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Police to Get Extra LV 5 Mln for Equipment
March 25 (BTA) - The police force will receuve an extra 5,153,000 leva as most of the money will be spent for equipment for the special police force in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Bourgas, Rousse and Stara Zagora, as well as for some units of the gendarmerie, National Police Director ...
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Interior Ministry Does Not Have Information about Communities Where Persons Who Are Threat for Bulgaria's Security Get T...
March 25 (BTA) - Bulgarian Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova said, speaking to Bulgarian reporters in Brussels on Thursday evening, that the Ministry does not have information about the presence in Bulgaria of communities where persons posing a security threat for the country...
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Economy Minister Argues that Privatization of Ordnance Plants Not Appropriate
March25 (BTA) - Economy Minister Bozhidar Loukarski said during Question Time in Parliament on Friday that the time is not right for the privatization of ordnance plants such as VMZ-Sopot and Kintex, which he said are "undergoing development, provide jobs, generate added value an...
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Roumyana Buchvarova in Brussels: Counterterrorism Measures Should Be Developed Further
March 24 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgarian Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova said on Thursday that the measures against terrorism considered so far need to be developed further. Buchvarova was in Brussels for an extraordinary meeting of the EU Justice and Hom...
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Bulgartabac Promises 15,000 Lv on Average to Discharged Workers
March 24 (BTA) - Bulgartabac Holding AD strictly observes its obligations under the privatization contract, the labour legislation and the collective bargaining agreement with the trade unions, reads a position released by the company on Thursday. As a responsible company, Bulga...
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Legislative Changes Provide for Warnings on Tobacco Product Packaging
March 24 (BTA) - On Thursday MPs in Parliament passed conclusively the detailed form and text of health warnings to be placed on each tobacco product packaging. The warnings will combine text and a respective photo. A supplement to the law lists 14 versions of the textual warn...
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"Economic Facebook" to Be Created for SMEs
March 24 (BTA) - "An economic Facebook" for Bulgaria's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will be created within a year from now, Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency (BSMEPA) Executive Director Marieta Zaharieva said on Thursday, speaking at a discussio...
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EBRD Lends 300 Million Euro to Bulgarian Deposit Insurance Fund
March 24 (BTA) - Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Regional Director for Romania and Bulgaria, Matteo Patrone, signed here on Thursday a sovereign guarantee agreement for the loan of 300 million euro EBRD provides to th...
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US Embassy "Appreciates Proactive Measures Taken by Government of Bulgaria in Response to Threat Concerns" in Sofia Loc...
March 24 (BTA) - "The US Embassy appreciates the proactive measures taken by the Government of Bulgaria in response to threat concerns, and the Embassy continues to work closely with the Government of Bulgaria on counter-terrorism issues," the Embassy said Thursday. This followed...
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Bulgaria Sends Relief Aid to Migrants in Macedonia
March 24 (BTA) - Two truckloads of relief aid left Sofia for Tabanovce transit centre near Kumanovo in Northern Macedonia early on Thursday. The donation of food and mineral water provided by the Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) and local companies was suggested by Prime Minister Boyko ...
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Bulgarian, Serbian Defence Ministers Discuss Interaction in Case of Stronger Migration Pressure
March 23 (BTA special correspondent Asen Boyadjiev) - Defence ministers Nikolay Nenchev of Bulgaria and Zoran Djordjevic of Serbia planned measures for interaction in case of stronger migration pressure and in countering illegal migrant trafficking.
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Government Adopts National Health Map
March 23 (BTA) - The Government has adopted Bulgaria's National Health Map, the Government Information Service said Wednesday. The map determines and plans the needs for accessible outpatient and hospital medical aid, on the basis of which the structure of the healthcare netwo...
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Government Adopts 2016 Implementing Plan of Strategy for Combating Radicalization, Terrorism
March 23 (BTA) - At its meeting on Wednesday, the Cabinet considered Bulgaria's readiness to combat terrorism. The Council of Ministers adopted a 2015 Implementing Plan of the Strategy for Combating Radicalization and Terrorism (2015-2020), the Government Information Service s...
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Parliament Disbands Prematurely Ad Hoc Committee of Inquiry into Russia's, Turkey's Alleged Interference in Bulgaria
March 23 (BTA) - Just a month after its formation, the Ad Hoc Committee of Inquiry into All Facts and Circumstances Related to Allegations of Interference, on the Part of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey, in the Internal Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria was pr...
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Cases in Specialized Criminal Court Increase by 50 Per Cent in 2015
March 23 (BTA) - The cases handled by the Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) in 2015 increased by 50 per cent compared to the preceding year, SCC President Georgi Oushev said Wednesday, presenting the annual report of the Court.
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Ataka Leader Sentenced to 100 Hours Community Service
March 23 (BTA) - The Sofia City Court sentenced Ataka leader Volen Siderov to 100 hours community service. He pleaded guilty in a case for hooliganism and causing a light bodily injury to a policemen before the National Assembly building in May 2011. The community service has ...
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Combating Terrorism Bill Urgently Drafted by Interior, Justice Ministries
March 23 (BTA) - At its meeting on Wednesday, the Cabinet considered Bulgaria's readiness to combat terrorism, Justice Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva told journalists. The Ministry of Interior, the State Agency for National Security, the prosecuting magistracy and the Ministry of J...
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Parliament Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Brussels
March 23 (BTA) - "We, the national representatives of the 43rd National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria, strongly condemn this serial barbarian act. We believe that these attacks reveal hatred, tremendous cruelty and violence towards civilians in Europe and the rest of the ...
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"GERB Parliamentary Group Stands United" - PM Borissov
March 22 (BTA) - After meeting with the GERB Parliamentary Group on Tuesday, the party's leader and Prime Minister Boyko Borissov stated that the group stands very united, stable and committed to everything the Government has been doing and the legislation which should be adopted...
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Bulgarian Leaders Strongly Condemn Brussels Terror Attacks
March 22 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and Prime Minister Boyko Borissov strongly condemned Tuesday's terrorist attacks at Brussels Zaventem Airport and in the city's Metro system. Official information put the dead at 26 and the injured at 126, however, public VRT ...