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United Patriots Threaten to Block Border with Turkey to Stop "Voting Tourists" for March 26 Elections
March 21 (BTA) - The Bulgarian border with Turkey was near-blocked briefly on Tuesday by supporters of the nationalist United Patriots coalition in a bid to stop what is widely referred to as "voting tourists": Bulgarian migrants to Turkey who traditionally vote in Bulgarian elec...
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More Than 2,000 People to Be Involved in Section Election Commissions Abroad
March 21 (BTA) - The Foreign Ministry's Permanent Secretary Elena Shekerletova Tuesday said that 2,049 people will be involved in 371 section election commissions abroad.
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Transport Minister Moves for Calling Off Sofia Airport Concession Procedure
March 21 (BTA) - Transport Minister Hristo Alexiev has moved for calling off the concession procedure for the Sofia Airport. At a news conference here Tuesday, he said that the decision was based on an analysis, a number of meetings with stake holders and a detailed examination ...
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Environmentalists Demand Complete Ban on Neonicotinoide Insecticides
March 21 (BTA) - Six environmental NGOs have sent a letter to Agriculture and Food Minister Hristo Bozukov and the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency head Damyan Iliev, asking for support for imposing a complete ban on active insecticide substances such as imidacloprid, clothianidine a...
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Eco-Standards Attainable through Comprehensive Measures across Industries and Countries - Mining and Geology Chamber
March 21 (BTA) - In an analysis released to BTA on Tuesday, the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology (BCMG) argues that climate change targets are attainable through comprehensive measures taken across industries and countries. Cutting back on coal mining in Germany, Poland an...
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Prosecution Magistracy Checks Registration of Two Parties Chaired by Businessman-turned-politician Mareshki
March 21 (BTA) - The Sofia City Prosecution Office is going to check the registration of the political parties Volya [Will] and the National Movement for Freedoms and Democracy, acting on an alert from Central Election Commission (CEC). In the alert CEC notes that a check should...
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President Holds Working Meeting on Security, Forthcoming Elections
March 20 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev Monday held the latest in a series of working meetings with the Prosecutor General and the heads of the security services, the head of State's Press Secretariat said. The participants in the meeting discussed the holding of the Mar...
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Reformist Bloc-People's Voice Coalition Asks President, Central Election Commission to Limit Voting in Turkey to Bulgari...
March 20 (BTA) - In an open letter to the Central Election Commission and to President Rumen Radev, the Reformist Bloc-People's Voice coalition has asked for a closure of the voting sections in Turkey outside the Bulgarian Embassy and consulates and for stopping "voter tourism", ...
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Information Services JSC Reports 7 Per Cent Rate of Return for 2016
March 20 (BTA) - Information Services JSC reported earnings of 20.1 million leva and an annual profit of 1.45 million leva for 2016, the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications said on Monday. The company's profit was 8 per cent greater than ...
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GERB Alerts Prosecution Office about "Gross Violation" of Election Code by DOST Alliance MP Candidate
March 20 (BTA) - The Kurdjali, South Central Bulgaria, Chapter of the GERB Party has alerted the Kurdjali Regional Prosecution Office about what it calls "a gross violation" of the Election Code and the provision of Article 162 (1) of the Penal Code. The alert concerns Mihridjan ...
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Vice President Yotova: 'We Need Comprehensive New Policy in Migration Field'
March 20 (BTA) - "We need a comprehensive new policy in the field of migration and refuges," Vice President Iliyana Yotova said. She was speaking at Monday's discussion titled "60 Years after Rome: Building Together European Democracy".
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Justice Minister: "We Have Will for Irreversible Reforms"
March 20 (BTA) - Justice Minister Maria Pavlova met with European Commission Deputy Secretary General Paraskevi Michou, the press centre of Pavlova's Ministry said. "The caretaker government has the will and resolve to continue the process of reforms in an irreversible manner ...
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Total Hourly Labour Cost 8% Up in 4th Quarter of 2016
March 20 (BTA) - Preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) for the fourth quarter of 2016 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 8 per cnet compared to the fourth quarter of 2015. The total hourly labour cost grew by 8.1 per cent in industry, by 9.4...
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Gallup International a Week before Elections: 5+1 Political Formations to Enter Parliament
March 19 (BTA) - It will be determined in the last days of the elections campaign whether the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) or GERB will win the elections, according to an opinion poll carried out by the Gallup International polling agency among 1,012 people in the March 10-15 ...
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Defence Minister Yanev: We Have Readiness to Protect State Border
March 18 (BTA) - "We have readiness to protect the State border, but given the current situation in the country, no additional measures are planned right now to increase the number of personnel," Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Stefan Yanev told journalists here on ...
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Swiss Company Opens New Plant with 100 Jobs in Montana
March 18 (BTA) - The Swiss Palemontech company opened here on Saturday a plant with 100 new jobs. Northwest Bulgaria is the EU's poorest region.
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President Radev Supports National Position against Proposed EU Rules for Large Combustion Plants
March 17 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev on Friday supported Bulgaria's national position against planned changes to the European Commission Best Available Techniques Reference Document for Large Combustion Plants. The news was reported by Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association C...
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Dogan Praises "Unifying Patriotism", Borissov Sees Statement as "Opening Door" for MRF Coalition with Nationalist Partie...
March 17 (BTA) - In a "political message" published on his party's website Thursday evening, Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) Honorary Chairman Ahmed Dogan praised what he called "unifying patriotism" in Bulgaria as a "unique cultural, historical and political phenomenon". ...
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Bulgaria Revokes Sojourn Permit of Turkish National over Threat to National Security
March 17 (BTA) - The Interior Ministry said Friday that they have enforced an order by the State Agency for National Security (SANS) for revoking the sojourn permit of a Turkish national seen as a threat to national security. The announcement would not say what specifically the m...
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Race to Parliament Remains Too Close to Call - AFIS Poll
March 17 (BTA) - Less than a fortnight before polling day, the winner in the forthcoming early parliamentary elections remains unclear, the AFIS agency found in a self-financed poll taken between March 12 and 16 among 1,010 respondents in the capital city, the regional centres a...
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