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Bulgaria Ranked 109th in World Press Freedom Index
April 26 (BTA) - Bulgaria is ranked 109th out of 180 countries in the 2017 World Press Freedom Index compiled by the Paris-based organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and unveiled on Wednesday. The country has climbed four notches up in the ranking compared with last year'...
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Prosecutors Probe National Electric Company
April 26 (BTA) - Prosecutors have started a probe at the National Electric Company in a case of mismanagement, prosecutor Emilia Varadinova said. For the time being, the investigation is against an unknown perpetrator.
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Iranian Citizen Detained at Turkish Border for Transporting 214 Kg Heroin
April 26 (BTA) - A 31 year-old Iranian truck driver was detained at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint on the border with Turkey for attempting to smuggle 214 kg of heroin, valued at close to 14 million leva, the Plovdiv Appellate Prosecution Office said Wednesday.
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44th Parliament Sittings under Way
April 26 (BTA) - At one of its first sittings after the elections the 44th National Assembly Wednesday terminated the authority vested in Movement for Rights and Freedoms MP Kamen Kostadinov at his request. The decision was passed without discussion with 211 MPs supporting it an...
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President Radev Will Hand Government-forming Mandate to GERB on Thursday
April 26 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev will hand on Thursday the exploratory government-forming mandate to Boyko Borissov, who is the candidate for future prime minister from the largest parliamentary group in the 44th National Assembly - GERB, said the President's Press Secretar...
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GERB Leader Borissov Confers with British MEP Geoffrey Van Orden
April 26 (BTA) - GERB leader Boyko Borissov and Geoffrey Van Orden, MEP from the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, discussed Bulgaria's important role in its upcoming EU Council Presidency and the Brexit negotiations at a meeting here on Wednesday.
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President Radev Continues Consultations with Socialists, GERB Before Handing Exploratory Mandate
April 25 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev conferred here on Tuesday with representatives of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), and then with GERB, as part of his round of political consultations with parliamentary forces before handing the exploratory government-forming mandate t...
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Police Break Crime Ring Trafficking Migrants across Danube Bridge
April 25 (BTA) - A crime ring which took migrants through the Danube Bridge crossing on the Bulgarian-Romanian border was disrupted after a successful operation Monday conducted by Bulgarian police and Romanian anticorruption officers under the leadership of the Rousse District ...
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National Assembly Chairman Dimiter Glavchev Meets Slovak Counterpart Andrej Danko
April 25 (BTA) - Bulgarian National Assembly Chairman Dimiter Glavchev and his Slovak counterpart Andrej Danko discussed Tuesday the opportunities for cooperation between Bulgaria and Slovakia. The subject was occasioned by Bulgaria's forthcoming Presidency of the Council of EU i...
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Prosecutors Investigate Maritsa Motorway Construction
April 25 (BTA) - The prosecution service said on Tuesday it is investigating the construction of the Maritsa Motorway in Southern Bulgaria.
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International Conference Discusses Future of EU
April 25 (BTA) - The European Union is an example for the humanity. It is an honour to live within its borders, caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdjikov said Tuesday at an international conference: "Where Does Europe Go: Globalism vs Populism" in Sofia, organized by PanEurope - ...
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Caretaker Government Has Drafted Mechanism to Calculate Minimum Salary - Minister
April 25 (BTA) - A mechanism for calculating the minimum salary has been drafted and the upper limit is yet to be specified. It will be determined by the government in case employers and trade unions do not reach a consensus, caretaker Minister of Labour and Social Policy Gulub D...
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President Radev Expects to Hand GERB Exploratory Mandate on Thursday
April 25 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev expects to hand the exploratory government-forming mandate to the largest political force in Parliament, GERB, on Thursday, April 27, said the President in response to a question here on Tuesday. Radev added that the exact date will be de...
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Turkish Ambassador: 'Turkey Does Not Threat Bulgaria's National Security'
April 25 (BTA) - Turkey does not interfere and does not influence the internal affairs of any country, including Bulgaria, Turkish Ambassador to Bulgaria Suleyman Gokce said in a televised interview on Tuesday.
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Prosecution Investigates Electricity, Water Regulatory Commission Officials
April 24 (BTA) - The Anticorruption Specialised unit at the Sofia City Prosecution Office has launched pre-trial proceedings for crimes in official capacity against officials who are members of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC), the prosecution said Monday.
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National Assembly Chairman Glavchev Takes Part in Conference of Speakers of EU Parliaments in Bratislava
April 24 (BTA) - As a country holding the rotating Presidency of the EU Council in 2018, Bulgaria will actively work for attaining a unified vision about the future of the EU, Bulgarian National Assembly Chairman Dimiter Glavchev said, speaking the Conference of Speakers of EU Pa...
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Fatal Work Accidents in Bulgaria Reduced by Half over Past Decade
April 24 (BTA) - The number of fatal work accidents in Bulgaria have dropped by almost a half over the past decade, said here on Monday caretaker Labour and Social Policy Minister Galab Donev. He took part in the opening of the Podkrepa Confederation of Labour's week-long campaig...
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Bulgaria's Debt in 2016 Accounts for 29.5% of GDP - Official Statistics
April 24 (BTA) - According to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), released on Monday, Bulgaria's debt in 2016 totalled 27,321 million leva, or 29.5 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
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President Radev Starts Consultations with Parliamentary Forces
April 24 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev on Monday began consultations with the political forces represented in the new National Assembly. The consultations are a necessary step before the President hands a government-forming mandate to the political force which controls the larges...
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Bulgaria Requests Additional Information on Gazprom's Commitments, May Ask for Deadline Extension to Submit Comments
April 24 (BTA) - Caretaker Energy Minister Nikolay Pavlov told journalists here on Monday that there are many ambiguities surrounding Gazprom's commitments in response to the European Commission's (EC) anti-trust case against the Russian energy giant. "We are waiting for a reply ...
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