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State Agency for Refugees Chairman Relieved of Duties
February 22 (BTA) - The Government decided Monday to relieve Nikola Kazakov of his duties as Chairman of the State Agency for Refugees, the Government Information Service said.
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Supreme Judicial Council Opens Probe Into Investigator's Disclosures of "Special Task Unit" for Political Cases in Sofia...
February 22 (BTA) - The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) said Monday that its Ethics Commission opens a probe into allegations by investigator Boyko Atanassov that a "special task unit" exists with the Sofia Investigative Service for political cases. The probe was initiated on the ...
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Audit Office Establishes Inconsistencies in Tax Returns of 278 Senior Officials
February 22 (BTA) - The National Audit Office (NAO) published the conclusions from the checks of declarations, submitted by persons, holding senior positions, for the period from January 1, 2015 to November 6, 2015, the NAO Press Centre said.
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Deputy Justice Minister Yankoulov Resigns
February 22 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has relieved Deputy Justice Minister Andrei Yankoulov of his post after the latter resigned, the Government's information service said on Monday. Yankoulov's tasks will be taken over by Deputy Justice Minister Krassimira Filipo...
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MP Delyan Peevski Gets Bodyguards after Life Threat
February 22 (BTA) - MP Delyan Peevski (Movement for Rights and Freedoms) will be protected by bodyguards of the National Bodyguard Service as of February 22 after the law-enforcement services received information that a life attempt is being planned against him, Interior Ministry...
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DSB Leader: More Than One Third of Public Procurements Set to Service Oligarchy
February 22 (BTA) - The available data about stopped public procurements of the worth of over 1,700 million leva lead to the conclusion that one third of all such contracts in Bulgaria are set to service the oligarchy, Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) leader Radan Kanev said i...
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Ukrainian Ambassador Mykola Baltazhy Thinks Lifting Sanctions against Russia Would Be Big Mistake
February 22 (BTA) - Lifting the sanctions against Russia would be the biggest mistake at the moment, Ukrainian Ambassador Mykola Baltazhy told a BTA-hosted news conference on Monday. The Ambassador said his country does not perceive the sanctions as a tool for punishment but as a...
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Presidents of Bulgaria, Cyprus Agree on Need of Common European Solution for Migrant Crisis
The visiting President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, and his Bulgarian counterpart Rosen Plevneliev agreed Monday that it will take a common European approach to deal with the migrant crisis. "It is important to work for eliminating the root cause of the crises which have result...
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PM Redistributes Competence of His Deputies
February 22 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has redistributed the areas of competence of his deputies following the appointment of the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of EU affairs and institutional matters, Meglena Kuneva, as Minister of Education and Science, said the gov...
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PM Redistributes Competences of His Deputies
February 22 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has redistributed the areas of competence of his deputies following the appointment of the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of EU affairs and institutional matters, Meglena Kuneva, as Minister of Education and Science, said the gov...
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Chinese Delegation Looks into Investment Opportunities in Bulgarian Sea Ports
February 21(BTA) - A delegation led by Ning Jizhe, Deputy Director of China's National Development and Reform Commission, visited the ports of Varna and Bourgas on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
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Bulgarian-Greek Border Passes Unblocked
February 21 (BTA) - All border passes between Bulgariaand Greece were reopened to traffic on Sunday afternoon after a month of tension during which protesting Greek farmers blocked the border on and off, the Interior Ministry in Sofia reported.Two-way road traffic was restored at...
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Turkish Ambassador Gokce: Ankara Hasn't Asked Any Bulgarian Politician to Take Sides
February 20 (BTA) - Interviewed by bTV on Saturday,Turkish Ambassador Suleyman Gokce said that Turkey had never asked any Bulgarian politician to take sides regarding any political or social figure in Bulgaria.
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Bulgarian-Greek Border Checkpoints Still Blocked
February 20 (BTA) - Bulgarian hauliers have been blocking the checkpoints on the border with Greece for the fifth day in a row on Saturday, making an exception only for cars with children or ill people. This move came in reaction to the continuing blockade by Greek farmers protes...
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President Plevneliev Extols Levski's Ideal for a Worthy Place for Bulgaria in Europe
February 20 (BTA) - Speaking at the marking of the 143rd death anniversary of revolutionary Vassil Levski on Saturday evening, President Rosen Plevneliev said: "We can go forward only if we follow in Vassil Levski's resolute footsteps, working towards a pure and sacred republic a...
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Scheduled Switch-off of Kozloduy N-Plant's Unit 5
February 20 (BTA) - The main generator of the 1,000-megawatt Unit 5 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant was switched off as scheduled between 23:32 hours local time on February 19 and 12:39 hours on February 20 by permission of the Electricity System Operator, the plant's press ...
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Prime Minister Borissov Urges European Council to Enforce Strict Control of EU's External Borders
February 19 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said on Friday he has urged EU leaders to close the bloc's external borders to migrants who do not use the official border passes. Borissov, who was in Brussels for a European Council meet...
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Delyan Peevski Divests His Shareholding in Bulgartabac
February 19 (BTA) - Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) MP Delyan Peevski Friday announced that he is divesting his shareholding in Bulgartabac. "Increasingly frequent attempts have been made in the media in recent weeks to deliberately discredit Bulgartabac by using my nam...
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Deputy PM Kuneva: Website on Preparation of Bulgarian EU Presidency Is Already Active
February 19 (BTA) - The website on the preparation of the Bulgarian EU Council Presidency in 2018 is already active, Deputy Prime Minister for European Policies, Coordination and Institutional Affairs Meglena Kuneva said Friday. She took part in a roundtable on "Civil Dimensions ...
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Counterblockade Closes Zlatograd Crossing on Border with Greece Indefinitely
February 19 (BTA) - Bulgarian hauliers staged a counterblockade at the Zlatograd checkpoint on the border with Greece in response to the protesting Greek farmers blocking the border with Bulgaria. They said Zlatograd border crossing will be blocked indefinitely. Assen Vuzheliev o...
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