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Parliament Exempts Donated Food from VAT on First Reading
September 7 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Parliament Wednesday unanimously passed on first reading amendments to the Value Added Tax Act, exempting donated foods and food products from VAT. The bill was moved by two MPs of the Reformist Bloc.
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BTA Hosts International Conference on "The Role of News Agencies in Time of Crisis"
September 7 (BTA) - Thirty directors of 20 news agencies in the Balkans and the Black Sea region are arriving in Sofia for a conference entitled "The Role of the News Agencies in Time of Crisis". The event, which will take place in Sofia and Nessebur (on the Black Sea) between...
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister Confers in Paris with French Counterpart Ayrault
September 7 (BTA) - During a working visit to Paris, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov conferred with French Foreign Affairs and International Development Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, Mitov's Ministry said in a press release on Tuesday. After their session, which lasted f...
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Bulgaria Celebrates Unification Day
The 131st anniversary of the unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and the province of Eastern Rumelia was celebrated with ceremonies across the nation on Tuesday. President Rosen Plevneliev and Prime Minister Boyko Borissov issued greetings messages. Plevneliev expresse...
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Gas Hub Project in Bulgaria to Be Implemented Regardless of Nord Stream 2 or Turkish Stream
September 6 (BTA) - The Balkan Gas Hub project in Bulgaria will develop regardless of what happens to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline or the Turkish Stream pipeline, Klaus-Dieter Borchardt, Director for the Internal Energy Market at the European Commission's Directorate General for En...
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Bulgarian President Talks with Czech Prime Minister
September 6 (BTA) - Bulgaria and the Czech Republic share common views on illegal migration and security, which are matters of priority for both countries, the Bulgarian President's Press Secretariat reported on Tuesday, covering a meeting between President Rosen Plevneliev and C...
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Presidential Candidate Krassimir Karakachanov Says Bulgaria's Foreign Policy Should Focus on Balkans
September 5 (BTA) - Presidential candidate Krassimir Karakachanov said on Monday that Bulgaria's strategic and political interests are centred on the Balkans and this is where the country should be an active factor. He said: "Bulgaria is not in a position to meddle in world polit...
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Czech Republic to Help Bulgaria Protect EU's External Border
September 5 (BTA) - The Czech Republic will help Bulgaria protect the EU's external border. This transpired during a joint news conference given by the two countries' presidents, Milos Zeman and Rosen Plevneliev, in Prague on Monday. Plevneliev started a two-day official visit to...
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Prime Minister Urges European Commission to Take Part in All Meetings about Future Gas Hub
September 5 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said on Monday that the European Commission should take part in all meetings with potential partners and investors relevant to the future Balkan European Gas Hub in Bulgaria. Borissov said the European Commission's positive assess...
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Nationalist Parties Demand Closure of Refugee Centres
September 4 (BTA) - "Our three political organizations, the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) - Bulgarian National Movement, National Front for Bulgaria's Salvation and Ataka, insist on immediate closure of the refugee centres in this country and displacement ...
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Statistical Institute Reports 3% Growth of GDP in Second Quarter of 2016
September 4 (BTA) - The gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices is 21,916 million leva in the second quarter of 2016, the National Statostocal Institute said. In Euro terms the GDP is 11,205 million euro or 1,568 euro per person. According to the seasonally adjusted data, ...
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Socialists Move Civil Procedure Code Revisions Targeting Fair and Equitable Treatment of Creditors and Debtors
September 3 (BTA) - The BSP-Left Bulgaria Parliamentary Group has laid before the National Assembly draft amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) said in a press release on Saturday. The draft legislation seeks, basically, to speed up and im...
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Bulgaria Stops 200-300 Migrants Daily and Turns them Back to Turkey
September 3 (BTA) - Every day, between 200 and 300 migrants are stopped at the Bulgarian border and are turned back to Turkey, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said here on Saturday. In his words, the Afghans are the worst problem for this country. "These are only young me...
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Bulgarian, Austrian Interior Ministers Discuss Migrant Crisis, Finding Common European Solutions
September 3 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova and Austria's Federal Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka discussed cooperation in countering illegal migrating and human trafficking and finding common solutions. The two conferred during Buchvarova's working vi...
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President Plevneliev to Make Official Visit to Czech Republic
September 2 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev will make an official visit to the Czech Republic on September 5-6 at the invitation of President Milos Zeman, Plevneliev's press secretariat said.
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Parliament Passes Revisions Expanding Scope of Disclosure of Affiliation to Communist-era State Security
September 2 (BTA) - Parliament adopted on first reading a Bill on the Communist-era State Security on Friday. Two other bills on the same subject were rejected. The MPs adopted draft changes in the law on disclosure of affiliation of Bulgarian nationals to the former State Sec...
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Some 17.5% of Working Bulgarians Are in the Shadow Economy - Study
September 2 (BTA) - Some 17.5 per cent of the working Bulgarians are currently employed in the shadow economy, according to a study by the Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD).
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Reformist Bloc's Presumptive Presidential Candidate Believes He Has Support of All Bloc Partners
September 2 (BTA) - The presumptive presidential candidate of the Right-wing Reformist Bloc (RB), Traicho Traikov, said here Friday that he believes he has the support of all RB members. He also urged Right-wing voters to show more courage and go to the voting stations, and not b...
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Interior Minister Buchvarova Pays Working Visit to Austria
September 2 (BTA) - Bulgarian Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova is paying a working visit to Vienna where she is scheduled to meet her Austrian counterpart Wolfgang Sobotka, Buchvarova's Ministry said in a press release Friday. Buchvarova will also hold talks with Lower Au...
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State of Emergency over Big Fire in Mount Sakar Lifted
September 2 (BTA) - The state of emergency declared in the Topolvgrad Municipality, Southern Bulgaria, over a big fire that broke out in Mount Sakar on August 30, was lifted on Friday morning, Regional Administration spokesperson Nelly Vulkanova said. The outbreak has been contai...
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