigned Wednesday after an old photo of him doing the Nazi salute went public and caused an outrage. "I believe that the tension that was created works against the government and I asked to be relieved of office," h...
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Supreme Administrative Court Cancels 2017 Minimum Wage
May 17 (BTA) - The Supreme Administrative Court Wednesday annulled a government ordinance setting the minimum wage for 2017 at 460 leva.
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Disabled Children's Parents Stage Fifth Nationwide Protest
May 17 (BTA) - Parents of disabled children Wednesday staged a fifth nationwide protest, supported by over 20 organizations from more than ten cities.
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GERB Withdraws Support for Development of Agricultural Land along Black Sea Coast
May 17 (BTA) - GERB is withdrawing its support for the motions to amend the Agricultural Land Protection Act which have triggered both sharp political reactions (from the Bulgarian Socialist Party/ BSP) and protests of various associations and organisations since last week. The d...
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Parliament Adopts BTA's Annual Report
May 17 (BTA) - The National Assembly on Wednesday adopted the annual report on the operation and the finances of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) in 2016.
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NATO Secretary General Receives Bulgarian Foreign Minister
May 17 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva was received by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the organization's headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday evening for the first time since the minister'...
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Prosecution Authority Finds Allegations of Supreme Cassation Court President Inadmissible
May 16 (BTA) - "While we do not contest the right of Supreme Court of Cassation President Lozan Panov to make requests to State institutions, including to the Head of State, we find his allegations of bias in the work of the prosecution authority as inadmissible and unacceptable...
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Foreign Minister Zaharieva Confers with EU Council President Tusk
May 16 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister for judicial reform and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva conferred here with European Council President Donald Tusk, who congratulated her and Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on their elections. The EU Council President voiced confidence tha...