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Interior Ministry Plans Measures to Improve Security in Schools
March 28 (BTA) - The Interior Ministry has planned measures to improve security in schools, Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Meglena Kuneva said Monday. She was speaking to journalists after a meeting on security in schools and kindergartens, held at the Council of M...
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Gabriela Petrova Denies Breaking Anti-Doping Rules
March 28 (BTA) - Triple jumper Gabriela Petrova, Bulgaria's top athlete for 2015, told a news conference on Monday she had stopped taking Meldonium as early as in September, when the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published a list of banned drugs from 2016. Petrova failed a d...
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Government Extends Additional Lv 12 Mln for Cancer Patients in 2016
March 28 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov and Health Minister Peter Moskov Monday discussed a mechanism for providing additional resources for high-tech treatment of patients with oncological diseases, the Government Information Service sa...
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Use of Hate Speech Spreading in Bulgarian Media
March 28 (BTA) - The use of hate speech is becoming more common in the Bulgarian news media, according to a study held throughout 2015 and early 2016. It was part of a project of the Centre for Modernization of Policies and Media Democracy and the results were made public at a di...
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Bulgaria, Malaysia Sign Memorandum of Cooperation in Legal Sphere
March 28 (BTA) - Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation on Legal Affairs between the governments of Bulgaria and Malaysia, Mitov's ministry said.
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Bulgarian President Condemns Terror Attack in Lahore
March 28 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has cabled condolences to his Pakistani counterpart Mamnoon Hussain over the March 27 suicide bombing in the city of Lahore.
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Strong Summer Season in Store for Bulgarian Seaside Resorts amid Favourable Market Trends
March 28 (BTA) - There is a strong tourist season in store for Bulgarian seaside resorts this coming summer amid favourable market trends, and the tourists are expected to outnumber last year;s by 400,000-450,000, Dr Stoyan Marinov, a professor of economics and tourism organizati...
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President Plevneliev Congratulates Catholics on Easter
March 27 (BTA) - "I would like to congratulate you on the Easter holiday and address my warmest wishes of health, love and prosperity to you," Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said on the occasion of the Easter holiday, celebrated by the Catholic Church this Sunday.
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Former Policeman Barricades Himself in His Home in Sofia
March 27 (BTA) - An armed man named Peter Kodjeikov barricaded himself in his flat in Sofia's Strelbishte quarter after shooting at his daughter and at policemen, who arrived on the scene later in the day, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday. After a nearly 24-hour drama, 69-yea...
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PM: No Surprises from Turkish Border Expected, Greek Border Is Critical Spot Now
March 27 (BTA) - "At present we do not expect surprises from [the border with] Turkey; now the critical spot for the migrant flow is at the Greek border," Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said adding that assistance will be provided to the military to create readiness for the bu...
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Ukraine's European Perspective Will Promote Stability and Economic Growth - President
March 27 (BTA) - The implementation of Ukraine's European perspective will create possibilities for achieving lasting stability and sustainable economic growth, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said here on Saturday. Plevneliev had talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Pet...
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PM Borissov: Bulgaria to Extract, Export Gas
March 26 (BTA) - Prime Minister and GERB leader Boyko Borissov said here on Saturday that "on April 19 Bulgaria starts to drill and extract gas and oil in the Black Sea". In Stara Zagora Borissov attended GERB's Sixth Winter University of Elders. "After 25 years of democra...
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Representatives of Political Formations Comment National Security, Border Control
March 26 (BTA) - Chairman of the parliamentary Internal Security and Public Order Committee Tsvetan Tsvetanov, who is also GERB Deputy Chairman, said in Stara Zagora, Southern Bulgaria, on Saturday, that by opting for the construction of a fence along the Bulgarian-Turkish bo...
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PES President Stanishev: If Europe Does Not Export Stability, It Imports Insecurity
March 26 (BTA) - Party of the European Socialists (PES) President Sergei Stanishev said here on Saturday that if Europe does not export stability and a prospect for economic development in the Middle East and Africa, it will import insecurity. Stanishev argued that a much stronge...
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Bulgaria Defeats Portugal 1-0 in Football Friendly
March 26 (BTA) - Bulgaria defeated Portugal 1-0 in a friendly in Lieria in front of a 24,000-strong crowd late on Friday evening.
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General Practitioners to Go on Effective Strike on March 28
March 26 (BTA) - General practitioners start staged effective strikes nationwide on Monday, Deputy Chairman of the Bulgarian Medical Union (BMU) Galinka Petrova said, emerging from a meeting of the BMU late on Friday evening. The decision for the effective strike action was confi...
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Bulgaria Switches to Daylight Saving Time at 3:00 a.m. on March 27
March 26 (BTA) - Clocks in Bulgaria will be advanced one hour to daylight saving time at 3:00 a.m. local time (1:00 a.m. UTC) on Sunday, March 27, the Bulgarian Institute of Metrology said.
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Bulgarian Government, AmCham Agree on Importance of Carrying through Judicial Reform
March 25 (BTA) - The American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria (AmCham) and members of the Bulgarian government attending an annual meeting with AmCham in Sofia Friday, agreed on the importance of carrying through the judicial reform. AmCham Vice President Alex Nestor noted the go...
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Bulgaria's Biggest Migrant Risk Could Come from Greece - PM Borissov
March 25 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told Parliament at Friday's Question Time that the biggest risk for a break through Bulgaria's border could come from Greece. Borissov said: "That border is very long, it is not guarded, and the Greek government has failed to t...
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Deputy PM Kuneva: Judges Should Use Every Opportunity to Clear Judiciary's Name
March 25 (BTA) - Judges should use every opportunity to clear the Judiciary's name, and the Bill for Countering Corruption among Senior Officials is such an opportunity, Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva told journalists Friday. She was asked to comment on the position of the ...
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