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Prime Minister Borissov, Deputy Prime Minister Kuneva Discuss Judicial Reform, Refugee Problem with German Minister of S...
February 5 (BTA) - Michael Roth, Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office, who is paying a visit here, discussed judicial reform and refugee problem among other topics with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva, who is in ...
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Bulgaria, Sweden Strengthen Cooperation in Social Policies
February 5 (BTA) - Labour and Social Policy Minister Ivailo Kalfin and Swedish Minister for Children, the Elderly and Gender Equality Asa Regner signed Friday a letter of intent for cooperation in social policies. Speaking to reporters after the document was signed, Kalfin sai...
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Parliament Assigns Health Minister to Report on Vaccines Procurement on Six-Month Basis
February 5 (BTA) - Bulgaria's National Assembly Friday unanimously resolved to assign the Minister of Health to report on the procurement of the vaccines necessary for the immunization calendar to the parliamentary Healthcare Committee twice a year, in January and July.
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PM Borissov: There Are Boundaries in History Which Should Not Be Overstepped
February 5 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Friday met with representatives of protesters against attempts to rewrite history. In recent weeks a series of scandals and protests against the draft curricula for school subjects, particularly for history lessons that prese...
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Allied Powers to Be Able to Join Bulgarian Armed Forces in Bulgarian Air Policing
February 5 (BTA) - The integrity of Bulgaria's airspace will be safeguarded by the Bulgarian Armed Forces independently or jointly with armed forces of Allied powers, according to Government-moved amendments to the Defence and Armed Forces Act that Parliament passed conclusively ...
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Deputy Prime Minister Kuneva, German Minister of State for Europe Roth Discuss Judicial Reform, Refugee Problem
February 5 (BTA) - The judicial reform in Bulgaria, the refugee problem and regional issues were high on the agenda of a meeting here Friday between Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva, who is in charge of European policies, coordination and institutional affairs, and Michael Ro...
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GERB Deputy Chair Tsvetanov Attends National Prayer Breakfast in Washington
February 5 (BTA) - For a third year running, GERB Party Deputy Chairman and GERB Floor Leader Tsvetan Tsvetanov and GERB MP Plamen Nounev attended the National Prayer Breakfast here on Thursday, GERB said in a press release on Friday. This year, Regional Development and Public Wo...
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Argentine President Macri to Visit Bulgaria in 2017 with Business Delegation
(BTA Special Correspondent Asen Boyadjiev) - "We are optimistic that we will achieve more with Argentina because two-way trade is not very strong at present," Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev told journalists here on Thursday after a session with Argentine President Mauricio ...
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Bulgaria Can Open European Market to Argentina - President
February 4 (BTA Special Correspondent Assen Boyadjiev) - Bulgaria has a clear goal and strategy, which it would declare with ease, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said at a Bulgarian-Argentinian Business Forum in Buenos Aeres. President Rosen Plevneliev Wednesday arriv...
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PM Borissov: "Scale of Syrian Refugee Crisis Calls for Integrated Response"
February 4 (BTA) - "Bulgaria is strongly interested in the earliest possible settlement of the conflict in Syria and a stabilization of the situation," Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said here on Thursday, addressing an international conference entitled "Supporting Syri...
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British Experts to Assist Bulgaria with Judicial Reform
February 4 (BTA) - British experts will assist Bulgaria with the implementation of the judicial reform, said the Justice Ministry on Thursday. The judicial reform and steps that will be taken by Bulgarian institutions to address the recommendations in the CVM report by the Eu...
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Parliament Passes at First Reading Questionable Revisions to Cultural Heritage Act
February 4 (BTA) - Sites which essentially do not have the status of cultural values should be excluded from the applicable field of the Cultural Heritage Act, providing local authorities with the capacity to manage them, first-reading revisions to the Cultural heritage Act passe...
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European Commission's Winter 2016 Economic Forecast for Bulgaria: "Gradual Rebalancing amid Moderate Growth"
February 4 (BTA) - Bulgaria's real GDP is expected to have grown by 2.2 per cent in 2015 year-on-year, driven mainly by exports and falling oil prices, before dropping to 1.5 per cent in 2016, as the boost from factors including EU funds absorption weakens. GDP growth, however, i...
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President Plevneliev Arrives on Official Visit to Argentina
President Rosen Plevneliev Wednesday arrived on an official visit to Argentina following his three-day visit to Brazil. The visit started with a meeting with representatives of the Bulgarian community in Argentina who came from Chaco Province, Comodoro Rivadavia, Cordoba Province...
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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry Informs European Commission about Greek Border Blockade
February 3 (BTA) - Amid an ongoing blockade at the border passes between Bulgaria and Greece, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry informed the European Commission about the situation in an official letter, asking the Commission to help solve the problem as soon as possible. The letter...
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President Plevneliev: Bulgaria will Work For Faster, Successful Conclusion of EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement
February 3 (BTA) - On the third and last day of his official visit to Brazil, President Rosen Plevneliev stated that Bulgaria will work for a faster and successful conclusion of the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement. "We will not wait until the Bulgarian Presidency [of the EU Coun...
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Bulgaria Supports European Path of Bosnia and Herzegovina
February 3 (BTA) - Meeting with Igor Crnadak, the chief diplomat of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov expressed Bulgaria's support for that country's European path and Euro-Atlantic perspective. Crnadak was on a two-day visit to Bulgaria on February 2-3, the F...
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Parliament Elects Meglena Kuneva Education and Science Minister
February 3 (BTA) - Parliament Wednesday elected Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva for Education and Science Minister with 106 votes in favour, 66 against and 31 abstentions. Prior to Kuneva' election, the National Assembly relieved Todor Tanev from his duties as Education ...
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Finance Minister: Around 20 Municipalities Need State Aid to Prevent Bankruptcy
February 3 (BTA) - Through the proposed amendments to the Public Finances Act, the State is trying to introduce order into the financial aid it provides to municipalities, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov told journalists Wednesday following the bill's approval by the Council o...
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Greek Authorities Offer Assurance to Avert Further Spread of Farmers' Strikes - Bulgarian Interior Minister
February 3 (BTA) - The Greek authorities have assured Bulgaria that they will avert further spreading of the strikes by farmers, Bulgarian Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova said in Parliament on Wednesday, commenting the closures of border checkpoints between Bulgaria and Gre...

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