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Bulgaria to Ask EUR 160 Mln to Be Made Immediately Available for Its Border Security, Visegrad Group to Support Request
At the Bratislava Summit Friday, Bulgaria will insist that 160 million euro be made immediately available for border protection with equipment, vehicles and personnel. This transpired from remarks by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov Wenesday as he and Hungarian counter...
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Bulgaria, Italy Have Similar Positions on EU Future - Parliament Chair Tsacheva, Italian President Mattarella
September 14 (BTA) - Bulgaria and Italy have similar positions about the future of the EU and the ways in which the challenges it faces can be overcome, National Assembly Chair Tsetska Tsacheva and Italian President Sergio Mattarella declared at their meeting, the parliamentary p...
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Hotel Owners Required to Keep Register of Their Guests
September 14 (BTA) - The National Assembly on Wednesday required hotel owners to keep a register of their guests. The new provision is part of a set of Tourism Act amendments which passed on second reading without being debated. The type of information which should be entered ...
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Disabled Children's Mothers Protest Inadequate Government Support, Socialist MPs Join Them
September 14 (BTA) - Holding a rally outside Parliament Wednesday, mothers of disabled children protested against what they see as inadequate government support. They were joined by the MPs of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) - Left Bulgaria who left the plenary hall in protes...
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Prime Minister Borissov Discusses Migration Crisis, Border Security with Hungarian, Serbian Counterparts Orban and Vuci...
September 13 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov conferred on Tuesday evening with his visiting Hungarian and Serbian counterparts, Viktor Orban and Aleksandar Vucic, Cabinet's press service reported. The three government leaders believe that the migration crisis is not a p...
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Presidents of Bulgaria, Italy Stress Need of Common European Policy on Migration
September 13 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev conferred here on Tuesday with his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella, who is on an official visit to Bulgaria. The two share the opinion that there is a need for a common European policy regarding migration, as well as...
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PM, Ambassadors Discuss Ongoing Analysis of Prosecution Authority
September 13 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov met with the ambassadors of the United Kingdom Emma Hopkins, of Spain Jose Luis Tapia, of Germany Detlef Lingemann and of the Netherlands Thomas van Oorschot, the Cabinet's Press Service said. The ongoing independent analysis of ...
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French Ambassador Speaks of Communism, Relations with Russia, Reforms in Bulgaria and the EU in Valedictory Speech
September 13 (BTA) - Giving a valedictory speech after a three-year ambassadorial term in Sofia, French Ambassador Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes spoke of the impact of the decades of communism on Bulgaria's present development, of relations with Russia, of rule of law and the diversi...
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Bulgaria Contests Method of Calculating Interest for Payment for Belene N-plant Equipment
September 13 (BTA) - Bulgaria is challenging the method by which an interest has been calculated for the payments it has to make to Russia for equipment produced for the Belene N-plant project before it was scrapped. "The amount of the awarded interest does not match our analyses...
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Economy Minister Loukarski Negotiates Broader Trade, High Tech Cooperation with US
September 13 (BTA) - Meeting with Bulgarian Economy Minister Bozhidar Loukarski in the US capital on Monday, Kenneth E. Hyatt, Acting Under Secretary for International Trade, said the US and Bulgaria should work to expand their trade and economic relations to match the good polit...
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Bulgarian Government Keeps Backing Bokova's Bid for UN Top Job
September 13 (BTA) - "The Government continues to support Irina Bokova's candidacy for UN Secretary-General," Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said before the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday."Our support will continue at least until September 26," he pointed out, referring to t...
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Juncker: "Bulgaria, as Frontline Member State, Can Count on EC's Support in Strengthening Its Security"
September 13 (BTA Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker sent a letter to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Monday, saying that he will use the EU Summit in Bratislava on September 16 as "a good occasion to underline the impo...
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Two Illegal Immigrants Drown in Bulgarian Sector of Danube, Four More Missing
September 13 (BTA) - Two illegal immigrants: a young man and a boy, drowned in the Bulgarian sector of the River Danube, near the Island of Dobrina (between Lom and Archar, Northwestern Bulgaria). Four more illegals are unaccounted for, said Commissioner Dimiter Chorbadjiev, Dire...
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Bulgaria, Romania to Seek Funding from EU Danube Transnational Programme for Joint Project
September 12 (BTA) - Bulgaria and Romania may get up to 300,000 euro in EU financing as co-coordinators of Priority Area 3 of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, which deals with tourism and culture.
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Regional Development Minister Pavlova: Plovdiv and Region Are Key Engine of Economic Growth
September 12 (BTA) - Plovdiv and the surrounding region boast a variety of riches, such as cultural and historical heritage, tourism, unique opportunities for economic development, while the analyses show that it is one of the key engines of economic growth in Bulgaria after Sofi...
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Bulgarian Exports Up 4% in 2015
September 12 (BTA) - Bulgaria exported goods worth 44,949.5 million leva in 2015, up 4 per cent on 2014, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said. Year-on-year monthly data show exports increased most in March 2015 (24.4 per cent) and decreased most in September (7.5 per cen...
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Bulgaria, Romania to Sign Agreement on Joint Contracting of Medicines
September 12 (BTA) - Bulgaria and Romania will sign an agreement on joint contracting of medicines, probably until the end of this month, Bulgarian Health Minister Peter Moskov said here on Monday. He was taking part in a Patient Access Partnership (PACT) Regional Conference on "...
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GERB Registers First For November 6 Presidential Elections
September 12 (BTA) - GERB Deputy Chairman and head of the election team Tsvetan Tsvetanov submitted the documents for participation in the presidential elections on November 6 early Monday morning. By tradition, GERB has been the first to register for national elections since 20...
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Interior Minister Buchvarova: Irina Bokova Is not Performing Convincingly in Race for UN Secretary General's Office
September 12 (BTA) - Bulgarian Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova commented Monday that the Bulgarian candidate for the position of UN Secretary General, Irina Bokova, has not performed convincingly in the race so far and she is unlikely to win. She would not confirm rumours t...
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Concession Award Procedure for Sofia Airport Extended until End-November
September 12 (BTA) - The Transport, IT and Communications Ministry will extend the concession award procedure for Sofia Airport by a month until the end of November at the request of three companies which have shown an interest, Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski told journalist...