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Bill Aimed to Facilitate Search for Missing Persons
April 13 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers approved draft amendments to the Electronic Communications Bill and decided to move them to the National Assembly for conclusive approval, the government information service reported on Wednesday. The amendments are aimed to allow the com...
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Visiting Turkish Chief Public Prosecutor Akarca Confers with President Plevneliev, Prosecutor General Tsatsarov
April 13 (BTA) - The state and prospects of development of the relations between Bulgaria and Turkey and the cooperation at all levels were high on the agenda of a meeting Tuesday between Turkey's Chief Public Prosecutor at the Supreme Court of Cassation Mehmet Akarca and Preside...
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Draft National Cybersecurity Strategy 2020 Offered for Discussion
April 12 (BTA) - A draft national cybersecurity strategy titled Cyber-sustainable Bulgaria 2020 has been completed and offered for discussion in the Council of Ministers' public consultation portal. Comments and proposals on the draft can be made by the end of April. Bulgaria ...
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Turkey's Chief Public Prosecutor Akarca Discuss Refugee Crisis, Terrorist Threats with Bulgarian Politicians
April 12 (BTA) - Turkey's Chief Public Prosecutor at the Supreme Court of Cassation Mehmet Akarca, who is paying an official two-day visit to Bulgaria, discussed here on Tuesday the refugee crisis, the terrorist threats and the fight against organized crime with Prime Minister Bo...
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China's First Bulgarian Product Showroom to Be Unveiled in Shanghai
April 12 (BTA) - The first Bulgarian product showroom in China will be unveiled in Shanghai on April 29, Bulgarian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCCI) President Luchezar Dinev told a news conference on Tuesday. Dinev attended the first meeting between the BCCCI and t...
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0.7% Deflation Recorded in March
April 12 (BTA) - Inflation in Bulgaria stood at minus 0.7 per cent in March 2016 against February 2016. In March 2016 against December 2015, inflation was minus 1.0 per cent. In March 2016 against March 2015, inflation stood at minus 1.5 per cent.
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NSSI Data Suggest 2.6% Increase of Pensions from July
April 12 (BTA) - National Social Security Institute (NSSI) Governor Bisser Petkov told journalists on Tuesday that NSSI data suggest an increase by 2,6 per cent of pensions from July. He said that the NSSI Supervisory Board will decide by how much pensions will be adjusted bas...
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Turkey's Chief Public Prosecutor Akarca, PM Borissov Discuss Refugee Crisis, Terrorist Threats
April 12 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Turkey's Chief Public Prosecutor at the Supreme Court of Cassation Mehmet Akarca conferred here on Tuesday to discuss the refugee crisis, the terrorist threats and the fight against organized crime, Cabinet's press service repor...
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State to Guarantee ER Doctors Additional Pay of 1,500 Leva/Month
April 12 (BTA) - The State will guarantee additional pay of 1,500 leva/month to doctors in hospital emergency rooms, and 900 leva to ER nurses, Health Minister Peter Moskov said here on Tuesday. Moskov said that the agreement on the remuneration was signed on Tuesday and enters ...
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Member of Parliament Indicted for Concluding Detrimental Deal in 2009
April 12 (BTA) - The prosecution service indicted Svetla Buchvarova-Piralkova MP for concluding a deal in 2009 that caused the Agricultural Academy to lose 1.3 million leva in profit, the Prosecution of Bulgaria reported on Tuesday.
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Prosecution Launches Investigation into Unlawful Migrant Arrests by Vigilantes
April 12 (BTA) - The prosecution authorities in Malko Turnovo, Southeastern Bulgaria, have opened pretrial proceedings into the unlawful arrest of three Afghan men by vigilantes near a village some 30 km away from the Turkish-Bulgarian border.
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Foreign Minister Mitov Confers with Belarus Counterpart Makei
April 11 (BTA) - "Bulgaria and the international community will benefit from the development of relations with Belarus. There is ungauged potential for expansion of relations with the Council of Europe and the European Union to our common interest," Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov ...
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EC, Bulgaria, Romania Have Common Interest to Finalize CVM
April 11 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) is not discriminatory for Bulgaria and Romania and shows where the countries are in their reforms, Vera Jourova, EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, told a ne...
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Transparency International Bulgaria Survey Presents 2015 Ranking of Municipalities According to Integrity Principle
April 11 (BTA) - The municipalities of Kurdzhali, Vidin, Varna and Haskovo stand at the bottom of the local governance ranking according to the integrity principle. It was drawn up by Transparency International Bulgaria and was presented at the BTA Press Club on Monday. The in...
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Opinion Polls Demonstrate Modest Start of Newly-established DOST Party
April 11 (BTA) - A series of Gallup opinion polls conducted in January, February and March have established no tangible diffusion of the traditional negative attitudes towards the centrist Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF). The newly-established Democrats for Responsibility,...
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DSB Demands Transport Minister's Resignation in Wake of Transport Administration Scandal
April 11 (BTA) - The Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) demanded the resignation of Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski at a news conference on Monday. The resignation is requested because of the recent scandal involving the Director of Road Transport Administration (RTA).
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Regional Development Minister Says Bus Carriers' Protests against Planned Introduction of Toll System Is Ill-Timed
April 11 (BTA) - Regional Development and Public Works Minister Liliyana Pavlova Monday made it clear that the threats for a protest by bus carriers over the planned introduction of a toll system in Bulgaria were poorly timed. In a comment for the press, she said that the buildin...
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Proposed Interior Ministry Reform Gets Employers' Support, Unions' Opposition
April 11 (BTA) - The trade unions took a firm stand against the scrapping of social perks by proposed changes to the Interior Ministry Act while the employers' organizations said they want to see even braver changes. They made their positions clear at a meeting of the National Co...
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Prime Minister Borissov Opens Multinational Tactical Exercise Strike Back 16
April 11 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov opened here Monday the multinational tactical exercise, code-named Strike Back 16. The exercise also aims to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the motorized infantry battalion group's and the military headquarters' readiness f...
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State Withdraws from Funding of Healthcare System - Trade Union
April 11 (BTA) - There is a lasting tendency of the government's withdrawing from the financing of the healthcare system, it emerged at a discussion about the healthcare reform on Monday, organized by the Confederation of the Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITIB).