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President Radev in Munich: International Community Needs Long-Term Strategy for Migration Crisis
February 17 (BTA) - Addressing a working meeting in the framework of the Munich Security Conference, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev called on the international community to get united in order to draw up a long-term strategy for the migratory and refugee crisis, the President's ...
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Coalition between Bulgarian Socialist Party, GERB Impossible - Socialist Leader Ninova
February 17 (BTA) - Speaking at a news conference on Friday Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Kornelia Ninova reiterated that a coalition between the BSP and GERB "is impossible".
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EC Approves Extension of Funds for Natural Gas Hub in Bulgaria
February 17 (BTA Correspondent Nickolay Jeliazkov) - The European Commission and Member Countries Friday agreed on the proposal to invest 444 million euros in key European energy infrastructure projects, including the one known as Balkan Gas Hub in Bulgaria.
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Public Voices Strong, Lasting Support for Change - Gallup Int'l Poll
February 17 (BTA) - Gallup International found in an express poll that the public's support for change is lasting and strong. The majority of respondents approved all kinds of ideas for change, new people and new ideas in the parties' platforms, according to the poll taken among ...
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Prosecuting Magistracy Starts Preliminary Checks Prompted by Findings of Defence Ministry Audit Report
February 17 (BTA) - The prosecuting magistracy starts preliminary checks prompted by findings of a report of an audit of the Defence Acquisition Directorate in the Defence Ministry, sources from the magistracy said on Friday.
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BCCI: Bulgaria No Longer Has EU's Lowest Corporate Tax
February 17 (BTA) - As of 2017 Bulgaria no longer has the lowest corporate tax in the EU due to the intense competition in the area of tax legislation, said the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) on Friday. Implementing planned changes in 2017, Hungary stripped ...
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Spending for Medicines Increases by 200 Per Cent in Past Years - Caretaker Health Minister
February 17 (BTA) - Spending for medicines increased by 200 per cent in the past several years while the gross domestic product grew by a little over three per cent, which is a disproportion, caretaker Health Minister Ilko Semerdjiev said during a discussion on brand name and ge...
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Bulgaria Has One of Lowest Birth Rates in Europe: 9 Per Population of 1,000
February 17 (BTA) - Bulgaria's birth rate of nine per a population of 1,000 is one of the lowest in Europe while the mortality rate, which is 15.3 per a population of 1,000 is much higher than the average rate of 9.8 in Europe, Deputy Health Minister Galin Kamenov said on Friday...
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Reformist Bloc, Voice of the People Party Sign Agreement on Joint Participation in March 26 Parliamentary Elections
February 17 (BTA) - The right-wing Reformist Bloc (RB) coalition and the Voice of the People party led by Svetoslav Vitkov (more familiar as the lead singer of the Hipodil band) Friday signed an agreement on joint participation in the March 26 early parliamentary elections. The B...
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Prime Minister Details Findings of Ministries' Audits
February 17 (BTA) - Presenting the findings of audits of the ministries, Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdjikov said they did not establish violations of public procurement procedures at some of them. He ordered the audits at the first meeting of the caretaker cabinet on January 30, ...
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Downward Tendency Observed in Past Ten Years in Number of Prison Inmates
February 16 (BTA) - The number of prison inmates in Bulgaria in the past year remained relatively unchanged at 7,300; however, it has tended to decrease in the course of the past ten years, Director of the Implementation of Punishments Directorate General (IPDG) Gergana Georgiva ...
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Deputy PM: "Bulgaria Ready to Counter Cyberattacks at March 26 Elections"; Supreme Court Dismisses Single Appeal against...
February 16 (BTA) - "We are taking into account the risk of hacking attacks that could come from anywhere. We are ready to respond in many different ways. I don't think we will let the [March 26 early parliamentary] elections run into serious problems in this respect," Bulgarian ...
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Student Enrolment in Medical Universities Will Not be Reduced This Academic Year
February 16 (BTA) - In the next two or three months no changes will be made in the relevant coefficients for professional occupations at medical universities, nor will the enrolment quota of students be changed, caretaker Minister of Health Nikolai Denkov said Thursday. He was em...
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Foreign Tourists Prefer Low-Cost Flights to Reach Bulgaria
February 16 (BTA) - Low-cost air travel has an increasing significance to Bulgarian tourism, accounting for 56 per cent of all foreigner visits (4.6 million people), caretaker Tourism Minister Stela Baltova said here on Thursday. She was speaking at a forum on the role of low-cos...
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President Radev Confers with Russian Ambassador Makarov
February 16 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev conferred with Russian Ambassador to Sofia Anatoly Makarov, Radev's press secretariat said on Thursday.
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Bulgaria, Sweden to Cooperate in Integration of Vulnerable Groups in Society, Labour Market
February 16 (BTA) - Bulgaria and Sweden will cooperate in the integration of vulnerable groups in society and in the labour market, the Labour and Social Policy Ministry said in a press release Thursday, after a meeting between caretaker Labour and Social Minister Gulub Donev and...
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Corpbank Trustees in Bankruptcy Publish List of Non-paying Debtors
February 16 (BTA) - The trustees in bankruptcy of the failed Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank) on Thursday published a full list of debtors who fail to service their loans. Despite legal action taken by Corpbank, a large part of debtors fail to pay their obligations resorti...
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Passenger Traffic via Sofia Airport Increases by 43% in January 2017, Y/Y
February 16 (BTA) - A record-setting 468,968 passengers were handled by Sofia Airport in January 2017, increasing by 43 per cent compared with January 2016, the airport management said on Thursday. The monthly passenger flow through the airport's Terminal 1 increased by 69 per...
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Socialists: "Bulgarian MEPs who Voted in Favour of CETA Are National Traitors"; GERB: "CETA Is Bulgaria's Largest Achiev...
February 15 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) wants to see the list of the Bulgarian Members of the European Parliament who Wednesday voted in favour of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The deal was approved by the European Parliament, 40...
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Eurostat Says Bulgaria Spends Most on Medical Service Suppliers in EU
February 15 (BTA) - In 2014, 42.4 per cent of Bulgaria's health care expenditures went for payments to retailers and suppliers of medical supplies - the largest share in EU 28, Eurostat reported.
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