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Sofia Has Attracted EUR 231,000 Mln Investments since 2002
March 10 (BTA) - A total of 231,000 million euro have been invested in Sofia over the last 15 years, Sofia Municipal Privatization and Investment Agency (SMPIA) CEO Vladimir Danailov said at a meeting here on Friday with commercial attaches and counsellors for economic affairs at...
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Labour Inspectorate Establishes Attempts to Circumvent Rules of Foreigner Employment in Bulgaria through Training
March 10 (BTA) - The General Labour Inspectorate (GLI) has found that the rules for access of non-EU nationals to Bulgaria's labour market are sometimes circumvented by falsely presenting tourism workers as trainees. The conclusion was drawn after a series of inspections at winte...
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Caretaker Tourism Minister Baltova Confers with Head of ITB Berlin David Ruetz
March 10 (BTA) - Caretaker Tourism Minister Stella Baltova has conferred with David Ruetz, Head of ITB Berlin, Baltova's Ministry said in a press release Thursday. The two discussed Bulgaria's 50th participation next year at the ITB Berlin trade show. More than 187 countries take...
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Former, Present Senior Executives of Irrigation Systems EAD Trade Recriminations of Irregularities
March 10 (BTA) - A check into the performance of the former executive director of Irrigation Systems EAD Galina Panayotova found that in just eight months, the debts of the wholly state-owned company rose by 4 million leva, from 29.6 million by June 30, 2016 to 34.4 million by Ma...
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President Radev: Bulgaria Supports EU Unity and Solidarity, Opposes Two-Speed Europe
March 9 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Arriving in Brussels for the European Council meeting, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said he was going to spell out the clear Bulgarian position in support of the EU's fundamental values - unity and solidarity, and to oppose a tw...
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Report Blames Local Government for Unremitting Regulatory Regimes, Administrative Burden on Companies
March 9 (BTA) - "Companies are subject to unremitting regulatory regimes and administrative burden, and reforms intended to improve the business environment remain wishful thinking. Bulgarian municipalities apply inadequate overregulation," the Center for Prevention and Counterin...
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Elderly People Protest against "Genocide" against Pensioners
March 9 (BTA) - Elderly people staged a rally mottoed "Let's stop the genocide against Bulgarian pensioners!" in front of the building of the President's Administration.
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Bulgaria's Kristina Tsvetanova Wins EU's 2017 Rising Innovators Award
March 9 (BTA) - At an award ceremony in Brussels on International Women's Day, Commissioner Carlos Moedas and the European Parliament's Vice-President, Mairead McGuinness, announced the winners of the 2017 Horizon 2020-funded EU Prize for Women Innovators, the European Commission...
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CITUB Leader Dimitrov Says There Can Be No Two-speed Europe
March 9 (BTA) - There can be no two-speed Europe. Nearly all scenarios in the White Paper relevant to the development of the European Union are not good for Bulgaria and there is no way they can be applied, Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) President P...
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Bulgaria Hosts Reception of Roman Thermal Spas of Europe Initiative in ITB Berlin
March 9 (BTA) - At ITB Berlin, the most significant travel trade fair in the world, Bulgaria hosted a reception at its booth as a country participating in the EU project Roman Thermal Spas of Europe, the Bulgarian Tourism Ministry said in a press release Thursday. The reception w...
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Petroleum and Gas Association Suggests Strict Measures against Illegal Fuel Trade
March 9 (BTA) - The share of the informal sector in fuel trade is between 25 and 30 per cent and its worth is estimated at 1 billion leva a year, the Chairman of the Bulgarian Petroleum and Gas Association, Andrei Delchev, told journalists Thursday.
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Prosecutors Reject Former Interior Ministry Chief Secretary's Petition
March 9 (BTA)- The Sofia City Prosecution Office decided not to open pre-trial proceedings on a petition of former Interior Ministry chief secretary Georgi Kostov on the grounds of absence of perpetration of a general crime, sources from the Prosecution Office said on Thursday.
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Gallup Poll:BSP Gets 30.2% and GERB 28.3%from Those Who Are Determined to Vote in Elections
March 8 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and GERB remain neck and neck ahead of the March 26 early parliamentary elections, and the likely political configuration in the next National Assembly is 5+1, according to a recent poll conducted by Gallup International. The po...
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European Council Calls for Unequivocal Political Support for Reforms and Actions in Fulfilling Recommendations in Latest...
March 8 (BTA) - Making public Wednesday its conclusions on the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) whereby the European Commission monitors the progress of Bulgaria and Romania in reforming their judicial systems and fighting high-level corruption and organized crime, t...
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President Radev: New Risks and Threats Require Development of Effective Defence Capacity
March 8 (BTA) - "Today we should be aware that the new risks and threats require development of effective defence capacity to guarantee Bulgaria's role as a reliable and full-fledged partner in the Alliance, as well as its own security," President and Supreme Commander-in-Chief ...
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Bulgarian Government Calls for Preserving Integrity of EU as Opposed to Idea Two-Speed Europe, to Support Tusk's Reelect...
March 8 (BTA) - The Bulgarian government calls for preserving the integrity of the European Union instead of going for differentiated integration goals or a two-speed Europe. This transpired Wednesday as the government approved its position for the European Council on March 9-10 ...
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Project Company for Bulgaria-Greece Gas Interconnector Has New Executive Director
March 8 (BTA) - The Board of Directors of the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) decided to replace the executive director of ICGB AD company, the project company for the construction of the gas connector between Bulgaria and Greece, BEH said in a press release Wednesday. Valentin H...
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President Radev Urges for More Pragmatism in Regional Cooperation in Southeast Europe
March 8 (BTA) - The common challenges and the perspectives for developing the regional cooperation were high on the agenda of a meeting Wednesday between President Rumen Radev and ambassadors of Balkan countries, Radev's press secretariat said.
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No Bulgarian Service Members Hurt in Rocket Attack on NATO Mission HQs in Kabul
March 8 (BTA) - The headquarters of the NATO-led mission Resolute Support in Kabul drew rocket fire at 20:30 hrs local time (18:00 hrs Bulgarian time) on March 7, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry said in a press release on Wednesday. No Bulgarian service members were hurt in the at...
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Bulgarian Food Safety Agency Picks Up Multinational Brand Products to be Checked for Inferior Ingredients
March 8 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) will study the experience of the countries in the Visegrad Group who raised the issue of "double standards" for foods and come up with an action plan for Bulgaria, BFSA said in a press release.