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High Austrian Award Conferred on Caretaker Foreign Minister Naidenov
April 13 (BTA) - Caretaker Foreign Minister Radi Naidenov was conferred the Silver Crest with star award for his contribution in the bilateral cooperation with Lower Austria, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The award was handed out by Lower Austria Governor Erwin...
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GERB, United Patriots Agree on Joint Governance Programme
April 13 (BTA) - The negotiating process on drafting a joint strategic programme of the future coalition government has been completed, United Patriots co-leader Valeri Simeonov told a joint news briefing in Parliament with GERB leader Boyko Borissov on Thursday. The governanc...
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Prosecutor General Rejects DOST Coalition's Motion to Challenge Legitimacy of March 26 Elections
April 13 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov has rejected a motion by DOST Alliance leaders Lyutvi Mestan and Orhan Ismailov, entered a couple of weeks ago, to dispute the legitimacy of the March 26, 2017 early parliamentary elections by a reasoned petition to t...
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Caretaker PM Gerdjikov Says Proposal for Limiting Voting by Expatriate Bulgarians "Thing of the Past"
April 12 (BTA) - Approached to comment whether he knows of the intention of caretaker Justice Minister Maria Pavlova to resign and whether there was pressure to publish again withdrawn proposals relating to voting by Bulgarians living abroad, caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdj...
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Bulgaria Receives Very Few Persons Eligible for Relocation, European Commission Says
April 12 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovakia are receiving persons eligible for relocation on a very limited basis, the European Commission said on Wednesday, unveiling its latest progress report on the EU's emergency relocation and resettlement...
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EBRD to Share Societe Generale Expressbank's Exposure in Loans Extended to Bulgarian Enterprises
April 12 (BTA) - Strengthening the competitiveness of Bulgarian companies through improved access to finance, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Bulgaria's Societe Generale Expressbank AD (SGEB) are joining forces under a risk-sharing agreement, the E...
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Further Diminishing and Aging of Population in 2016 - Statistics
April 12 (BTA) - As in the previous years, the population in Bulgaria keeps on decreasing and aging; the imbalance in the territorial distribution aggravates; and the number of live births drops, the National Statistical Institute said at a news conference on Wednesday.
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Bulgarian Armed Forces Already Only Partly Capable of Fulfilling their Tasks - Defence Minister
April 12 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Government Wednesday approved the 2016 Annual Report on the Status of Defence and the Armed Forces and will submit it to Parliament for debate and approval, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Stefan Yanev told journalists here on Wednesday.
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GERB, MRF to Work as Parties in Governance and Opposition
April 12 (BTA) - Emerging from a meeting with Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) Chairman Mustafa Karadayi on Wednesday, GERB leader Boyko Borissov said that no matter that the platforms of GERB and the MRF overlap in respect of many issues, the two parties will try to work w...
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Caretaker Government Adopts Report on Action Plan 2017 for Bulgaria's EU Membership
April 12 (BTA) - At its regular meeting Wednesday the Government adopted a report on the implementation of Action Plan 2017 relative to the measures stemming from Bulgaria's membership in the European Union, the government information service said. The report covers the period un...
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British American Tobacco Acquires Leading Bulgartabac Brands
April 12 (BTA) - British American Tobacco (BAT) is purchasing leading Bulgartabac brands, the Bulgarian company said on Wednesday. The value of the transaction exceeds 100 million euro. The acquisition will promote BAT's further expansion on the market, where it has been operati...
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Agriculture Minister, Unionists Agree on Demands of Workers of Hail Suppression Service
April 12 (BTA) - The demands of the employees of the Hail Suppression Executive Agency (HSEA) concerning their operation on the rocket launching site will be fulfilled by April 18, the Agriculture Ministry press service said. Therefore, the anti-hail activities will be launched i...
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President Radev: 44th National Assembly Should Find Solution to Problems, Encountered in Elections
April 11 (BTA) - The responsibility for finding a solution to the problems that were outlined during the past elections rests with the 44th National Assembly, President Rumen Radev said in an address to the nation. "These elections outlined major problems. We witnessed an orga...
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Bulgarian Socialist Party to be "Firm Opposition" in Parliament - Leader Ninova
April 11 (BTA) - GERB leader Boyko Borissov has offered the post of National Assembly speaker to the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) on account of the good performance of the socialists at the March 26 early parliamentary elections, Borissov himself told reporters after a meeting...
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Bulgarian Electronic Media Show High Degree of Professionalism during Election Campaign - Regulator
April 11 (BTA) - The Bulgarian electronic media showed a high degree of professionalism during the election campaign for the March 26 parliamentary vote, proved by the fact that not a single alert was made about hate speech or inciting hostility among people, Chairwoman of the Co...
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Supreme Administrative Prosecuting Magistracy Contests Decision of Regulatory Commission about Prices of Water in Sofia
April 11 (BTA) - The Supreme Administrative Prosecuting Magistracy has contested the decision of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) to raise the price of water in Sofia by 18 per cent as of the start of April, arguing that it is not in conformity with the law and d...
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GERB, United Patriots Agree on Minimum Pension
April 11 (BTA) - GERB and the United Patriots have reached an agreement about the amount of the minimum monthly pension. Following yet another round of negotiations in Parliament Tuesday, however, it remains unclear what the amount will be and what concessions the two sides have ...
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February Tourism Nights Revenue Up by 7% Y/Y - Statistics
April 11 (BTA) - The total revenue from nights spent in February 2017 reached 45.8 million leva, which is 7 per cent more compared to February 2016, the National Statistical Institute reported Tuesday. An increase was registered in the revenue from both foreign citizens and Bulga...
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Foreign Ministry Issues Recommendations for Bulgarians Travelling to, Residing in Egypt
April 10 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry published on Monday recommendations for Bulgarian citizens travelling to or residing in Egypt. The Ministry advises against visiting churches, mosques and crowded places, such as shopping areas. The Foreign Ministry says that a s...
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GERB, United Patriots with Closer Positions on Pensions, Talks Continue
April 10 (BTA) - GERB and the United Patriots have come to closer positions on pensions, coalition co-leader and National Front for Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB) leader Valeri Simeonov told journalists Monday. This is a serious matter and talks continue, he underscored and insiste...
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