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Irish Low-cost Carrier Ryanair Files Petition against Bulgaria in European Commission
September 2 (BTA) - Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has filed a complaint with the European Commission against national air carrier Bulgaria Air for not paying airport taxes to Sofia Airport amounting to about 30 million euros. Ryanair considers this state aid, David O'Brien, Ryan...
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Four US Air Force F-15s Redeployed to Graf Ignatievo Air Base for Air Policing Mission
September 1 (BTA) - Four F-15 Eagles of the 194th US Air Force Fighter Squadron were redeployed Thursday to Graf Ignatievo Air Base (Southern Bulgaria) to perform air policing tasks in Bulgaria jointly with Bulgaria's MiG-29 fighters, the Defence Ministry said. The joint air poli...
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Sofia Commends Agreement among Macedonian Political Parties for Early Elections on December 11
September 1 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry commended Thursday the agreement among the leaders of the key political forces in Macedonia to hold early elections on December 11. Sofia expects that they would be organized and conducted as agreed - fairly and freely, which wi...
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Bulgaria Works Hard on Upgrading of Rail Link between Serbia and Bourgas
September 1 (BTA) - Bulgaria is working hard on the modernization of the railway connecting Serbia and the Bulgarian city of Bourgas as well as the branches to Greece and Turkey, Transport, IT and Communications Minister Ivailo Moskovski said here Thursday. He was speaking in Plo...
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Reformist Bloc Leadership to Propose to Bloc's Executive Council Former Economy Minister Traicho Traikov as Presidential...
September 1 (BTA) - The leadership council of the Reformist Bloc (RB) will propose to the entity's Executive Council the candidacy of former economy and energy minister Traicho Traikov as RB's presidential runner in the November 6 elections, RB's Naiden Zelenogorski told reporter...
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Parliament Adopts Report on National Security in 2015
September 1 (BTA) - Parliament adopted Thursday a report on national security in 2015. It looks at the key aspects of the national security system and at existing and emerging risks and threats. It says that the risks and threats for this country are caused by the change of the s...
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President Plevneliev: Bulgaria's Self-isolation in Its Own Airspace Does not Help Enhance Army's Combat Capabilities
September 1 (BTA) - Bulgaria's self-isolation within its own airspace, with its obsolete MiG-29s, in no way contributes to or helps improve compatibility, the Bulgarian Army's combat capabilities, or the acquisition of a new fighter jet, said here on Thursday President Rosen Plev...
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Leaders of Ruling Coalition Voice Readiness for Successful Completion of Term
September 1 (BTA) - The leaders of the parties in the ruling coalition voiced readiness and will for successful implementation of the Government's tenure programme and full serving of their four-year term in office at a meeting under Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, the Cabinet's p...
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Wild Fire Situation in Southeast Remains Complicated
September 1 (BTA) - The wildfire between the southeastern villages of Bulgarska Polyana, Cherepovo and Glavan has been contained, said the spokesperson of the regional task force Neli Vulkanova. The fire, which started on Tuesday, has destroyed an area of 1,200 ha, 900 of which a...
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Bulgaria Reports Largest Wheat Harvest since 1980
July 21 (BTA) - At 5.6 million tonnes, Bulgaria is reporting its largest wheat harvest since 1980, Agriculture and Food Minister Dessislava Taneva told journalists here on Wednesday. The average wheat yield for the country is 4,940 kg/ha.
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Prime Minister Borissov Takes Over Functions of National Coordinator for Preparing, Holding Bulgarian EU Presidency
August 31 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov takes over the functions of a national coordinator for the preparation and holding of the Bulgarian EU Presidency, it transpires from Borissov's report, approved by Cabinet on Wednesday, which proposes changes to the national mechan...
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Bulgarian PM Borissov, European Council President Tusk Talk by Phone
August 31 (BTA) - In a telephone conversation on Wednesday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and European Council President Donald Tusk discussed the preparations for the EU Summit in Bratislava on September 16, the Government Information Service said.
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Bulgaria's Largest Wild Fire in 2016 Burns in the Southeast
August 31 (BTA) - A wild fire near the southeastern village of Bulgarska Polyana has spread to over 800 ha of forests. It is the largest wild fire in Bulgaria this year, said the Forestry Executive Agency Wednesday. A state of emergency has been declared in Topolovgrad Municip...
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Parliamentary Groups Spell Out Priorities during New Legislative Session
August 31 (BTA) - Parliament is back to work Wednesday after its summer recess. On the first day of the new session the parliamentary groups presented their priorities. The Bulgarian Socialist Party - Left Bulgaria have moved for giving a hearing to Prime Minister Boyko Boriss...
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Public Figures Warn that Recent Steps in Bulgaria's Foreign Policy Go against the National Interests
August 31 (BTA) - In an open letter to the President, the Parliament leader and the Prime Minister, 13 public figures including former government ministers and analysts, warn that steps which Bulgaria has recently made in its foreign policy and which they see as going counter the...
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Stefan Danailov to Chair Gen. Rumen Radev's Presidential Nomination Committee
August 30 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) National Council decided, by a vote of 91 in favour and 14 abstentions, that a nomination committee will nominate and register Maj. Gen. Rumen Radev (Ret.) as candidate for the November 6 presidential elections, BSP Chair Korn...
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President Plevneliev Vows to Not Let Consultative Council on National Security Be Politicized, Used for Election Campai...
August 30 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev said here on Tuesday that as long as he is the Head of State, he will not allow the Consultative Council on National Security (CCNS) to be politicized and used for election campaigning.
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Interior Minister Buchvarova Discusses Migration Processes, Security Environment with Greek Public Order Minister Toska...
August 30 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova and Greece's Alternate Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection Nikos Taskos discussed migration processes and the security environment at a working meeting in Sofia, Buchvarova's Ministry said in a press r...
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Philips Interested in High-tech Projects in Bulgaria's Health Care Sector
August 30 (BTA) - Philips will examine the opportunities for creating a high-tech cancer treatment centre using hadron therapy in Bulgaria, it transpired from a meeting between Economy Minister Bozhidar Loukarski and the company's senior management in Amsterdam, Loukarski's Minis...
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289 Undocumented Aliens Detained in Sofia Last Week
August 30 (BTA) - A total of 289 undocumented aliens were detained in Sofia last week, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. On Monday, law enforcers found 25 aliens of unestablished identity and origin in the area of Lions' Bridge. They were taken to the police which is tryi...
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