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Three MPs of Movement for Rights and Freedoms Leave Parliamentary Group, Become Independent
December 26 (BTA) - Three members of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) parliamentary group - Shabanali Ahmed, Hyusein Hafazov and Aydoan Ali - are leaving to become independent MPs. Hafazov said in Momchilgrad (Southern Bulgaria) on Saturday that the decision to relieve ...
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Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte: "Let Us Direct Our Love to the Hungry, the Thirsty and Those Who Have Lost Their Faith"
December 25 (BTA) - In his Christmas address during a Holy Liturgy at the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia on Christmas Day, Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte said that in the hard times that the world continues to live people should direct their love to the hungry, the thirsty...
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Bulgarian Energy Minister Petkova Holds Discussions with Two Turkmenistan Deputy PMs on Opportunities for Natural Gas De...
December 24 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Energy Ministry is to draw up a memorandum of mutual understanding in respect of cooperation in energy to underpin negotiations on deliveries of natural gas from Turkmenistan to Bulgaria in the availability of technical viability and built infras...
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Movement for Rights and Freedoms Chairman Mestan Relieved from Post, Expelled from Party
December 24 (BTA) - Chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) Lyutvi Mestan has been relieved from the post and expelled from the party, MRF Spokesperson Velislava Krusteva told reporters after the end of a meeting of MRF's governing body - the Central Council, on Th...
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Supreme Administrative Court Rules St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral Remains Orthodox Church Property
December 23 (BTA) - The Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) ruled on Wednesday that the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral remains the property of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. A three-member SAC panel has found that the appeals of Strahil Kerelov and Vesselin Stankov are unfou...
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Finance Minister: Budget Deficit Will Be 2.5% This Year
December 23 (BTA) - The budget deficit this year will be around 2.5-2.6 per cent of the GDP rather than the conservative 3.3 per cent set out in the national budget act, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said here Wednesday at what was the final news briefing for the outgoing ye...
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Minimum Wage Increased to LV 420
December 23 (BTA) - The minimum wage will be increased to 420 leva from 380 leva as of January 1, 2016, the government press office said Wednesday. The increase is expected to motivate those who are looking for a job and will improve the living standards of those earning a min...
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Patriarch Neophyte with Christmas Address to Bulgarians
December 23 (BTA) - Patriarch Neophyte of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church made an address to the Bulgarian people on the eve of Christmas asking them to open their hearts to the suffering and those in need. "On this day, when God in his love and generosity has sent us his Son, let ...
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MRF Honorary Chairman Dogan Calls "Blunder" Party's Declaration on Downing of Russian Fighter Aircraft
December 22 (BTA) - In a Christmas party speech earlier in December, the honorary chairman and former long-serving leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), Ahmed Dogan, called "a blunder" a declaration by his successor at the helm of the party, Lyutvi Mestan, in supp...
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ABV Propose Creation of Specialized Anti-corruption Unit with Investigative Functions
December 22 (BTA) - One of ABV's proposals to be included in the new anti-corruption legislation, drafted by Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva, is to create a specialized anti-corruption unit with investigative functions, said ABV deputy leader Roumen Petkov at a news conferen...
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GDP Grows More than Expected, Analyst Says
December 22 (BTA) - Bulgaria's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow more than the projected 2.7 per cent in 2015, Emil Kalchev, Macroeconomic Analyst with Raiffeisen Bank (Bulgaria), wrote in a study which was made available to BTA on Tuesday. This is due to very low or even ne...
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Parliament Adopts 138 Laws in 2015
December 22 (BTA) - In 2015, the National Assembly adopted 138 laws, 156 resolutions and two statements, show parliamentary records. The legislature held 131 plenary sittings, of which eleven were extraordinary. Five hundred and seventy bills were tabled, of which 348 by MPs. ...
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Bulgargaz Updates Price Cut Proposal for Natural Gas
December 22 (BTA) - Bulgargaz proposes to reduce the price of natural gas by 2.32 per cent on January 1, updating its earlier proposal for a 2.1 per cent cut, the CEO of the state-owned gas distributor, Petyo Ivanov, told a meeting of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (E...
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Bulgarian Energy Minister to Attend Inauguration of Turkmenistan's East-West Gas Pipeline
December 22 (BTA) - Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova will attend the inauguration of the East-West Pipeline in Turkmenistan which will carry natural gas from gas fields in the east of the country to the coast of the Caspian Sea, the Energy Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Labour Minister Says It Is Necessary to Boost Income from Employment
December 22 (BTA) - Labour and Social Policy Minister Ivailo Kalfin said in a BTA interview that the most important thing is to create conditions and incentives to boost income from employment. He was positive that there are jobs in Bulgaria. Labour shortage is most serious in...
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EC Approves Black Sea Basin 2014-2020 Programme
December 21 (BTA) - The European Commission (EC) has approved the Joint Operational Programme Black Sea Basin 2014-2020 by decision dated December 18, said the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works on Monday. The Programme covers the following ten countries: Azerba...
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Foreign Minister Mitov Talks with Iranian Officials
December 21 (BTA) - On the second day of his official visit to Iran, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov met with his counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, Transportation Minister Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi and Culture Minister Ali Jannati, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry reported on Mo...
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Borissov Wishes Rajoy Success in Forming Spain's New Cabinet
December 21 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov congratulated his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy on the victory of his People's Party at the parliamentary elections, the Government Information Service said on Monday. In a telephone conversation on Monday, Boriss...
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Health Ministry: Hepatitis Vaccine Imported from Turkey Is Safe
December 21 (BTA) - The Euvax vaccine against hepatitis, which is imported from Turkey, is safe and complies with global standards and requirements, but is not part of the mandatory immunization schedules and will not be administered to Bulgarian citizens, said the Health Ministr...
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Sofia Airport Handles Record-high Number of Passengers
December 21 (BTA) - A special ceremony on Monday welcomed the four millionth passenger at Sofia Airport. This is the first time when the record of 4 million passengers handled by the airport is beaten before the end of the year. The airport's CEO Hristo Shterionov and other membe...
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