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President Plevneliev Meets with Moldovan PM and Iranian President
September 22 (BTA) - On the sidelines of the 71th UN General Assembly Session in New York, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev met September 21 with the Prime Minister of Moldova, Pavel Filip, and the President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani. Bilateral relations and the migration crisi...
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Trapezitsa Fortress Restored with EUR 1.2 Mln Donation from Azerbaijan
September 22 (BTA) - Azerbaijan First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva and Prime Minister Boyko Borissov opened here on Thursday the renovated Trapezitsa Fortress. The funds needed for completing the fortress' last stage of restoration amounted to 1.2 million euro and were donated by Azerba...
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President Plevneliev: Nation's Independence Achieved with Responsible, Prescient Leadership, Unity
September 22 (BTA) - "This day comes to remind us that a strong state is built on solid ground. This is why a nation's independence can not be expected from abroad - to be received as a gift from the major powers or forcefully imposed in the name of foreign interests. It is achie...
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Social Security Agreement Signed with Morocco
September 21 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Labour and Social Policy Minister Zornitsa Roussinova and Morocco's Employment and Social Affairs Minister Abdesslamm Seddiki signed a Social Security Agreement between the two countries during a ceremony in Rabat, Roussinova's ministry said on Wed...
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Bulgarian PM, Court of Justice President Discuss Progress of Judicial Reform
September 21 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov Wednesday met with the President of the European Court of Justice, Koen Lenaerts, who is paying a visit to Bulgaria on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Constitutional Court, the government informat...
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Bulgaria, China Sign Cultural Cooperation Programme
September 21 (BTA) - Bulgaria and China signed a cultural cooperation programme on Wednesday, said the Bulgarian Culture Ministry. The programme provides for cooperation during the period from 2017 to 2020 and was signed during an official visit to China by Bulgarian Culture Mini...
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GERB, Reformist Bloc Deplore Russian Journalist and MP Tolstoy's Remarks about "Buying Bulgaria"
September 21 (BTA) - GERB and the Reformist Bloc read declarations in Parliament on Wednesday, deploring the statement made by Russian TV journalist and MP Pyotr Tolstoy, that Russia "will buy the entire Bulgaria" and that it "has already purchased half of its coast."
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Energy Minister Petkova: Risks for Energy System Are High If Belene N-plant Debt Is not Paid
September 21 (BTA) - If the arbitral award for the Belene N-plant project is not paid the risks for the Bulgarian energy system are exceptionally high, said here on Wednesday Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova. She was speaking in Parliament during the first reading of a Bill fo...
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Visa Liberalization Question for Bulgarian Citizens Remains Priority in Bulgarian-Canadian Relations
September 21 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed on Tuesday the state of the EU following Brexit, questions of bilateral trade and economic cooperation and the liberalization of visas for Bulgarian citizens, the President's Pres...
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Deputy Prime Minister Kuneva: Bulgaria May Join Schengen First with Air, Maritime Borders
September 20 (BTA) - EU's efforts to protect its external borders won't be efficient unless Bulgaria joins the Schengen area, Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva told a EU General Affairs Council in Brussels on Tuesday. She added that Bulgaria may join the visa-free area with it...
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Cabinet Approves Bill on Payment for Belene N-Plant Reactors with State Aid
September 20 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Government Tuesday approved draft legislation under which State aid will be extended to the National Electric Company (NEK) to pay a sum awarded against it by the International Court of Arbitration in Geneva for two reactors built by Russia's AtomS...
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Bulgaria Will Need EUR 2.7 Bln to Finalize Decommissioning of Soviet Nuclear Reactors
September 20 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgaria will need 2.7 billion euro to complete the decommissioning of its old Soviet-designed nuclear reactors, finds a report by the European Court of Auditors published on Tuesday. Of these Bulgaria will have to provide 348 ...
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President Plevneliev in New York: Tackling Migration Is a Global Responsibility
September 20 (BTA) - Addressing the Summit for Refugees and Migrants at UN Headquarters in New York on September 19, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said the responsibility for tackling migrant and refugee flows should be shared globally, the President's Press Secretariat re...
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Vice-Presidential Candidate Iliana Iotova Opposed to Building More Refugee Camps in Bulgaria
September 20 (BTA) - Iliana Iotova MEP has insisted that Bulgaria should resist the pressure to build more refugee camps. "I have noticed the pressure both as a European parliamentarian and as someone who follows high-level meetings," she said, speaking to journalists before talk...
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EU Spokesperson: No EU Funds for Construction of Border Fences in Bulgaria
September 19 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - No EU funding will go for the construction of border fences in Bulgaria, an EU spokesperson said on Monday. Last week, the European Commission announced that it was providing 108 million euro in border security aid to Bulgar...
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87 Migrants Prevented from Illegally Crossing into Bulgaria from Turkey in Six Attempts
September 19 (BTA) - Over the weekend, officers of the Elhovo Precinct Border Police Department prevented 87 migrants from illegally crossing into Bulgaria from Turkey in six attempts, the Chief Directorate Border Police said in a press release on Monday.
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MEP Pirinski: "Bulgaria Can Have Two Different Types of Foreign Policy"
September 19 (BTA) - "Bulgaria can have two different types of foreign policy," Bulgaria Left MEP Georgi Pirinski said, speaking at the opening of a roundtable on the countries of the post-Soviet space and the EU, organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Economics and ...
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PM Borissov Confers with EBRD President
September 19 (BTA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will continue to partner Bulgaria in the implementation of strategic projects, including under the Fund Manager of Financial Instruments, it emerged during a meeting Monday between Bulgarian Prime Mi...
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Plevneliev: "As Head of State, I Have and Will Continue to Work for Stability"
September 19 (BTA) - "Regardless of the results of the November 6 presidential elections, I hope that Bulgaria will remain stable and will manage to prepare well for the challenges posed by the Presidency of the European Union as from January 2018. "For six months, Bulgaria will ...
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MEP Warns of Migrants Turning Towards Black Sea
September 18 (BTA) - Angel Dzhambazki MEP warned on Sunday that part of the migrant flow may change direction and turn towards the Black Sea. Dzhambazki said that criminals trafficking in persons are testing new routes to choose the most appropriate ones and are watching the reac...
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