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Perfect Conditions for Skiing in Pamporovo and Chepelare
December 28 (BTA) - The conditions are perfect for skiing in the southern Bulgarian mountain resorts of Pamporovo and Chepelare, the mountain rescue service said.
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Association of Young Expatriate Bulgarians to Work for Presence of Youth in Politics
December 28 (BTA) - An association of young expatriate Bulgarians born after January 1, 1981 called Millennium Club Bulgaria will work for the presence of more young people in politics and state institutions in Bulgaria, it emerged at the first annual a meeting of the Club on Wed...
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Environment Ministry Fulfills Conditions in Bulgaria-EC Partnership Agreement
December 28 (BTA) - The government adopted Wednesday plans for management of river basins in the Black Sea, Danubian, Western and Eastern Aegean regions in the 2016-2021 period and the national programmes for their implementation, said the government press office. Their adoption ...
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Reformist Bloc Moves Bill to Reduce Party Subsidies
December 28 (BTA) - The Reformist Bloc Wednesday moved draft amendments to the Political Parties Act reducing party subsidies by means of a sliding scale from 11 leva to 0.11 leva for one valid vote, and strict rules for how party subsidies may be spent, the Bulgaria for the Citi...
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Government Opens New Concession Procedure for Plovdiv Airport
December 28 (BTA) - The government decided Wednesday to open a new procedure for selling a concession for the Plovdiv Airport in southern Bulgaria. The concession is offered for a period of 35 years. The reason for the fresh start of the procedure is that no bidders showed up ...
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Quake Centred in Romania Felt in Eastern Bulgaria
December 28 (BTA) - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Romania's Vrancea region at 1:21 am Bulgarian time Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The epicentre occurred near the town of Focsani, 147 km north of Bucharest, at a depth of 98 km. Romanian seis...
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Culture Minister Rashidov Visits Edirne
December 27 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov made a brief visit to Edirne on Tuesday. He inspected the restoration of the facade of St George Church, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, and talked with the rector of Trakya University, Prof. Erhan Tabakoglu, and with...
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People Approve of Work of Environment and Water Ministry, Expect Strong Control from It
December 27 (BTA) - Nearly 30 per cent of the Bulgarians have a better attitude to the work of the Environment and Water Ministry following higher sanctions it ordered for environmental violations and the stronger control it exercises, Environment and Water Minister Ivelina Vassi...
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Foreign Languages In Bulgarian Schools - Ministry
December 27 (BTA) - Nearly 2,000 school students in Bulgaria study Japanese and Chinese, mostly at Sofia's William Gladstone 18th Secondary School, at the Prof. Vassil Zlatarski 138th Secondary School and the Transport and Energy Vocational School. Korean has also been taught at ...
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President Plevneliev Attends Celebration of Hanukkah
December 27 (BTA) - "Throughout my mandate I shared the festal days of all the major religious denominations in Bulgaria and I have felt a welcome guest, just as Christians, Muslims, Jews and others have felt welcome in the homes of their friends and neighbours. Let us preserve t...
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Deadline for Reviewing Insurer Balance Sheets and Pension Fund Assets Extended until End-January
December 27 (BTA) - The managing committee has extended until the end of January the deadline for reviewing the balance sheets of insurers and reinsurers and the assets of pension funds. The results of the individual companies will be ready by the year's end, as planned, the Fin...
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Record-high Number of Patients with Heart Attacks Admitted in Sofia Emergency Aid Hospital during the Christmas Holiday...
December 26 (BTA) - A record-high number of patients with heart attacks were admitted in the Pirogov emergency aid hospital from December 23 to 26, Doctor Ivan Martinov, head of the Cardiology Ward in the hospital, said. The youngest patient was 32, and the oldest, 76.
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More than Two Million Leva Raised in Bulgarian Christmas Charity Campaign
December 26 (BTA) - More than two million leva were collected by Monday in the fourteenth edition of the Bulgarian Christmas charity campaign held under the auspices of the Head of State, the President's press secretariat said.
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President Plevneliev Condoles with Russian Counterpart Putin over Aircraft Crash
December 25 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev Sunday sent condolences to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in connection with the crash of a Russian military plane carrying 92 people which fell into the Black Sea near Sochi, killing everyone on board, Plevneliev's press sec...
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EBRD Finances Krumovgrad Gold-Silver Mine in Bulgaria
December 24 (BTA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is investing 43.7 million Canadian dollars (approximately 32.7 million U.S. dollars) in the development of the Krumovgrad gold and silver mining project in south-eastern Bulgaria to promote the highes...
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Hristo Bisserov Resumes Membership in Movement for Rights and Freedoms
December 24 (BTA) - Former Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) MP and Parliament deputy chair Hristo Bisserov returns to MRF after on December 21 the Supreme Court of Cassation acquitted him of charges of tax evasion, undeclared money transfers and false information submitted ...
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Finance Ministry Expects 2016 to Have CFP Surplus
December 24 (BTA) - A surplus is expected for 2016 of the Consolidated Fiscal Programme (CFP), for the first time since 2008, which is also a considerable improvement on the initial fiscal objective of a two per cent budget deficit of the projected Gross Domestic Product, the Fin...
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"All Political Forces Should Adopt Income Increase as Common Cause" - Tradeunionist
December 23 (BTA) - "The increase of incomes should be adopted as a common cause by all political forces in coming years," Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) President Plamen Dimitrov said in a BTA interview.
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Corpbank's Trustees in Bankruptcy Recovered 4.5 Per Cent out of Lv 3,900 Mln by December 20
December 23 (BTA) - Between April 22, 2014 (when the court initiated bankruptcy proceedings against it) and December 20, 2016, the trustees in bankruptcy of the failed Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank) collected 161.673 million leva, out of assets valued at 3,900 million leva ...
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EC Approves EUR 48.2 Mln in Emergency Funding to Bulgaria in Support of Border Management
December 23 (BTA) - The European Commission on Friday allocated an additional 48.2 million euro in emergency funding to Bulgaria under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the Internal Security Fund (ISF).