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Debt-collecting Companies, Arbitration Courts High on Agenda of National Ombudsman
April 4 (BTA) - Debt-collecting companies and arbitration courts are the Number 1 item on the immediate agenda of National Ombudsman Maya Manolova, Manolova said in a BTA interview. Manolova said that a study she conducted has shown that the number of arbitration courts in Bul...
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Left-wing Parties Discuss Alternative to Present Government
April 3 (BTA) - Eighteen opposition, left and centre-left parties concurred that a change of government was needed at Sunday's forum which discussed whether there is an alternative to the present government, said the press office of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP). The forum...
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GPs End Effective Strike as of Monday
April 3 (BTA) - The governing bodies of the National Association of General Practitioners have decided to call off the effective strike as of Monday but GPs will stay on strike alert. They have sent their opinion to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Health Minister Peter Moskov.
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Tatyana Doncheva Reelected to Chair Movement 21
April 2 (BTA) - Tatyana Doncheva was reelected to chair Movement 21 by a party congress in Sofia Saturday, the party's press office reported. Doncheva said Bulgarians live in a pseudo-state, which she believes is a colossal problem. She sees two major problems: "a practical lack...
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Prosecutors Demand Indefinite Detention of Seven Road Transport Administration Employees
April 2 (BTA) - The Specialized Prosecution Office (SPO) has demanded indefinite detention of seven employees of the Road Transport Administration (RTA), including its Director Tsvetelin Tsvetanov, who were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday along with other RTA officers suspecte...
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Bulgarian Tourism Minister Holds Talks in New York and Gives Interview for CNN
April 2 (BTA) - Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova met with corporate executives in New York, gave an interview for CNN International and delivered a lecture to tourism students at New York University, Angelkova's ministry reported on Saturday. She talked with Makik...
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Prosecutor General Sees Need of Considerable Revisions to Religious Denominations Act
April 1 (BTA) - The Religious Denominations Act is in need of considerable revisions in view of the new realities, providing a precise balance between religious freedom and the protection of the public, Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov said. He was speaking at a Friday news con...
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Prime Minister Hosts Working Meeting Focused on Withdrawal of Illegal Driver Licenses
April 1 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov Friday conferred with Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova, Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Georgi Kostov, National Police Director Hristo Terziiski and the Director of the Sofia Interior Ministry Directorate, Mladen Marinov, as we...
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DOST Party Leader Mestan Confers with Turkish PM Davutoglu
April 1 (BTA) - Bulgarian DOST party leader Lyutvi Mestan has conferred with Turkish Prime Minister and leader of the Justice and Development Party Ahmet Davutoglu. The meeting took place during an official visit to Turkey of a delegation of the newly established DOST party, DOS...
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Six Companies with Bids for Capacity of Future Greece-Bulgaria Gas Interconnector
April 1 (BTA) - Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova Friday told journalists in Parliament that six bids have been received thus far for capacity from the future Greece-Bulgaria gas interconnector. The first phase of the interconnector's market test has been concluded, where the p...
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Sofia Has No Information about Alleged Unofficial Decision in Bulgaria-Russia Dispute over Nuclear Project
April 1 (BTA) - Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova said on Friday her ministry and the National Electricity Company (NEK) have not received any information about an alleged unofficial decision of the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) requiring NEK to pay 600 mil...
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Lukoil Neftochim to Be Fined up to 250,000 Leva for Polluting Air with Hydrogen Sulphide
April 1 (BTA) - The Lukoil Neftochim oil refinery will be fined between 200,000 and 250,000 leva for polluting the air in the seaside city of Bourgas with hydrogen sulphide, Environment and Water Minister Ivelina Vassileva said on Friday, as quoted by her ministry.
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Finance Ministry Expects Lv 1,856 Mln Q1 Surplus under Consolidated Fiscal Programme
April 1 (BTA) - Based on preliminary data and estimates, the Consolidated Fiscal Programme (CFP) is expected to be in a surplus of 1,856 million leva (2.1 per cent of the GDP projection) in the first quarter of 2016, the Finance Ministry said. By comparison, a CFP surplus of 2...
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Foreign Minister Mitov Meets with ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh
March 31 (BTA) - Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov was received by Le Luong Minh, Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the Indonesian capital. Mitov hailed the active efforts of the Vietnamese diplomat as the organization's Secretary...
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Number of Complaints Against Bulgaria Lodged at European Court of Human Rights Down in 2010-2014
March 31 (BTA) - The 2010-2014 period saw a significant decrease in the number of complaints against Bulgaria submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which were referred to a panel of judges, as well as in the number of rulings establishing at least one violation...
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Supreme Judicial Council to Exercise Powers through Plenum and Judges and Prosecutors Colleges
March 31 (BTA) - Amending the Judicial System Act on second reading on Thursday, Parliament decided that the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) will exercise its powers through a plenum, a college of judges and a college of prosecutors.
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Croatian President Grabar-Kitarovic Pays Official Visit to Bulgaria
March 31 (BTA) - The development of bilateral relations, regional cooperation, energy security and migration were among the topics discussed here on Thursday between Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Croatia's President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, who is on an official visit to Bul...
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Bulgarian Helsinki Committee Annual Report Says Discrimination, Violation of Ethnic Minority, Refugee Rights Are Major P...
March 31 (BTA) - In 2015 Bulgaria faced serious challenges in the sphere of human rights, the most important being related to discrimination and the violation of ethnic minority and refugee rights, the inhuman and degrading attitude to penitentiary residents and the freedom of ex...
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Medical Association Urges Suspension of Scheduled Admissions to Hospital as of April 1
March 31 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA) has sent a declaration to the media calling for suspension of scheduled admissions to hospital as of April 1 when the Annex to the 2015 National Framework Agreement takes effect, BMA President Ventsislav Grozev said on Thur...
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President Plevneliev to Appoint Elitsa Nikolova as Member of Central Bank's Governing Council
March 31 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev has declared his nomination for a member of the Bulgarian National Bank's (BNB) Governing Council, the President's Press Secretariat reported on Thursday. Elitsa Nikolova will be appointed by Plevneliev as a member of BNB's Governin...
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