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Foreign Ministry Advises Bulgarians to Postpone Trips to Turkey
July 22 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry strongly recommends to Bulgarian citizens to postpone any planned trips to Turkey until the situation there returns to normal. If a postponement is impossible, travellers are advised to take account of the whole seriousness of the st...
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Borissov to Meet with Turkish President on August 24
July 22 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said on Friday he has been invited to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on August 24. On August 26, Borissov and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis will visit Germany at the invitation of Chancellor Angela Merk...
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DEA Administrator Calls for More Active Partnership with Bulgaria
July 21 (BTA) - The US has rich experience in countering drug trafficking and distribution. However, the efforts to be more efficient continue and the partners are of great help in this respect, said Chuck Rosenberg, Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DE...
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Turkey's Ambassador Gokce Assures There Won't Be Travel Restrictions for Bulgarians in Relation to Imposed State of Emer...
July 21 (BTA) - The declared state of emergency in Turkey will not lead to travel restrictions for Bulgarian citizens, Turkish Ambassador to Sofia Suleyman Gokce told a news conference here on Thursday. He explained that this is an administrative measure that has nothing to do...
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Economy Minister Loukarski: What Is Happening in Turkey Will Have Negative Impact on Bilateral Trade, Economic Relations
July 21 (BTA) - Economy Minister Bozhidar Loukarski told journalists here on Thursday that what is happening in Turkey will have a negative impact on bilateral trade and economic relations. The Economy Minister described the situation in Turkey as very dynamic, adding that a d...
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BSP, ABV, Independent MPs Petition Constitutional Court on Election of Financial Supervision Commission Chair
July 21 (BTA) - BSP-Left Bulgaria, ABV and independent MPs Velizar Enchev and Georgi Kadiev challenged before the Constitutional Court a Parliament decision on the adoption of procedural rights for nominating candidates for Chair of the Financial Supervision Commission (FSC), the...
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Ministers, Environmentalists Take Urgent Measures to Protect Black Sea Dolphins
July 21 (BTA) - Ministers and environmentalists mapped out urgent measures to protect the dolphin population in Bulgaria's Black Sea waters at a meeting with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. The meeting was held at the Council of Ministers on Thursday.
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Gas Interconnector with Romania to Be Ready by September
July 21 (BTA) - The gas interconnector with Romania is expected to be ready by the beginning of September, Bulgartransgas Executive Director Georgi Gegov told journalists here on Thursday. He took part in the public discussion at the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) ...
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ABV Will Not Support Possible Partisan Candidate for President Nominated by BSP
July 21 (BTA) - The ABV will not support a possible partisan candidate for president of Bulgaria nominated by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), ABV Deputy Chairman Ivailo Kalfin told Nova Television on Thursday. Kalfin said his colleagues in the ABV are considering "more open-...
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Foreign Ministry Announcement following Turkey's State of Emergency
July 21 (BTA) - Turkey's Council of Ministers under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency at 11:40 pm on July 20, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said. The decision based on Article 120 of the Turkish Constitution will be s...
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In Washington, Bulgarian Interior Minister Discusses Fight against Human Trafficking and Drugs
July 20 (BTA) - During her working visit to the United States, Bulgarian Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova talked with Susan Coppedge, US Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, and with Luis Arreaga, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Burea...
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Chinese Government and Business Executives Hold Talks in Sofia
July 20 (BTA) - Bulgarian Economy Minister Bozhidar Loukarski on Wednesday received a high-level Chinese delegation comprising over 30 government and business executives, the Economy Ministry reported. The visit has been organized by China's Council for Promoting South-South Coop...
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The Claim That There Is No Radical Islam In Bulgaria Is Untrue - Prosecutor General
July 20 (BTA) - The claim that there is no radical Islam in Bulgaria is untrue, Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov said on Wednesday. He was participating in a round table initiated by Krassimir Karakachanov, Co-Chairman of the National Assembly and the Patriotic Front, as well a...
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Parliament Puts Defence Suppliers on "No Privatization" List
July 20 (BTA) - The National Assembly on Wednesday supplemented the Privatization and Post-Privatization Control Act to include defence suppliers Kintex, VMZ Sopot and NITI on the list of state-owned companies not subject to privatization. Economy Minister Bozhidar Loukarski welc...
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Bulgarians Advised to Refrain from Travelling to Turkey
July 20 (BTA) - The Foreign Ministry issued an advisory Wednesday saying that the situation in Turkey remains unstable, and advising Bulgarians to refrain from travelling there until things get back to normal.
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Claims That Government Is No Guarantor for Bulgaria's NATO, EU Membership Are Outright Lie - PM Borissov
July 20 (BTA) - The only thing that is unchangeable in Bulgaria's policy is its membership in NATO and the EU. This is not a subject of discussion, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said before the government meeting Wednesday. Borissov firmly said he wanted to disperse rumours th...
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Committee Approves Bulgarian Nominee Tanchev as European Court of Justice Advocate General
July 20 (BTA) - The Justice Ministry announced on Wednesday that a selection committee has found that Prof. Evgeni Tahcnev meets the requirements for advocate general at the European Court of Justice.
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Survey: Bulgaria Sees 8.1% Drop in Bankruptcies in 2015
July 20 (BTA) - Following a relatively prolonged period of growth in bankruptcies, a Coface survey has found that for a second straight year bankruptcies are on the decline, with 8.1 per cent down in 2015 and 23 per cent in 2014. Coface has released its annual bankruptcy report a...
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Ataka Leader Siderov Finds Security Services' Reports about Turkey Much Less Detailed than Media's
July 19 (BTA) - The parliamentary committees on Internal Security and Public Order, and Foreign Affairs held a joint closed meeting on Tuesday in Parliament to hear representatives of the security services, the Interior Ministry and the Foreign Ministry about the situation in Tur...
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33 Kilos of Heroin Intercepted in Special Operation at Kapitan Andreevo Border Checkpoint
July 19 (BTA) - A little over 33 kilos of heroin en route from Turkey to Western Europe have been intercepted in a Turkish bus at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint, Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Georgi Kostov told a briefing here on Tuesday, in the presence of officials ...
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