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Central Election Commission Orders Removal of Billboard Depicting GERB Leader Borissov in General's Uniform
March 17 (BTA) - The Central Election Commission (CEC) has ordered regional governors across the country to immediately remove billboards depicting GERB leader Boyko Borissov in a police general's dress uniform against a background of the Bulgarian flag, captioned PP GERB. The ca...
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Mining and Quarrying Industry Generates More than 2.9 Billion Leva Annually in Additional Impact to Economy
March 17 (BTA) - The additional impact on the economy generated by the mining and quarrying industry amounts to more than 2.9 billion leva annually according to data from 2015, Governing Partner in the Industry Watch Bulgaria think thank Luchezar Bogdanov said Friday, presenting...
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Caretaker PM: "Measures Have Been Taken against Interference of Turkey in Bulgarian Elections"
March 17 (BTA) - Caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdjikov said on Friday that measures have been taken against "Turkey's interfering in the election process in Bulgaria". "There are certain attempts which we do not like but they are being cleared," Gerdjikov said at the sideline...
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Health Ministry, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Sign Memorandum of Cooperation
March 16 (BTA) - Health Minister Ilko Semerdjiev, the Chairperson and the Director of the Association of the Research-based Pharmaceutical Manufacturers in Bulgaria (ARPharM), Zoya Paunova and Deyan Denev, signed here on Thursday a Memorandum of Cooperation and Partnership, the H...
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Monitoring Shows Dominant Presence of GERB, Socialist Party in Media Coverage of Election Campaign
March 16 (BTA) - The presence of the two dominant political forces in Bulgaria, GERB and the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), in the news media prevails during the campaign ahead of the March 26 general elections. The same is also valid for the two political leaders, GERB's Boyko...
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Major Tobacco Buyers Quit Bulgarian Market - Agriculture Minister
March 16 (BTA) - Major tobacco buyers are exiting the Bulgarian market, while smaller companies are buying smaller quantities, Agriculture and Food Minister Hristo Bozukov told reporters in Kurdjali.
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Bulgaria Has Plan to React in Case EU-Turkey Migrant Deal Is Terminated
March 16 (BTA) - Bulgaria has a plan for reacting, even if the EU-Turkey refugees agreement is terminated, said here on Thursday caretaker Defence Minister Stefan Yanev, asked to comment recent statements by a Turkish minister.
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Chief Prosecutor of Romania's National Anti-corruption Directorate Kovesi Presents Her Country's Experience in Sofia
March 16 (BTA) - In the past year, more than 800 people holding senior posts, including ministers, MPs, magistrates and mayors, have received final verdicts for corruption, Chief Prosecutor of Romania's National Anti-corruption Directorate Laura Kovesi said here Thursday, speakin...
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BTA Presents 60 Years Bulgaria in UNESCO Exhibition
March 16 (BTA) - An exhibition consisting of around 150 photographs from BTA's archives, which track Bulgaria's 60 year history in the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), will be displayed between March 20 and 26 at the central lobby of the St...
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Bulgaria Recorded 1.6% of EU's First Time Asylum Applicants in 2016
March 16 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - With 18,990 first time applicants registered in 2016, Bulgaria recorded 1.6 per cent of all first time applicants in the EU Member States, according to Eurostat data.
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Caretaker PM: Bulgaria Should Show Clearly It Wants to Enter Eurozone ERM II
March 16 (BTA) - Speaking at a public discussion on the Future of Europe and the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU held in Sofia Thursday, Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdjikov said that Bulgaria should show clearly that it wants to enter the eurozone European Exchange Rate Mechanism ERM ...
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Central Election Commission Stops Distribution of Book Smearing Parliamentary Candidates of Yes, Bulgaria! Coalition
March 16 (BTA) - Following a complaint by the Yes, Bulgaria! coalition, the Central Election Commission (CEC) stopped the distribution of a book that smears several parliamentary candidates of the coalition. The decision was made public Wednesday evening, shortly after Yes, Bulga...
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President Radev Receives Chief Prosecutor of Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate Kovesi
March 15 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev Wednesday conferred with Chief Prosecutor of Romania's National Anti-corruption Directorate Laura Kovesi, Radev's press secretariat said. The meeting took place at Radev's invitation which was made in November 2016.
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Yes, Bulgaria! Alerts Election Authorities of Violations by Media Outlet Connected to MP Delyan Peevski
March 15 (BTA) - The recently established party Yes, Bulgaria! has alerted the Central Election Commission of violations of the election legislation by "Telegraf" daily which is connected to controversial businessman/politician Delyan Peevski. The plaintiffs argue that the said ...
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PM Supervises Preparation for Upcoming Elections, Preparation Goes as Planned
March 15 (BTA) - Alerts have come for a variety of election-related violations but they are fewer than in previous elections, Deputy Prime Minister Stefan Yanev said here Wednesday after government's weekly meeting. He said that Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdjikov has made a commitme...
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Former Agriculture Ministry Leadership Claims Agroecology Funds under Rural Development Programme Still Available
March 15 (BTA) - Financial resources under Measure 10 "Agroecology" of the Operational Programme Human Resources Development are still available and the acceptance of applications should urgently be resumed, the agriculture expert council of GERB said at a news conference Wednesd...
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2016 Unemployment Rate Drops 1.5 Percentage Points Y/Y
March 15 (BTA) - In 2016, the unemployment rate in Bulgaria was 7.6 per cent, decreasing by 1.5 percentage points compared with 2015. The unemployment rate for men dropped by 1.7 percentage points and for women - by 1.4 percentage points reaching 8.1 per cent and 1.7 per cent, re...
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President Appoints Members of Legal Council
March 15 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev has decreed the appointment of members of the Legal Council with the presidential institution, Radev's press secretariat said on Wednesday. The appointed members of the council are Prof. Tsvetana Kamenova, Prof. Pencho Penev, Prof. Margarita...
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Bulgaria, Austria Sign Programme for Cooperation in Culture, Education, Science and Youth
March 15 (BTA Exclusive by Tsvetana Delibaltova) - A four-year programme for the period 2017-2021 to the Agreement on Cooperation in Culture, Education, Science and Youth between the governments of Bulgaria and Austria was signed in Vienna on Tuesday by the two countries foreign ...
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Additional Measures Taken to Strengthen Security at Bulgarian-Turkish Border - PM
March 15 (BTA) - Caretaker Prime Minister Ognian Gerdjikov told journalists on Tuesday that additional measures have been undertaken to reinforce the security at the border with Turkey with a view to the expected migrant flow in the following days.
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