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Government Approves Loan Agreement between Council of Europe Development Bank, Bulgaria
December 7 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers Wednesday approved a Framework Agreement between the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) and Bulgaria which is a mechanism for co-funding of projects using funding from the EU operational programmes co-funded by the European struc...
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Several Companies Interested in Belene N-plant Project - Minister
December 7 (BTA) - Several companies have so far expressed interest in the abandoned project for building an N-plant at Belene, on the Danube, Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev said in Parliament during Question Time Wednesday.
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Bulgaria Has Called on EU to Prepare for Reaction if Turkey Fulfills Threat to Open Borders for Migrants - Foreign Minis...
December 7 (BTA Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgaria has called upon the European Commission to begin working on Plan "B" if the rhetorics on the part of Turkey acquire real dimensions, outgoing Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov told Bulgarian journalists in Brussels. He was c...
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Culture Minister Visits France
December 7 (BTA) - Bulgarian Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov is paying a brief working visit to France on Wednesday, his ministry reported. Rashidov will meet with France's Culture and Communications Minister Audrey Azoulay to discuss some of the priorities and the working progr...
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Socialists Decline President's Mandate to Form Cabinet within Incumbent Parliament
December 7 (BTA) - Asked by President Rosen Plevneliev on Wednesday to form a cabinet within the incumbent 43rd National Assembly, BSP-Left Bulgaria immediately declined the mandate. The Socialists are the second largest parliamentary group who were handed an exploratory mandate,...
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Court Leaves in Custody 15 Men Detained During Unrest in Harmanli Refugee Centre
December 6 (BTA) - The district court in Haskovo on Tuesday left in custody 15 of the 18 migrants charged with hooliganism and resistance to law enforcers during an unrest at the refugee centre in Harmanli on November 24.
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Former Military Medical Academy Chief Charged with Inflicting 16 Million Leva Detriment on His Institution
December 6 (BTA) - The Sofia Military District Prosecution Office charged former Military Medical Academy (MMA) chief Stoyan Tonev with concluding deals that inflicted 16,330,495 leva detriment on the MMA, the prosecution service reported on Tuesday.
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Reformist Bloc Meets GERB in Bid to Get Support for Possible Government, to Have More Talks after Obtaining Government ...
December 6 (BTA) - The Right-wing Reformist Bloc (RB) opened on Tuesday consultations with the parliamentary parties to see if it is possible to form a stable majority in Parliament for a possible government formed on its mandate. Emerging from over two hours of talks with GERB, ...
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BSP Calls for Emergency Parliamentary Meeting over Refugees
December 6 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will request an emergency parliamentary meeting over refugee issues, BSP leader Kornelia Ninova told a news conference on Tuesday. The socialists suggest that the Prime Minister, ministers and the security services be give...
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PISA 2015 Survey Reveals Alarming Picture of Literacy among 16-Year Olds
December 6 (BTA) - Bulgaria ranks 45th among 72 countries, which took part in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2015, PISA national coordinator Svetla Petrova said.
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Q3 2016 GDP up 3.4% Y/Y - Statistics
December 6 (BTA) - In the third quarter of 2016 GDP at current prices amounted to 25.336 million leva, preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute released on Tuesday show. Calculated in euro, GDP amounts to 12.954 million with 1,815 euro per capita. Seasonally adjuste...
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ABV Suggests Expert Group to Work on Election Legislation Changes
December 6 (BTA) - ABV suggest the establishment of an expert working group which will work on changes to the election legislation under the caretaker governments and propose solutions to the next legislature, said ABV deputy floor leader Mariana Todorova at a news briefing at th...
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President Plevneliev: "Our Problems Today Are Rooted in Missed Opportunities in Education
December 6 (BTA) - Adressing a ceremony for presentation of the prizes of the annual edition of the Bulgarian Universities Rating at a ceremony on Monday evening, President Rosen Plevneliev said that the present-day problems are rooted in missed opportunities in education. "Terro...
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Ludogorets Ties 2:2 Against Paris Saint-Germain in UEFA Champion's League Match
December 7 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Ludogorets faced Paris Saint-Germain in a UEFA Champion's League match here on Tuesday evening, resulting in a 2:2 tie. The Bulgarian team won a point, which allows it to continue on in UEFA's Europa League in 2017, after Arsenal beat Basel 4:1. MY
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EC Is Processing Bulgaria's Request for Another EUR 50 Mln in Emergency Refugee Aid
December 5 (BTA) - "At no point during talks with the European Commission, Bulgaria has agreed the establishment of new accommodation centres for refugees. At every stage we have provided full and detailed information about how negotiations go and what the money will be spent on,...
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China National Nuclear Corporation Interested in Belene N-plant Project
December 5 (BTA) - Outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev and Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova Monday conferred with representatives of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), the government information service said.
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EIB Extends EUR 150 Mln to Bulgarian SMEs
December 5 (BTA) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed an agreement with the Bulgarian Development Bank on a 150 million euro loan, the European Commission said on Monday.
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TV Host Slavi Trifonov Submits Alerts about Referendum Irregularities to Prosecutor General
December 5 (BTA) - TV host and election referendum initiator Slavi Trifonov on Monday handed to Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov alerts about irregularities at the November 6 referendum.
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Government to Extend Lv 8 Mln in Targeted Financing to Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 2017
December 5 (BTA) - The government will extend 8.3 million leva in targeted financing to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) in 2017, it emerged after a meeting Monday between newly elected BAS President Yulian Revalski, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov and Prime Minister Bo...
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RB Leader Kuneva: It Is Inappropriate to Turn Your Back When a Mandate Is Handed
December 5 (BTA) - "Mandates are not taken, they are given. It is inappropriate to turn your back when a mandate is offered. To turn your back to the President shows blatant lack of political and social culture," Reformist Bloc leader Meglena Kuneva said on Monday. She was approa...