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Energy Ministry, Regulator Will Check Electricity Distribution Companies
January 18 (BTA) - The Energy Ministry and the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission will begin joint checks of the three electricity distribution companies, the Ministry said on Tuesday The checks are prompted by the record-high electricity consumption in the past two months...
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Finance Minister Goranov: "Bulgaria Has Covered 20 Per Cent of Its Road to Eurozone"
January 17 (BTA) - Outgoing Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said that, in his opinion, Bulgaria has covered 20 per cent of its road to the Eurozone. Goranov was speaking at the 11th Annual Government Meets the Business Conference here on Tuesday. He is an avowed advocate of...
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UDF National Council Favours Running in Elections with Parties from Reformist Bloc
January 17 (BTA) - Nearly 92 per cent of the members of the National Council of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) want the party to run in the early elections together with their partners from the Reformist Bloc, said Tuesday UDF leader Bozhidar Loukarski. He spoke at a briefi...
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Interior Ministry Receives Information about Intended Blocking of Borders by Greek Farmers
January 17 (BTA) - The Interior Ministry has received information about intentions expressed by Greek farmers to bloc their countryТs borders, the Ministry said in a press release Tuesday.
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Socialists Suggest 20 Per Cent Income Tax to Be Limited to Really Rich
January 17 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) suggests that the 7,000 earners of personal income exceeding 10,000 leva monthly be taxed 20 per cent, whereas the remaining 95 per cent of the population continue to be charged 10 per cent tax, BSP ranking member Dragomir St...
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ABV Rules out Coalition with BSP, GERB at Forthcoming General Elections
January 17 (BTA) - A coalition with the Bulgarian Socialist Party in connection with the forthcoming elections is impossible, the newly-elected Chairman of ABV, Konstantin Prodanov, said Tuesday, taking a question at his first news conference after the party's congress last Sunda...
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President Plevneliev: 2017 Will Be Critical for Europe after Shock from Brexit and Trump's Election
January 17 (BTA) - After the shock from Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, 2017 will be a critical year for the EU, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said here Tuesday. He was speaking at the 11th Annual Government Meets the Business Conference in Sofia to an audience in...
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PM Borissov: "A Minority Government Is Better than Diluted Broad Coalition"
January 17 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said here Tuesday that a minority government is better than "a broad diluted coalition" as it will thus be clear who runs the country and has the responsibility. The Prime Minister was speaking at the 11th Annual Government Meets t...
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Court Suspends Mayor of Bulgaria's Second Biggest City for Malfeasance in Office
January 16 (BTA) - The court suspended Monday the mayor of the second biggest Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, Ivan Totev, six days after he was charged with malfeasance in office.
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Employers, Incumbent Discuss Opportunities under Juncker Plan
January 16 (BTA) - The Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (KRIB) Monday organized a conference on the subject of "The Juncker Plan - Opportunities and Results". Representatives of European institutions have also been invited to participate.
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Only 4.4% Registered Cars in Bulgaria in 2016 Are New
January 16 (BTA) - By the end of 2016, the number of registered new cars in Bulgaria (up to five years old) was only 4.4 per cent. A total of two thirds were above 15 years old, only 14 per cent were below 10 years old and 40 per cent were manufactured more than 20 years ago.
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Second Charge against Former Intelligence Chief
January 16 (BTA) - A second charge for embezzlement was brought Monday against the former chief of the National Intelligence Service, Gen. Kircho Kirov, said the prosecution magistracy. Gen. Kirov is accused of embezzling over 5.1 million leva during a period of five years fro...
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Deputy PM Buchvarova: "GERB Should Coalesce with EPP-Affiliated Parties"
January 16 (BTA) - "GERB should seek coalition partners among the parties that are affiliated with the European People's Party (EPP)," outgoing Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova said in Varna on Monday.
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Defence Minister Nenchev Indicted for Malfeasance in Office
January 16 (BTA) - The Sofia City Prosecution Office Monday presented to the Sofia City Court an indictment against Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev, the prosecution service said in a press release. He is charged with malfeasance in office from which significant harmful...
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President-Elect Radev to Be Inaugurated on January 22
January 16 (BTA) - The inauguration ceremony for Bulgaria's newly elected President Rumen Radev will be held in Sofia's Sveti Alexander Nevsky Square, starting at 11:00 a.m. on January 22, the head of State's Press Secretariat said on Monday.
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ABV Congress Elects New Leader, Readies Party for Elections
January 15 (BTA) - A congress of the left-wing ABV Party on Sunday elected a new leader and discussed the party's preparations for the early parliamentary elections. "We declare a will for a change in this country, starting from ourselves," said ABV Chairman Georgi Purvanov, s...
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Bulgarian Authorities Warn of Black Ice Risk, Road Closures during the Weekend
January 14 (BTA) - Authorities warned about a risk of black ice across the country after mixed showers of rain and snow on Saturday. The Road Infrastructure Agency said that sections of the national road network and entire regions will be closed to traffic so that roads can be tr...
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Five Customs Officers Charged with Running Bribery Ring
January 14 (BTA) - Five customs officers from Port Varna have been held in custody for 72 hours and charged with participating in a bribery ring. This emerged at a news conference of the specialized prosecution on Saturday.
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Roma Celebrate New Year
January 14 (BTA) - January 14 is the Roma New Year, one of the biggest holidays of all Roma people in Bulgaria. The day is locally known as Vassilitsa or Bango Vassilii (the Lame Vasil).
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Energy Minister Rules Out Power Supply Rationing
January 13 (BTA) - Speaking at a news conference on Friday, Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova was adamant that there will not be power supply rationing. Reacting to media publications that the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party is getting ready for protest rallies against imm...
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