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Economy Minister Loukarski Meets with Sofia BT Protestors
April 27 (BTA) - Economy Minister Bozhidar Loukarski met with representatives of protesting workers at the Sofia BT cigarette factory. Loukarski and Privatization and Post-privatization Control Agency Executive Director Emil Karanikolov informed the laid-off workers about the ...
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Three Regional Capitals Report Population Increase, Vratsa Loses Most Residents in 2015
April 27 (BTA) - Three regional capitals reported a population increase in 2015: Bourgas by 4,292 people, Plovdiv 58 people, and Sofia 3,699 people, BTA found from the National Register of Populated Places. Of 257 Bulgarian towns, just 29 saw an increase in population in 2015. ...
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Bulgaria Hosts 11th Plenary Meeting of CoE Ad hoc Committee of Experts on Roma Issues
April 27 (BTA) - "Bulgaria has successful policies in the field of Roma school and pre-school inclusion, as well as in health mediation," Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Labour and Social Policy Minister Ivailo Kalfin said here on Wednesday. He addressed the opening of the 11...
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Government Approves Bill on Statelessness Status Determination Procedure
April 27 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Council of Ministers Wednesday approved draft amendments to the Aliens in the Republic of Bulgaria Act introducing the notion of 'stateless person' and a statelessness status determination procedure, the Government Information Service said. The bill ha...
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Bulgarian, Austrian Presidents Confer in Vienna
April 27 (BTA exclusive by Tsvetana Delibaltova) - Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev opened his two-day working visit to Austria on Tuesday by a session of talks with Austrian President Heinz Fischer. The Bulgarian head of State presented to his host the Order of the Balkan Ra...
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No Shows in Two Consecutive Elections of Same Type to Be Stricken Off Electoral Rolls
April 27 (BTA) - Persons who have failed to exercise their franchise without a valid excuse in two consecutive elections of the same type will be removed from the electoral rolls for the next such elections and will be added to the list of removed persons under terms and procedur...
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Parliament Votes on Second-Reading Revisions to Election Code at Extraordinary Sitting
April 26 (BTA) - At an extraordinary sitting on Tuesday, the MPs continued the second-reading debate and voting on draft revisions to the Election Code. The MPs decided conclusively that the election campaign will last 30 days, instead of 21 days as proposed by GERB, with 108 ...
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Bulgarian Defence Chief Meets NATO Special Operations Forces HQ Commander Webb
April 26 (BTA) - Bulgarian Chief of Defence Lieutenant-General Konstantin Popov Tuesday met with Marshall Web, Commander of NATO Special Operations Forces HQ. Webb is paying a two-day visit here, the Defence Ministry said.
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Vice President Popova: Bulgarian Institutions, Society Demonstrate Readiness to Address Adequately Problem of Migration ...
April 26 (BTA) - Vice President Margarita Popova said here Tuesday that since 2013, the State through its institutions, the public and the media has been demonstrating willingness and readiness to address adequately the problem of migration pressure. Popova was speaking at a con...
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Bus Operators Block Central Sofia Protesting Informal Economy, Toll Taxes
April 26 (BTA) - Bus operators staged a protest in central Sofia, blocking traffic briefly on Tuesday. Some 150 buses took part in the protest, organized by the National Association of Bus Hauliers, carrying signs that read: "Protest: No to the Gray Economy".
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Ruling Coalition Rethinks Some Election Code Amendments
April 26 (BTA) - At a two-hour meeting on Tuesday, the parliamentary groups of GERB, the Reformist Bloc, the Patriotic Front and ABV and Prime Minister and GERB leader Boyko Borissov reached agreement on Election Code amendments which had triggered concerns among some of the part...
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New Foods Act Increases Sanction for Using Supplements Eight-fold
April 26 (BTA) - The new Foods Act increases eight-fold the sanction for using supplements, flavouring and solvents in food production, said here on Tuesday experts from the Agriculture and Food Ministry while presenting the new legislation.
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EC Approves Financing for Sofia's Third Metro Line
April 26 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The European Commission (EC) announced on Tuesday that it has approved an investment of 368 million euro from the European Regional Development Fund for the construction of Sofia's third metro line.
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Bulgarian Medical Association Takes to Court Ex Officio Imposition of 2015 National Framework Agreement in 2016
April 26 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA) has lodged an appeal with the Supreme Administrative Court demanding the revokal and halting the effect of the 2015 National Framework Agreement imposed ex officio to be enforced in 2016 after the relevant document for 2016...
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Pension Funds to Take Clear Stand on Second-pillar Pensions - Social Policy Minister
April 26 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Labour and Social Policy Minister Ivailo Kalfin expects pension funds to state clearly if they can guarantee inheritable supplementary pensions for life. Kalfin told journalists on Monday that during the public discussion of the Fina...
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Defence Minister Nenchev Confers with Croatian Counterpart Buljevic in Zagreb
April 25 (BTA) - Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev conferred here on Monday with his Croatian counterpart Josip Buljevic as part of his two-day official visit to the Western Balkan country, the Defence Ministry reported in a press release.
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PM to Meet Parties in Ruling Majority over Controversial Revisions in Election Rules
April 25 (BTA) - The leader of the ruling GERB party and Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is meeting the leaders of the pro-government parties in Parliament Tuesday morning to discuss controversial changes in the elections legislation. The GERB announcement of the meeting says that ...
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Bulgarians Have Low Tolerance for Corrupt Practices - Poll
April 25 (BTA) - Bulgarians' tolerance for corrupt practices is too low, at least on paper, shows a nationally representative survey, conducted by the Exacta Research Group among 1,000 respondents between March 28 and April 5. The study has been conducted as part of the polling a...
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Quarter of GDP Generated by Industry, Meaning that Economy Develops - Minister
April 25 (BTA) - Addressing a national discussion about the economy on Monday, Economy Minister Bozhidar Loukarski said that for the first time in many years, a quarter of the Gross Domestic Product is generated by the industry, which he argued shows the presence of economic deve...
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Protesting Road Hauliers Agree to Not Block Greek Border on Easter
April 25 (BTA) - The Bulgarian-Greek border will not be blocked during the Easter holiday, Transport, IT and Communications Minister Ivaylo Moskovski said Monday after he and Prime Minister Boyko Borissov met with representatives of protesting road hauliers and tour operators.
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