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Finance Ministry Sells Lv 50 Mln in New Issue 10.5-Year Government Securities
January 24 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Ministry of Finance said in a press release on Tuesday that it had launched a new issue of 10.5-year lev-denominated government securities maturing on July 25, 2027. Government securities to the amount of 50 million leva were successfully placed at t...
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Hitrino Train Disaster Probe Follows Three Main Leads
January 24 (BTA) - The investigation into the train incident in the Village of Hitrino is following three main leads: a breach of the rules of operation of the rolling stock, a technical malfunction of train or of the track and the switches, the prosecution service said.
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President Radev Signs First Decrees
January 23 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev has signed his first decrees as head of State, his press secretariat said. Radev decreed that there will be an Administration of the President and Councils helping the President and the Vice President to exercise their powers. The Admin...
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No Bulgarian Service Members Hurt in Rocket Attack on Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan
January 23 (BTA) - The international coalition base at Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan, drew rocket fire at 03:19 hrs Bulgarian time on January 22, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry said in a press release on Monday. No Bulgarian service members were hurt in the attack.
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Bulgaria Had One of EU's Highest Increases in Debt-to-GDP Ratio Y/Y
January 23 (BTA) - Compared with the third quarter of 2015, Bulgaria had one of the EU's highest increases in their debt to GDP ratio (+2.1 percentage points) at the end of the third quarter of 2016, after Greece (+4.4 pp), Lithuania (+3.1 pp), Portugal (+2.9 pp). The largest dec...
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Margarita Popova Appointed BIA Vice President, General Secretary
January 23 (BTA) - Margarita Popova, who was Bulgaria's Vice President between 2012 and 2017, was appointed Vice President and General Secretary of the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA), the employers' organization said on Monday.
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Priority Partners of Reformist Bloc to Come from among Parties in Family of European People's Party - Reformist Bloc Me...
January 23 (BTA) - The priority partners of the Reformist Bloc (RB) in the upcoming snap elections will be parties from the family of the European People's Party (EPP), outgoing Health Minister and RB member Peter Moskov told reporters on Monday, asked whether the RB are ready to...
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Socialists Lash out at Outgoing Government for Mismanaging Energy Sector
January 23 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Monday lashed out at the outgoing government for what they see as mismanagement of the energy sector. They held a special news conference where Tasko Ermenkov MP said that thanks to GERB's policy the National Electricity Comp...
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National Assembly Chairperson Calls Extraordinary Plenary Sitting on January 24
January 23 (BTA) - National Assembly Chairperson Tsetska Tsacheva calls an extraordinary plenary sitting on January 24, from 12 o'clock noon, Parliament said in a press release on Monday. The convocation of an extraordinary sitting comes after one fifth of the MPs have called ...
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GERB Sets Out to Win One Million-plus Votes in Early Elections
January 22 (BTA) - Addressing GERB's national working meeting on Sunday, the party's deputy leader and head of the campaign headquarters, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, said GERB should win at least one million votes at the early parliamentary elections this spring. He called for a different...
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Prosecutor Rozalin Trendafilov Elected to Supreme Judicial Council
January 22 (BTA) - Prosecutor Rozalin Trendafilov was elected to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on the prosecutors' quota on Saturday. The only candidate for the position, he was elected by 1,086 prosecutors from all over the country voting in his favour. Just ten prosecutors...
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Rumen Radev Inaugurated as Bulgaria's Fifth Democratically Elected President
January 22 (BTA) - At a ceremony on Sunday, Rumen Radev was inaugurated to become Bulgaria's fifth democratically elected President. The inauguration ceremony was held in Sofia's Sveti Alexander Nevsky Square. Outgoing President Plevneliev led the way followed by President Rum...
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Outgoing President Plevneliev Makes Final Address to The Nation
January 21 (BTA) - Bulgaria should keep on working for the unity and not for the division of the European Union, President Rosen Plevneliev said in a final address to the nation before the end of his term in office. The statement was broadcast by the Bulgarian National Television...
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PM Borissov Cables Condolences to Hungarian Counterpart
January 21 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov cabled condolences to his Hungarian counterpart Victor Orban on Saturday. In the cable, Borissov saus that the whole government and he himself condole with the families of the children, who died in a bus accident in Italy, the Gove...
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Reformist Bloc Is Steady Formation and Will Be Further Extended - Co-Chair Kuneva
January 21 (BTA) - The Reformist Bloc (RB) is a steady formation, which will be further extended, Bulgaria for the Citizens Movement leader Meglena Kuneva said on Saturday at a news conference after a meeting of the party's National Board.
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BSP: Two-year Tenure of Borissov's Government Has Pushed Bulgaria Backwards
January 21 (BTA) - The two-year tenure of the government of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and the majority of the 43rd National Assembly have pushed Bulgaria backwards. This is the conclusion drawn at a meeting of the National Board of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), voiced...
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Avian Flu-stricken Swans Found near Sozopol
January 21 (BTA) - Two dead swans, hit by avian flu, were found in the Gradina camping site, near Sozopol. Another two deceased swans were discovered at the north beach of Bourgas. The samples of the four birds tested positive for avian flu, BTA learnt from the Regional Inspector...
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Laid-off Bobov Dol Miners End Protest
January 20 (BTA) - The laid-off workers of the open-pit mines in Bobov Dol ended their protest after six hours and as a result of successful negotiations. With the help of Ombudsman Maya Manolova, the CEO and the protestors reached an agreement under which the latter will rece...
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US Ambassador to PM Borissov: You Chartered an Ambitious Course for Bulgaria and Its Cooperation with US and Other Count...
January 20 (BTA) - US Ambassador Eric Rubin sent a message to outgoing Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov thanking him for the close collaboration during his tenure in Bulgaria. "At a time of numerous challenges facing this region, you chartered an ambitious course for Bulga...
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Irregularities of Procedure Will Probably Delay OP Science and Education
January 20 (BTA) - Substantial changes in the procedures for applying within the EU funds for science, performed unlawfully by the Ministry of Science and Education, will result in a delay of the absorption of funds with months.
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