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Regional Development Minister Pavlova: Bulgaria-Serbia Cross-border Programme Supports Bulgaria's Northwest Region
November 24 (BTA) - Thirty-seven projects worth close to 17 million euro will be implemented under the Bulgaria-Serbia cross-border cooperation programme. Deputy Regional Development Minister Denitsa Nikolova and Sanda Simic, assistant director of the European Integration Off...
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Parliament Passes Amendments to Act Declaring the Criminal Nature of the Communist Regime in Bulgaria
November 24 (BTA) - Parliament passed at first reading amendments to the Act Declaring the Criminal Nature of the Communist Regime in Bulgaria moved by MPs of the right-wing GERB party and the Reformist Bloc.
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Households' Bank Deposits Exceed Lv 44 Bln at end-October
November 24 (BTA) - The deposits of households and non-profit institutions serving households (NPISHs) stood at 44.08 billion leva (49.6 per cent of GDP) at the end of October, increasing by 6.3 per cent month-on-month and a 6.7 per cent year-on-year, the Bulgarian National Bank ...
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President's Round of Political Consultations with Parties in Parliament Concludes
November 24 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev's round of political consultations with the parties in Parliament, which the head of State is conducting as part of the constitutional procedure following the Government's resignation, concludes. The next step is for Plevneliev to st...
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Prosecuting Magistracy Demands Hristo Bisserov's Case to Be Returned to Appellate Court
November 24 (BTA) - The prosecuting magistracy submitted a request to the Supreme Court of Cassation to have a case against former parliament chair Hristo Bisserov returned to the appellate court. According to the prosecution, the lower instance court has made a series of violati...
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Prime Minister Borissov Called in for Questioning over Vaccines Case
November 23 (BTA) - Outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borissov spent close to an hour on Wednesday at the Sofia Investigation Service to testify in the so called vaccines case, which concerns an exchange of vaccines between Bulgaria and Turkey. Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev ...
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Bulgarian Democratic Centre - National Union Would Support Expert Cabinet
November 23 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Democratic Centre - National Union (BDC-NU) would support an expert government, but this can happen only if all parliamentary forces want it, BDC-NU Co-floor Leader Roumen Yonchev said, emerging from consultations with President Rosen Plevneliev ...
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Heroin Worth Lv 2 Mln Seized on Serbian Border
November 23 (BTA) - Customs officers have seized over 21.5 kg of heroin at the Kalotina checkpoint on the border with Serbia, said the Customs Agency on Wednesday.
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Government Provides Extra LV 54.6 Mln for Maintenance of MiG-29
November 23 (BTA) - The government approved additional expenditure to the amount of 54.6 million leva for the Defence Ministry for a project to ensure the flight worthiness of the MiG-29 of the Bulgarian Air Force.
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Patriotic Front Ready to Accept Mandate to Form Government
November 23 (BTA) - The Patriotic Front is ready to accept a mandate to form a government, if the President chooses to offer them one and if they find the support they will need from Parliament. This transpired from a statement by Patriotic Front floor leader Valeri Simeonov afte...
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Parliament Votes Down Socialists' Proposal for Introducing Progressive Taxation in Place of Flat Rate
November 23 (BTA) - On 67-20 votes and 18 abstentions, Parliament voted down a motion by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) to introduce progressive taxation in place of the current flat income tax rate.
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Socialist Party Tells Outgoing Government to Stop Disposition Transactions and Appointments
November 23 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Wednesday urged the outgoing government to stop disposition transactions and appointments. As he communicated the Socialists' call to the press in Parliament, MP Zhelyo Boychev argued that this was only right since the gover...
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GERB Floor Leader Tsvetanov: Referendum Served all Parties
November 23 (BTA) - In the opinion of GERB Floor Leader Tsvetan Tsvetanov, the situation involving the recent referendum relevant to election rules and party subsidies has served all parties without exception: there was no discussion or opinion before that, but everyone has start...
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Defence Minister Charged with Malfeasance in Office for MiG Repair Deal
November 23 (BTA) - Outgoing Defence Minister Nickolay Nenchev was charged Wednesday with malfeasance in office for a deal with Poland for repair of MiG aircraft. Emerging from the Sofia Investigative Service after less than an hour there, Nenchev said that he is not worried.
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Parliament Votes to Increase Excise Duty for Cigarettes
November 23 (BTA) - Parliament voted Wednesday to increase the excise duty for cigarettes. The specific excise duty will be raised to 101 leva from 70 leva per 1,000 cigarettes according to revisions to the Excise Duty and Tax Warehouses Act.
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Constitutional Court Declines President's Petition to Determine whether He Can Schedule New Parliamentary Elections with...
November 22 (BTA) - Sitting on Tuesday, Bulgaria's Constitutional Court declined a November 14, 2016 petition by President Rosen Plevneliev to make a binding interpretation of a provision of the Constitution, determining whether the head of State may schedule new parliamentary el...
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Reformist Bloc Won't Be Part of Possible Caretaker Government
November 22 (BTA) - The Reformist Bloc won't participate with its own ministers in a possible caretaker government, said Reformist Bloc co-floor leader Nayden Zelenogorski, taking a question after consultations with President Rosen Plevneliev on Tuesday.
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Defence Minister Ordered to Appear for Questioning over MiG-29 Repair Deal
November 22 (BTA) - Defence Minister Nickolay Nenchev was ordered Tuesday to appear for questioning at the Sofia Investigative Service (SIS) in connection with a deal with Poland for repair of Bulgarian MiG-29 jets.
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President Plevneliev Confers with Macedonian Counterpart Ivanov
November 22 (BTA) - The signing of an Agreement for Good Neighborly Relations between Bulgaria and Macedonia is an important step along the way to peaceful promotion of the relations between the two peoples and the European integration of the countries in the region, President Ro...
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Movement for Rights and Freedoms Argue That President Plevneliev Has no Legal or Moral Right to Form Caretaker Governmen...
November 22 (BTA) - The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) believe that outgoing President Rosen Plevneliev had his term expired with the conduct of presidential elections on November 6 and all he has to do now is hand over the office on January 22. Plevneliev "has no right b...
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