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Parliament Rejects Draft Resolution on Resumption of South Stream Project
February 3 (BTA) - Parliament Wednesday voted 27-17, with 65 abstentions, to reject a draft resolution on the resumption of the South Stream project moved by Ataka. During the debate, Ataka leader Volen Siderov said Bulgaria should be proactive and should propose to Russia to ...
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Bulgaria to Provide 150,000 Euro for Food, Education of Refugees in Countries Neighbours of Syria
February 3 (BTA) - Bulgaria will make voluntary contributions to the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF totalling 150,000 euro which will go toward food for refugees in countries neighbours of Syria and education of Syrian children.
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Only GERB Declares Full Support for Meglena Kuneva's Nomination as Education Minister
February (BTA) - Only the GERB party has declared full support for Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva's nomination for Minister of Education. This transpired after Kuneva held meetings with the parliamentary parties on Tuesday. MPs of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), the...
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Parliament Adopts Conclusively Public Procurement Act
February 2 (BTA) - Parliament Tuesday adopted conclusively a new Public Procurement Act, tabled by the Council of Ministers. Under the new provisions, a standing methodological council will work to standardize practices to enforce procurement controls under the law. The council w...
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Bulgaria, Macedonia Set Up Working Groups to Promote Two-way Tourism
February 2 (BTA) - Bulgaria and Macedonia will embark on active work to broaden the bilateral cooperation in tourism and increase the tourist flow. An agreement to this effect was reached at a meeting in Skopje between Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova and Macedonian ...
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Greek Government Asked to Open Up Corridor through Border Blockade
February 2 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov had a telephone conversation with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to discuss the problems along the two countries' common border resulting from Greek farmer protests, the Government Press Service in Sofia reported on ...
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SEECP Foreign Ministers Adopt Joint Statement to Deal with Migration Crisis
February 2 (BTA) - The participants in the Second Informal Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) in Sofia adopted a joint statement on Tuesday. The meeting was held within the framework of the Bulgarian SEECP Chair I...
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Greek Government Asked to Open Up Corridor through Border Blockade
February 2 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Transport Ministry said on Tuesday it has urged Greek Ambassador to Sofia Dimosthenis Stoidis to get his government to open up a corridor for transit vehicles travelling through the Bulgarian-Greek border amid a continuing blockade by protesting G...
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Bulgaria, Brazil to Establish Commission for Economic Cooperation
February 2 (BTA) - Bulgaria and Brazil will further develop their trade and economic ties by creating an intergovernmental commission for economic cooperation, which will hold its constituent session in the second half of 2016. This was agreed on during a meeting between Bulgaria...
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European Investment Fund and Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria Sign Agreement on EUR 35 Mln of Funding for Bulgarian Business
February 2 (BTA) - The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Raiffeisenbank (Bulgaria) EAD, a subsidiary of Raiffeisen Bank International AG, have signed a guarantee agreement aimed at increasing the funding for innovative small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Bulgaria, the ...
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Presidents of Bulgaria, Brazil Discuss Deepening of Bilateral Cooperation in Various Spheres
February 1 (BTA special correspondent Assen Boyadjiev) - Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev arrived on a three-day official visit to Brazil Monday. Speaking to the press after a meeting with counterpart Dilma Rousseff, he said that Brazil is the leading trading partner of Bulga...
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Montenegro's Euro-Atlantic Integration, Social Cooperation Dominate Visit of Montenegrin Foreign Minister Luksic
February 1 (BTA) - Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov reaffirmed Bulgaria's support for Montenegro's Euro-Atlantic integration during a joint news briefing Monday with visiting Montenegrin Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Igor Luksic. Mitov added that Mon...
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Defence Minister: Participation of Ally Aircraft in Air Policing in Bulgaria Will Ensure Reaction to More Complex Air At...
February 1 (BTA) - Some two weeks after Parliament approved on principle revisions to the Defence and Armed Forces Act to allow Air Policing missions in Bulgarian air space with the participation of ally aircraft, Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev explained that the participation ...
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Education Minister Resigns, PM Approved Successor
February 1 (BTA) - Education and Science Minister Todor Tanev has submitted his resignation, the government press office said Monday. The resignation comes four days after Prime Minister Boyko Borissov asked Tanev to come down amid systemic problems plaguing his ministry and educ...
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Bulgaria, Montenegro Sign Agreement on Social Security
February 1 (BTA) - Bulgaria and Montenegro signed Monday an agreement on social security and an administrative agreement on its implementation. The document was signed by the visiting Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro, Igor Luksic, and the Ministe...
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Bulgarian President Plevneliev Pays Three-day Official Visit to Brazil
February 1 (BTA spec. corr. Assen Boyadjiev) - Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev arrived on a three-day official visit to Brazil.
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32 Bulgarian Border Police Officers Posted to Aid Greece
January 31 (BTA) - The border police patrol vessel Obzor 525 has joined an operation in the eastern Mediterranean, the Interior Ministry said. In December Greece asked the EU's Frontex Agency for support in view of the growing migrant pressure. Frontex decided to deploy Rapid ...
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Ukrainian Ambassador Baltazhy: Russia Is Responsible for Restoring Peace in Donbass
January 31 (BTA) - Interviewed by BTA, Ukrainian Ambassador Mykola Baltazhy said that if the conflict in eastern Ukraine is to be regulated politically, the necessary security conditions must be created. Holding local elections in Donbass under the barrel of the terrorists' guns ...
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BICA, Transport Sector Want Anti-trust Commission to Pronounce on Possible Cartel Agreement on Fuel Prices
January 31 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA), the Association for Motorists' Training in Bulgaria and the Sectoral Union for Enterprise in Transport have called on the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) to pronounce quickly and clearly on the...
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Outgoing Education Minister to Become Prime Minister's Advisor
January 30 (BTA) - Todor Tanev will resign as Minister of Education and Science to become an advisor to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. This transpired from remarks which the Prime Minister made to journalists on Saturday.