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Norwegian Fund to Assist Projects Aimed at Parents of Disabled Children
February 17 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour and Social Policy Ivaylo Kalfin and Norway's European Affairs Minister Elisabeth Aspaker discussed during a working meeting here on Wednesday problems related to early childhood development, improving the connection...
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Bulgarian, Romanian Energy Regulators Sign Cooperation Agreement
February 17 (BTA) - The chairpersons of the energy regulators of Bulgaria and Romania signed an agreement on cooperation and exchange of good practices on Wednesday. The Romanian delegation is here on a working visit at the invitation of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission...
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Parliament Holds Debates on No-confidence Motion against Government
February 17 (BTA) - Parliament is debating Wednesday a no-confidence motion against the Government of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov over its healthcare policy. The motion was submitted by a total of 69 MPs from BSP-Left Bulgaria, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms and two indep...
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Strategy to Promote Women's Entrepreneurship
February 17 (BTA) - Economy Minister Bozhidar Loukarski said a strategy promoting women's entrepreneurship was being drafted. He addressed a forum entitled "Challenges Facing the Bulgarian Economy" whick opened here on Wednesday.
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Government Mulls Ways to Make Report on Corpbank Public
February 17 (BTA) - Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov told reporters on Tuesday that the government is mulling ways to make public AlixPartners' report on Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank) if the consulting firm refuses to declassify it.
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Half of Bulgarians Unable to Face Unexpected Financial Expenses - Eurostat
February 17 (BTA) - Half of the population of Bulgaria is unable to face unexpected financial expenses, according to a Eurostat analysis of the risk of poverty and social exclusion in the EU in 2014.
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EC Structural Reform Support Service to Help Bulgaria Reform Its Prosecuting Magistracy
February 16 (BTA) - Experts of the Structural Reform Support Service (SRSS) at the European Commission will be able to assist Bulgaria with an independent expert assessment of the operation of the prosecuting magistracy and, if necessary, with the formulation of the new penal pol...
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Business Representatives Demand Reforms from PM Borissov
February 16 (BTA) - The business needs reforms in energy, justice, education, healthcare as well as more efforts in the fight against the grey sector, Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (KRIB) President Kiril Domouschiev told journalists on Tuesday emerging...
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Bulgarian Chief of Defence Hosts Conference on Hybrid War
February 16 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Chief of Defence Konstantin Popov hosts his annual conference in Sofia Tuesday and Wednesday. The forum is focused on preparation of the Bulgarian Armed Forces for countering a hybrid war, said the Defence Ministry.
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Former Bulgarian Socialist Party Member Kadiev to Create New Party
February 16 (BTA) - Former Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) member and incumbent independent MP Georgi Kadiev and a group of like-minded people are going to establish a new party called "Normal State," Kadiev told a BTA-hosted news conference on Tuesday.
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Bulgarian News Agency Marks 118th Anniversary
February 16 (BTA) - The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) is marking its 118th anniversary on Tuesday. It issued its first newsletter on February 16, 1898. On January 27, 1898, Prince Ferdinand decreed the establishment of a state news agency with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and...
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NEK Saves BGN 170 Mln Annually from Highly Efficient Energy and Lower Gas Prices
February 16 (BTA) - The National Electric Company (NEK) saves 170 million leva annually due to the drop of the natural gas prices and the purchase of highly efficient energy, generated by the heating utility companies, Energy and Water Regulatory Committee (EWRC) Chairman Ivan I...
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EC Indicates It Plans to Uncouple Bulgaria and Romania in Judicial Reform Monitoring
February 15 (BTA) - At a news briefing he held in Brussels jointly with the visiting Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker indicated that the Commission is ready to separate Bulgaria and Romania in its monitoring of the progress ...
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PM Borissov in Prague: V4 Summit Speeds Up Finding of Common Solution to Migrant Problem
February 15 (BTA Special Correspondent Genka Ivanova) - Speaking here Monday after an Extraordinary Summit of Visegrad Four (V) Prime Ministers on the Migration Crisis, Bulgarian PM Boyko Borissov said the meeting fulfilled its goal to show the European Council that they want a d...
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PM Borissov in Prague: V4 Summit Speeds Up Finding of Common Solution to Migrant Problem
February 15 (BTA Special Correspondent Genka Ivanova) - Speaking here Monday after an Extraordinary Summit of Visegrad Four (V) Prime Ministers on the Migration Crisis, Bulgarian PM Boyko Borissov said the meeting fulfilled its goal to show the European Council that they want a d...
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Justice Minister Zaharieva Briefs UNICEF Representative Conde on Progress on Juvenile Justice Project
February 15 (BTA) - Bulgarian Justice Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva Monday familiarized UNICEF Representative in Bulgaria Maria Jesus Conde with the progress on the juvenile justice project, Zaharieva Ministry said in a press release.
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Concession Agreement in Bansko Is Violated, State Is Defrauded - Environmental Organizations
February 15 (BTA) - The concession agreement about the Bansko ski area has been violated and effectively dissolved as the state allowed third parties to carry out economic operations and generate revenues within the area of the concession, said Toma Belev of the For the Nature co...
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Transport Ministry to Assist Carriers in Seeking Compensations from Greece
February 15 (BTA) - The Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications (MTITC) will provide prompt assistance to Bulgarian carriers in seeking compensations from Greece because of the border blockade, the Ministry said on Monday.
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PM Orders Termination of Selection Procedure for Hemous Motorway
February 15 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov gave orders to the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Lilyana Pavlova that the Strategic Infrastructure Projects National Company undertakes prompt actions to terminate the procedure for the selection of contractors...
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Q4 2015 Unemployment Rate Is 7.9% - Statistics
February 15 (BTA) - The unemployment rate in the fourth quarter of 2015 was 7.9 per cent, by 2.7 percentage points lower compared to the same quarter of 2014, the National Statistical Institute said Monday. The number of unemployed persons was by 26.4 per cent lower than in the f...