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Gallup International Poll on Topical Concerns
March 2 (BTA) - Gallup International found that one in four Bulgarians aged 18 or over, about 1.4 million people, witnessed aggression between children or teenagers in the last 12 months. The polling agency conducted an independent flash telephone survey among 805 people across ...
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US Ambassador Rubin: US Investors in Bulgaria Show Model that Could Serve as Example
March 2 (BTA) - The American companies investing in Bulgaria millions of dollars in various community care centres, education, health care and the environment are showing a model that could serve as an example, said here on Thursday US Ambassador to Bulgaria Eric Rubin during a b...
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World's Largest Rail Transit Equipment Supplier to Invest Lv 300-400 Mln in Rolling Stock Plant in Bulgaria
March 2 (BTA) - China Railway Rolling Stock Corp. (CRRC), the world's largest supplier of rail transit equipment with an annual turnover of some 45,000 million dollars, will invest between 300 and 400 million leva in a plant for locomotives and wagons in Bulgaria, Bulgarian Trans...
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Bulgarian PM: Europe's Future Lies in Federalism
March 2 (BTA) - A day after the European Commission announced five scenarios for the EU's future, Prime Minister Ognian Gerdjikov said Europe's future lies in federalism. He told journalists: "Otherwise Europe cannot be on a par with the major economies - the United States, China...
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Bulgaria Has Met 2 Per Cent of Its EU Asylum-Seeker RelocationTargets
March 2 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgaria has met 2 per cent of its EU targets for relocation of asylum seekers, according to figures released by the European Commission on Thursday.
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Boyko Borissov:GERB to Stay in Opposition If It Places Second in Elections
March 2 (BTA) - Former prime minister Boyko Borissov said on Thursday that if his GERB party places second in the early parliamentary elections on March 26, it will stay in opposition and will not take part in the formation of the government. Borissov was on the morning talk show...
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President Radev Urges Institutions to Reduce Bureaucratic Burden on Small Businesses
March 2 (BTA) - Speaking at the Golden Martenitsa Awards ceremony on March 1, President Rumen Radev urged the institutions to reduce the bureaucratic burden on small businesses, the President's press secretariat reported.
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Deputy PM: Two-Speed Europe Absolutely Unacceptable to Bulgaria
March 1 (BTA) - Deniza Slateva, Deputy Prime Minister for the Preparation of the 2018 Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council, said two- or three-speed Europe or any form of multi-speed Europe is absolutely unacceptable to Bulgaria as an EU Member State.
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Labour Ministry Will Prioritize Future of Labour, Support for People with Disabilities under Bulgarian EU Presidency
March 1 (BTA) - The Labour Ministry will prioritize the future of labour, early child development, and support for the disabled during the Bulgarian EU Presidency. The priorities were presented by Caretaker Labour Minister Galab Donev at a meeting of the National Council for T...
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Interim Government Reports on First Month in Office
March 1 (BTA) - Looking back at the first month of his caretaker government on Wednesday, Prime Minister Ognian Gerdjikov said the state has been performing very well financially, making it possible to plan Easter supplements to pensions of up to 314 leva per month. Forty-leva su...
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Caretaker Cabinet Prepares to File Bulgaria's Application to joint ERM II, Will Wait until March 26 to Receive Proposal...
March 1 (BTA) - The caretaker government is making preparations to file Bulgaria's application to join ERM II, caretaker Prime Minister Ognian Gerdjikov told reporters on Wednesday. Gerdjikov said that Bulgaria meets three, out of the four criteria, but that the matter is politic...
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Gross External Debt Increases by EUR 639.1 Million in December 2016 Y/Y - Central Bank Statistics
March 1 (BTA) - The gross external debt amounted to EUR 34,727 million (nearly 74 per cent of the GDP) at the end of December 2016, increasing by EUR 639.1 million from December 2015 when it stood at EUR 34,088 million, the National Bank of Bulgaria said.
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National Framework Agreement on Health Care Signed
February 28 (BTA) - The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) and the Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA) signed the 2017 National Framework Agreement on Tuesday. Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ilko Semerdjiev, who acted as a guarantor of the negotiations, said he w...
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Encouraging Results from Oil and Gas Exploration in Black Sea - Shell
February 28 (BTA) - The geological studies in the Silistar 1-14 bloc, Southern Black Sea, within the natural gas and oil exploration activities were completed on January 5. The data are yet to be analyzed but the results are encouraging, Alexander Kaze [name may be misspelt], ma...
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National Archaeological Museum Displays Bulgarian Treasures in Vienna
February 28 (BTA) - An exhibition "The First Gold. Ada Tepe: Europe's Oldest Gold Mine" will open at Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Muzeum on March 6. It is organized by the National Archaeological Institute with Museum (NAIM) with the Bulgarian Academy.
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January 2017 Trips of Bulgarians Abroad up 20% Y/Y
February 28 (BTA) - The trips of Bulgarian residents abroad in January 2017 numbered 369,500 or by 20.4 per cent more year-on-year, the National Statistical Institute said on Tuesday.
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Three Police Officers Charged with Stealing Cigarettes Worth More than 2 Million Leva Stored as Evidence
February 28 (BTA) - The Prosecuting Magistracy has pressed charges against three police officers for stealing cigarettes worth more than 2 million leva stored as physical evidence. The cigarettes were stolen back in 2014 but the theft was not discovered until 2016.
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Specialized Prosecution Authority Presses Charges against Criminal Group for Drugs Distribution
February 28 (BTA) - The Specialized Prosecution Office said on Tuesday that it has pressed charges against 12 participants in an organized criminal group, involved in the distribution of cocaine, ecstasy, amphetamine and marihuana in upmarket bars and restaurants in Sofia.
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Investment Interest in Meat Cattle Rearing Is Growing in Bulgaria - Expert
February 28 (BTA) - The market of cattle meat in Bulgaria is not well structured yet and there are no solid tendencies in cattle rearing. However, the picture is gradually changing and an increasingly higher number of investors see the possibilities of a market that is about to d...
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Caretaker Justice Minister Updates EU Countries Ambassadors on Progress in Judicial Reform
February 27 (BTA) - The caretaker government will spare no efforts to continue the process of reforms in an irreversible way, caretaker Justice Minister Maria Pavlova said Monday during a working meeting with the ambassadors of Britain, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, the French...
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