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Foreign Ministry Has No Official Information about Turkey Travel Ban on Dogan and Peevski
February 12 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has no official information about a Turkey travel ban on Ahmed Dogan, founder and Honorary Chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), and Delyan Peevski, an MP of the MRF and a business owner, Deputy Foreign Minister...
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Parliament to Debate No-Confidence Motion on February 17
February 12 (BTA) - The National Assembly will hold a plenary debate on a no-confidence motion against the government on Wednesday, February 17, National Assembly Chair Tsetska Tsacheva said at the start of Friday's sitting of the legislature.
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GERB, Reformist Bloc Want Government to Adopt National Health Map in March
February 11 (BTA) - The government has until the end of March to adopt the National Health Map, according to a draft memorandum between GERB and the Reformist Bloc. After a new round of negotiations on Thursday, their working groups told the media they were very close to reaching...
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Concrete Parameters of Deploying NATO Forces, Equipment in Bulgaria Have Not Been Discussed - Minister
Brussels/Sofia, February 11 (BTA) - Commenting on media publications that it has been agreed at the NATO defence ministerial that the Alliance will send airborne warning and control system (AWACS) and up to 1,000 servicemen to Bulgaria, Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev, who par...
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Gas Interconnector with Romania Expected to Be Ready in Second Half of 2016
February 11 (BTA) - Bulgartransgaz has chosen an Austrian company to complete the gas interconnector between Bulgaria and Romania, Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova said during a meeting Thursday of the parliamentary Energy Committee.
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Supreme Judicial Council Approves Measures in Response to Brussels Report
February 11 (BTA) - The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) approved a set of measures in response to the latest European Commission report on Bulgaria's progress in the field of justice and home affairs, the SJC's Sonya Naidenova told the media on Thursday.
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Report Shows Further Slump in Confidence in Bulgarian News Media
February 11 (BTA) - The confidence in the Bulgarian news media continues to slump, according to a report based on a study by Foundation Media Democracy (FMD) and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS). "Only every eighth Bulgarian believes in true freedom of media," said Christian Spahr,...
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Justice Minister, EU Ambassadors Discuss Judicial Reforms, Better Business Climate in Bulgaria
February 11 (BTA) - Justice Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva acquainted the ambassadors of EU member-states in Bulgaria, of Norway and Switzerland with the actions undertaken to draft measures relevant to the recommendations of the European Commission report and the progress of judic...
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Supreme Judicial Council Checks Magistrates with Deposits in Corpbank
February 11 (BTA) - The Ethical Commission of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) will perform a check of the magistrates, who had deposits in the Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank), Commission Chairman Yassen Todorov told journalists on Thursday.
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Deputy PM Buchvarova, Commissioner Avramopoulos Consider Common European Solutions Needed for Coping with Migrant Crisis
February 11 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova and visiting here EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos discussed the migration crisis in Europe on Thursday. "We share the common conviction that in o...
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BSP, MRF Submit No-confidence Vote in Cabinet
February 11 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) moved Thursday a no-confidence vote in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov over "the failure of its policy in the field of healthcare". The motion was signed by a to...
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Concrete Parameters of Deploying NATO Forces, Equipment in Bulgaria Have Not Been Discussed - Minister
February 11 (BTA) - Commenting on media publications that it has been agreed at the NATO defence ministerial that the Alliance will send airborne warning and control system (AWACS) and up to 1,000 servicemen to Bulgaria, Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev, who participates in the f...
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Fingerprint Identifier Will Be Introduced Only in Hospitals and Chemist's Shops in 2016
February 10 (BTA) - Health Minister Peter Moskov Wednesday said a fingerprint identifier will be introduced only in hospitals and chemist's shops in June or July. After legal analysis, it will be decided if the identifier should be included in the National Framework Agreement wit...
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Most Bulgarian Prisons Are No Longer Overcrowded - Official
February 10 (BTA) - Most Bulgarian prisons have now solved their overcrowding problem, the head of the Directorate General of Penitentiary Establishments, Svilen Tsvetanov, said here Wednesday. He was speaking at the opening of a redesigned prison hostel in Razdelna, near Varna.
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Bulgarian Road Hauliers Agree to Lift Counter-Blockade at Border with Greece, All Waiting Vehicles Cross Border
February 10 (BTA) - Transport, IT and Communications Minister Ivailo Moskovski has reached an agreement with the Bulgarian road hauliers to lift the blockade at the Kulata border checkpoint to Greece, Moskovski's Ministry said in a press release on Tuesday. Bulgarian truck driver...
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Parliament Leader Tsacheva Meets with Liechtenstein Landtag President Albert Frick
February 10 (BTA) - Parliament Chairperson Tsetska Tsacheva and Liechtenstein Landtag President Albert Frick Wednesday discussed the development of bilateral cooperation. This is the first visit by a Liechtenstein Landtag leader to Bulgaria.
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Court Terminates Money Laundering Proceedings against Ex-Parliament Deputy Chair
February 10 (BTA) - The Sofia City Court Wednesday announced the termination of money laundering proceedings against the former deputy chair of Parliament and ex-leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Hristo Bisserov. The court decree followed a decision by the prosecuti...
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Bulgargaz Expects 20.64 Per Cent Reduction of Natural Gas Prices as of April
February 10 (BTA) - Bulgargaz EAD expects that the price of natural gas effective in the second quarter of the year will be by 20.64 per cent lower, or 321.87 leva per 1,000 cu m exclusive of VAT and excise duty, the company said in a press release Wednesday.
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State Agency for National Security to Collect, Process Air Passenger Data
February 10 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Parliament Wednesday conclusively passed amendments to the State Agency for National Security Act, establishing a National Unit for Air Passenger Data Collection and Processing.
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Transport Minister Moskovski Agrees with Bulgarian Road Hauliers to Lift Blockade at Kulata Border Checkpoint
February 10 (BTA) - Transport, IT and Communications Minister Ivailo Moskovski has reached an agreement with the Bulgarian road hauliers to lift the blockade at the Kulata border checkpoint to Greece, Moskovski's Ministry said in a press release on Tuesday. According to the agree...