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Legal Affairs Committee Refuses to Discuss Election Code Amendments on First Reading
January 13 (BTA) - The National Assembly Legal Affairs Committee Friday voted, 7-9 with 2 abstentions, to vote down the agenda for its extraordinary meeting at which it was supposed to discuss on first reading two bills amending the Election Code in line with the results of the N...
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Supreme Judicial Council Members Confer with Visiting Deputy Secretary-General at European Commission Michou
January 13 (BTA) - Dimiter Ouzounov, who represents the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), President of the Supreme Court of Cassation Lozan Panov and Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov Friday conferred with Paraskevi Michou, Deputy Secretary-General at the European Commission respo...
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Employers Walk Out of National Council for Tripartite Cooperation Meeting
January 13 (BTA) - Employers on Friday walked out of a meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation, which also includes the government and the trade unions. It was set to discuss two draft ordinance of the Council of Ministers: on the minimum working wage and the p...
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BDZ Management Says Sofia Airport Concession Will Enable Completion of Reform in Railways
January 13 (BTA) - What the management of Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) is waiting for is the award of the concession for Sofia Airport to enable the completion of the entire scheme of the reform in the railways, BDZ CEO Vladimir Vladimirov said Friday. He was speaking at a news...
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Health Ministry: Ever Fewer Bulgarian Doctors, Nurses Seek Jobs Abroad
January 13 (BTA) - There is a persistent downward trend in the number of Bulgarian doctors and nurses who seek jobs abroad. At the same time, ever more graduate doctors pursue their medical studies for the attainment of specialist qualifications in this country, the Health Minist...
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National Revenue Agency Reports Lv 1,900 Mln Improvement of Its 2016 Performance from 2015
January 13 (BTA) - In 2016, the National Revenue Agency (NRA) collected 14,600 million leva, or 1,900 million leva more than in 2015, NRA Spokesman Rosen Buchvarov told journalists on Friday. The largest increase, of over 900 million leva, was in revenue from value added tax.
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Ex-Finance Minister Djankov Charged in Case of Sale of State-Owned Stake in EVN
January 13 (BTA) - Former Bulgarian finance minister Simeon Djankov has been constituted as a party accused of malfeasance in office in connection with the privatization of a 33 per cent residual state-owned shareholding in the EVN electricity distribution company in 2011, the So...
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Pedestrians Won't Be At Fault in Accidents at Marked Crossings
January 13 (BTA) - Voting conclusively changes to the Road Traffic Act on Friday, MPs decided that pedestrians won't be held responsible for causing an accident after stepping on a pedestrian crossing without due care.
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President Plevneliev to Diplomats: 2016 Was Very Strong Year for Bulgaria
January 12 (BTA) - Addressing the heads of diplomatic missions at the traditional New Year's reception, President Rosen Plevneliev said 2016 was a very strong year for Bulgaria: a year marked by great international recognition for this country, record high economic growth, record...
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Supreme Judicial Council in Favour of Lifting EC Monitoring of Judicial System
January 12 (BTA) - The plenum of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Thursday adopted a proposal that the European Commission should lift its monitoring on Bulgaria's judicial system under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM). The proposal was made by Nezabravka Stoeva...
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Bulgaria's Total Exports Up 1.5 Per Cent in January - November 2016, Year on Year
January 12 (BTA) - In the January - November 2016 period, the value of all goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 42,128.9 million leva, increasing by 1.5 per cent from the comparable period of 2015, according to preliminary data released by the National Statistical Institute. ...
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Sergei Stanishev: "It Would Be Unhealthy for BSP to Coalesce with MRF"
January 12 (BTA) - Party of European Socialists President Sergei Stanishev said it would be unhealthy for the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) to form a coalition with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF). He told journalists that after two terms in government with the Movem...
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Minister Refutes Allegations about Flawed Procedure for Hemus Motorway Construction
January 12 (BTA) - Regional Development and Public Works Minister Liliyana Pavlova said on Thursday that recent statements by Democrats for Strong Bulgaria leader Radan Kanev about a flawed contract award procedure for the completion of the Hemus Motorway were false and manipulat...
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GERB Proposes Election Code Amendments without Single-Member Constituencies Abroad
January 12 (BTA) - The GERB Parliamentary Group Thursday tabled draft amendments to the Election Code, providing for parliamentary elections according to a two-round majoritarian system, with all 240 single-member constituencies being in the territory of the country. The bill com...
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President Plevneliev: "I Oppose Putin's Policy because of its Dire Consequences for Bulgaria"
January 12 (BTA) - "If Trump opts for a separate deal with Russia on an apportionment of spheres of influence, this will be disastrous for Bulgaria," Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said in an exclusive interview for Nova Television on Thursday morning, ten days before leavi...
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Commission on Disclosure of Affiliation with Communist-era State Security Announces Affiliation of 645 People in Decembe...
January 12 (BTA) - Parliament Thursday adopted the report on the work of the Commission on Disclosure of Documents and Announcing Bulgarian Citizens' Affiliation to State Security and the Intelligence Services of the Bulgarian People's Army for the period December 20, 2015 - Jul...
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MPs Remove Consumer Dispute from Arbitration Courts' Jurisdiction
January 12 (BTA) - Arbitration courts will no longer settle consumer disputes, Bulgaria's Parliament resolved on Thursday, amending conclusively the Code of Civil Procedure.
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Amendments to Radio and Television Act Passed Conclusively
January 12 (BTA) - Parliament Thursday passed conclusively amendments to the Radio and Television Act, transposing the provisions of Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, reg...
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Export of Electricity Limited to Meet Increased Domestic Demand in Freezing Weather
January 12 (BTA) - The Energy Ministry has limited the export of electricity from Bulgaria but not the transiting of power via the national grid, the Ministry said in a press release.
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President Plevneliev Calls for Stronger Europe-US Transatlantic Ties
January 11 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev and sixteen European political leaders have sent an open letter to US President-elect Donald Trump, urging him to strengthen the transatlantic ties between Europe and the United States, the President's press secretariat said.
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