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Long-Term Policy Needed to Deal with Military Retention Issues - President Radev
May 5 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev Friday said a long-term policy was needed to end the poor retention of the military and to tangibly raise its social status and prestige. The Supreme Commander-in-Chief promoted generals ahead of the Day of Valour and the Bulgarian Armed Forces...
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Growing Number of Complaints Submitted to Commission for Consumer Protection
May 5 (BTA) - "Judging from the number of complaints and alerts submitted to the Commission for Consumer Protection (CCP), people are ever more active, which means that they are aware of attempts to be targeted by unfair commercial practices," CCP Chairman Dimiter Margaritov comm...
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Parliament Establishes Ad-hoc Committee for Vesselin Mareshki's Immunity
May 5 (BTA) - Parliament established Friday, at the Prosecutor General's request, an ad-hoc committee for allowing the criminal prosecution of Volya party leader and MP Vesselin Mareshki. Vesselin Mareshki, leader of the Volya party, is facing criminal proceedings on charges o...
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EC President Juncker Congratulates Borissov on His Appointment as Prime Minister
May 5 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European People's Party (EPP), Joesph Daul, and Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic congratulated Boyko Borissov on his appointment as Prime Minister.
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Chancellor Merkel Congratulates Borissov on Third Term as Prime Minister
May 4 (BTA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel congratulated Boyko Borissov on his election as prime minister, the government information service said. In a telephone conversation she said Borissov's phenomenal success - his election for a third term as government leader - was ...
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Former Deputy Foreign Minister Charged with Mismanagement
May 4 (BTA) - Former Deputy Foreign Minister Hristo Angelichin has been charged with mismanagement, the prosecution office said Thursday. He is accused of failing to exercise adequate control over the head of the Foreign Ministry directorate for asset management in January-June 2...
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Bulgaria's Parliament Supports New Government
May 4 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Parliament Thursday voted to support the new government of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. Borissov's proposal for government structure and composition was voted en bloc. It is a coalition government of Borissov's GERB party as the senior parner and the Un...
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PM-Designate Borissov Presents to President Radev Government Proposal
May 4 (BTA) - Prime Minister-designate Boyko Borissov presented to President Rumen Radev Thursday morning his proposal for a structure and composition of a Council of Ministers. He thus fulfilled an exploratory mandate that the President handed to him to try to form a govern...
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New Government Takes Office Thursday
May 3 (BTA) - The ceremony for the handover of power to the newly appointed Council of Ministers will be held on Thursday, around 1 p.m. local time, after Parliament endorses the structure and line-up of the new government.
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Plamen Dimitrov Re-elected President of Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria
May 3 (BTA) - Plamen Dimitrov has been re-elected President of the influential Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) for another five-year term at the organization's eighth congress, the trade union said in a press release. CITUB Vice Presidents will be Iv...
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Sofia Municipality Collects Lv 262.4 Mln Revenues in January-April 2017
May 3 (BTA) - Sofia Municipality collected 262.4 million leva revenues in the first four months of year, 1.966 million leva more than for the same period last year, according to preliminary figures on the 2017 budget implementation released by City Hall in a press release on Wedn...
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Majority in Parliament Rejects Establishment of Ad-hoc Committee to Probe Road Construction
May 3 (BTA) - The majority in Parliament Wednesday rejected BSP for Bulgaria's proposal to establish an ad-hoc committee for finding omissions and violations in the work of the Road Infrastructure Agency and its predecessor, the National Company Strategic Infrastructure Projects,...
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President Radev Talks with International Trade Union Confederation Chief
May 3 (BTA) - Bulgaria needs to adapt to the ongoing digitization of the economy and promote youth employment in the digital segment, President Rumen Radev told International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) General Secretary Sharan Burrow during a meeting in Sofia Wednesday, as ...
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Socialist Leader Ninova Says Georgi Gergov Pushed for Grand Coalition with GERB
May 3 (BTA) - Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Kornelia Ninova told bTV on Wednesday that she has come under attack for refusing to bring the party into a grand coalition with GERB. According to Ninova, the idea about such a coalition was pushed by a group of people which i...
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Coalition Cabinet Lineup to Be Unveiled Wednesday, United Patriots to Have Deputy Prime Minister
May 2 (BTA) - The lineup of Bulgaria's next coalition cabinet will be made public on Wednesday and Parliament will take a vote on it on Thursday, United Patriots Co-chairman Krassimir Karakachanov told reporters here on Tuesday after his entity conferred with GERB at the latter p...
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Bulgarian Government Administration, World Bank Sign Reimbursable Advisory Service Agreement
May 2 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister for EU Funds Malina Kroumova and World Bank Country Manager for Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia Tony Thompson signed a reimbursable advisory service agreement between the Council of Ministers Administration and the Interna...
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Defence Minister Yanev: "Caretaker Cabinet Has Not Predetermined Anything in Jet Fighters Deal"
May 2 (BTA) - "The caretaker Cabinet has not predetermined anything in the acquisition of jet fighters for the Bulgarian Air Force," caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Stefan Yanev said here on Tuesday, replying to a journalist's question. He reacted to strong c...
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Trade Union Demands Minimum Wage of at Least Lv 520 in 2018
May 2 (BTA) - The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) insists that the minimum monthly wage in 2018 should be at least 520 leva, leader Plamen Dimitrov said at the opening of the union's eighth regular congress on Tuesday.
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Caretaker Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers Present Report of Work of Outgoing Caretaker Cabinet
May 2 (BTA) - Caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdjikov and his deputies, Deniza Slateva and Stefan Yanev, Tuesday presented a report of the work of the caretaker government to the media. Gerdjikov noted that two key tasks of the cabinet were the preparation of the parliamentary ...
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Education and Science Ministry Has Implemented Four Priorities - Report
May 2 (BTA) - The caretaker team at the Education and Science Ministry has implemented the four key priorities set at the start of the cabinet's term, Minister Nikolai Denkov told his final news conference on Tuesday.