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Parliament Introduces Compulsory Voting
April 21 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Parliament Thursday passed conclusively revisions of the Election Code making voting compulsory. The vote was 110 in favour (73 MPs of GERB, 18 of Patriotic Front, 10 of ABV, 7 of the Bulgarian Democratic Centre (BDC), 2 of Ataka and 2 of the Reformist...
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Thorbjоrn Jagland: We Need a Culture of Independence If We Want to Keep Our Courts Away from the Twists and Turns of Pol...
April 21 (BTA) - Opening a Council of Europe (CoE) conference in Sofia on Thursday, the organization's Secretary General Thorbjоrn Jagland said CoE member states need a culture of independence and impartiality if they want to keep their courts away from the twists and turns of p...
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Sofia Mayor Fandakova Confers with EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Cretu
April 21 (BTA) - Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova conferred here with EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu, Sofia Municipality said in a press release Thursday. The two discussed the projects included in the new OP Regions in Growth 2014-2020. The meeting was held durin...
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Climate Change Agreement Is Clear Commitment to Act in the Interest of Future Generations - President
April 21 (BTA) - "The Paris Climate Agreement is a historic event, which will pave the way to the future of our societies by 2100. This is an agreement on the future of the planet and for a clear commitment of every society and every country to act environmentally friendly in the...
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Justice Minister Zaharieva Receives Delegation from German Federal Ministry of Justice
April 21 (BTA) - Justice Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva on Wednesday received a delegation from the German Federal Ministry of Justice. Zaharieva briefed Christian Lange, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Justice and MP, on changes to the Constitution and ...
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Marketing and Opinion Researchers: "Banning Poll Publication during Election Campaign Opens Door to Manipulation"
April 20 (BTA) - "Banning the publication of the results of election-related surveys during an election campaign violates the right to mutual information, the freedom of speech and expression," the Bulgarian Association of Marketing and Opinion Researchers (BAMOR) writes in a dec...
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Fund for Treatment of Children Director Arrested for Corruption
April 20 (BTA) - The Director of the Fund for Treatment of Children, Pavel Aleksandrov, has been arrested along with eight others as part of an investigation into corruption and financial fraud at the Fund, said the prosecuting magistracy. The arrests were made around noon on Wed...
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Number of Minors and Juvenile OffendersRegistered in Child Pedagogic Roomsin 2015 down 10.9% Y/Y
April 20 (BTA) - The number of minors and juveniles registered in the child pedagogic rooms for anti-social acts and crimes commitment in 2015 was 9,596. In comparison with 2014 their number decreased by 10.9 per cent, the National Statistical Institute said Wednesday.
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Government Proposes Legal Amendments to Allow Introduction of Chipped IDs
April 20 (BTA) - The government approved revisions to the Bulgarian Personal Documents Act which provide for the introduction of chipped IDs for electronic identification with personal information and e-signature, the government press office said Wednesday. It added that the bill...
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Patriotic Front Moves for Ban on Burqas
April 20 (BTA) - The Patriotic Front (PF) Wednesday moved a bill that bans burqas in public places, as well as any accessory or clothing that veils fully or partly the face. PF co-leader Krassimir Karakachanov told the press that the bill was prompted by information that some wom...
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Bulgaria Unwilling to Support Secondment Directive Changes
April 20 (BTA) - At this stage Bulgaria is not supportive of changes to the 2014 EU directive on the secondment of workers, Bulgarian Labour and Social Affairs Minister Ivaylo Kalfin said at a meeting with his Polish counterpart Elzbieta Rafalska, as quoted by his Ministry. The t...
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Herman Van Rompuy: We Need an Even Stronger Faith in European Idea
April 20 (BTA) - At times of multiple crises, an even stronger faith in the European idea is needed as the sole option for the Europeans to maintain and strengthen peace, prosperity and democracy, Herman Van Rompuy, the first president of the European Council, said in Sofia on Tu...
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Small Distillery Owners Block Danube Bridge Border Checkpoint in Protest over Restrictive Legislation
April 19 (BTA) - Owners of rakiya brandy distillation facilities Tuesday blocked the border checkpoint at Danube Bridge near Rousse for an hour in protest over restrictive legislation. They protested against recent revisions to the Excise Duty Act which prohibit them to opera...
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Bulgaria Can Save Up to Six Billion US Dollars a Year if Natural Gas and Oil Are Discovered in the Black Sea - PM Boriss...
April 19 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov Tuesday said Bulgaria can save up to 6 billion US dollars a year if it starts extracting its own oil and gas. He was speaking at the presentation in Bourgas of the Noble Globetrotter II, the ship which will carry out the first deepwa...
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Bulgaria Registers Progress in Waste Recycling but Is Still Behind EU Average Levels
April 19 (BTA) - Bulgaria has registered progress in waste recycling but is still lagging behind from the EU average levels in this field. This transpired at a seminar "Sustainable Management of Household Waste: from Collection to Their Economic and Energy Recovery" at the French...
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President Plevneliev Opens 8th Webit.Festival at Sofia Tech Park
April 19 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev opened here at Sofia Tech Park on Tuesday the 8th edition of the Webit.Festival, which is a forum for technology, innovation and investment that gathers some of world's top enterprise leaders, Europe's top policy makers and the hottest ...
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Bulgaria, Greece, Romania to Enhance Defence Cooperation
April 19 (BTA) - The Defence Ministers of Bulgaria, Greece and Romania vowed to take measures to enhance defence cooperation, the Defence Ministry said Tuesday. Nikolay Nenchev of Bulgaria, Panos Kammenos of Greece and Mihnea Motoc met on the sidelines of a EU defence ministerial...
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President Plevneliev Confers with EU Committee of Regions President Markkula
April 19 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev conferred here with President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) Markku Markkula, Plevneliev's Press Secretariat reported late on Monday. The two agreed that the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU in 2018 must plan early its sp...
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National Transport Scheme Review Due within Three Months - Transport Minister
April 18 (BTA) - After a meeting with representatives of the National Association of Bus Hauliers (NABH) on Monday, Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski said the national transport scheme would be reviewed and streamlined within three months. All routes, destinations and pick-up p...
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MEP Nekov Asks European Commission, Bulgarian PM about US, Canadian Visa Requirements for Bulgarians
April 18 (BTA) - Bulgarian Socialist Member of the European Parliament Momchil Nekov has sent questions to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov in connection with the European Commission's decision against proposing the introduction of visa re...
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