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Cabinet Representatives Meet with Officials of Ten Mixed Chambers of Commerce
January 27 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev said Wednesday that Bulgaria cannot expect new investments without improving the judiciary.
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Yet Another EC Report Urges Bulgaria to Move from Strategies to Tangible Steps for Reforming Judiciary
The European Commission issued Wednesday its latest report on Bulgaria's progress in reforming its judiciary and fighting corruption and organized crime. The Commission experts conclude that the slow progress in dealing with high-level corruption and organized crime cases continu...
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Natural Gas Price to Drop by About 20% in April - Regulator Forecast
January 27 (BTA) - The price of natural gas is expected to drop by about 20 per cent from the beginning of April, the Chairman of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC), Ivan Ivanov, told journalists Wednesday. The possible decline of the price will result from the con...
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Bulgaria Has Highest Increase of Energy Poor Users in EU - Energy Regulator Head Ivanov
January 27 (BTA) - Bulgaria practically has the highest increase of energy poor users in the EU according to the definitions given in statistics of the European Commission, Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) head Ivan Ivanov told journalists Wednesday.
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BSP Leader Mikov: Calls for Resignation of Top Judicial Body Are Blatant Interference in Judiciary Affairs
January 27 (BTA) - Socialist leader Mihail Mikov told journalists in Parliament on Wednesday that calls by the incumbent for the resignation of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) are a blatant interference in the affairs of the independent judiciary. On Tuesday, Deputy Prime Mini...
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Bulgaria's Corruption Perceptions Index Down by 2 Points in 2015 Compared to 2014
January 27 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Corruption Perceptions Index dropped by 2 points in 2015 compared to 2014, thus returning to its 2013 level of 41 points, Kalin Slavov, Executive Director of the Transparency without Borders association, said at the BTA National Press Club on Wednesd...
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Health Minister: Mayors of Small Settlements to Be Authorized to Buy Medicine for Ill Residents Through Fingerprint Iden...
January 27 (BTA) - The mayors of small settlements will be authorized to buy medicinal products for ill residents through fingerprint identification, Healthcare Minister Peter Moskov said in an interview for BTA. In October 2015, Health Minister Moskov announced that the Healt...
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Bulgarian President Plevneliev Confers with PACE President Agramunt, Secretary General Jagland
January 26 (BTA Special Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - "Bulgaria today is a pro-European power in Southeastern Europe, a stable country with balanced policy based on our values," Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said here on Monday morning, emerging from a session with th...
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Deputy Prime Minister Urges Supreme Judicial Council Members to Resign
January 26 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva urged the members of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to tender their resignations because this body has allegedly already lost its reputation. According to Kuneva, however, it is important to comply this act with the upco...
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Supreme Court Acquits Ex-Interior Minister Tsvetanov in Surveillance Refusal Case
January 26 (BTA) - By a final judgment, the Supreme Court of Cassation has upheld the acquittal of former interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov in a case in which he was charged with an offence against justice.
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Designation of Medical Expert Commissions Certifying Disabled People Will Be Changed - Minister
January 26 (BTA) - The designation of the medical expert commissions in charge of issuing certificates to people with disabilities will be changed, Health Minister Peter Moskov said at roundtable talks on the broadening of the possibilities for employment of disabled persons, org...
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Bulgarian President Plevneliev Confers with Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly President Agramunt
January 26 (BTA Special Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - "Bulgaria today is a pro-European power in Southeastern Europe, a stable country with balanced policy based on our values," Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said here on Monday morning, emerging from a session with th...
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Bulgaria to Seek End of Post-Monitoring Dialogue with Council of Europe by End-2016
January 26 (BTA Special Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said he had again raised the issue of an end to Bulgaria's post-monitoring dialogue with the Council of Europe (CoE). Mitov talked to Bulgarian journalists here on Monday evening, w...
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European Commission Takes Positive View of Idea that EU Experts Help Bulgaria to Reform its Judiciary
(BTA Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The European Commission takes a positive view of the idea that EU experts assist Bulgaria in its judicial reform, according to the draft of a report from the Commission assessing progress under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (C...
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister Addresses Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly
January 25 (BTA Special Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov Monday addressed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) at the opening of its winter session in Strasbourg, in his capacity as Chairperson of the Council of Europe's Commi...
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Prime Minister Alerts Prosecutors and SANS about Alleged Bribe in Chimco Sale
January 25 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Monday alerted the Prosecution of Bulgaria and the State Agency for National Security about allegations of a 500,000 euro bribe which US investor ANJ Group Corp. was asked to pay in order to acquire the Chimco urea plant in Vrat...
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Council of Presidents Calls for Speedier Reforms
January 25 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev and his two predecessors Georgi Purvanov and Petar Stoyanov on Monday rallied behind the idea that reforms in the country should be speeded up. The three heads of state met within the fourth Council of the Presidents, an initiative...
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Bulgaria, United Arab Emirates Sign New Air Transport Agreement
January 25 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Minister of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications Ivailo Moskovski and Sultan bin Said al-Mansuri, Economy Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). signed a new agreement on air transport in Dubai on Monday, Moskovski's Ministry ...
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Trade Unions Urge State to Facilitate at Least Partial Payment of Debts to Maritsa East Mines
January 25 (BTA) - The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) and the Podkrepa Confederation of Labour will insist that the State help the Maritsa East Mines out of its dire financial straits, CITUB President Plamen Dimitrov told a news conference here on ...
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Ten Joint Chambers of Commerce in Bulgaria Support Judicial Reform
January 25 (BTA) - In a letter to the Prime Minister, the four deputy prime ministers, the President, the Chair of the National Assembly, as well as to the Justice Minister, ten joint chambers of commerce in Bulgaria Monday came out with a position in support of judicial reform.