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Number of Petitions to National Ombudsman Almost Doubles - Report
December 21 (BTA) - The number of petitions submitted to the National Ombudsman has almost doubled, Ombudsman Maya Manolova said Monday presenting a report on the work of the institution in the passing year. In the two months since Manolova took office, a total of 1,622 petitions...
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33 Migrants Detained Near Tsarevo
December21 (BTA) - Thirty-three Iraqi nationals have been detained after they entered the country illegally, the police in Bourgas said. Seventeen men, 8 women and 8 children were found in an English-plated truck.
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Foreign Minister Mitov Meets with Iran's President Ruhani
December 20 (BTA) - Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov met with Iranian President Hasan Ruhani on Sunday, the Foreign Ministry said. Mitov is on a two-day official visit to Tehran. Mitov and Ruhani discussed the good cooperation between their countries, ways to develop th...
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73 Per Cent of Bulgarians Approve of Idea of Gender Equality Law
December 20 (BTA) - As many as 73 per cent of Bulgarians approve of the idea of a law guaranteeing gender equality, Gallup International found in a nationally representative survey of 1,002 adults. About one in ten respondents have witnessed discrimination at their workplace. ...
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Bulgarian Interior Ministry, NYPD Sign Memorandum of Cooperation
December 20 (BTA) - During a visit to the US, Bulgarian Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Georgi Kostov conferred with New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton on Saturday, the Interior Ministry said in a press release. During the meeting, the sides discussed aspects ...
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Trade Union Confederation Urges for Effective Common EU Policy on Refugee Crisis
December 20 (BTA) - "The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) insists on the development and implementation of an effective common EU policy on the refugee crisis," the CITUB Coordination Council said in a position occasioned by International Migrants Day...
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Ski Season Begins in Pamporovo
December 19 (BTA) - The new ski season in the Pamporovo resort was opened officially with a snow festival on Saturday. The day offered good conditions for skiers on six runs in the area. Youth and Sports Minister Krassen Kralev was among the guests at the grand opening. He sai...
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President Calls on Politicians to Work for Stability and Reforms in 2016
December 19 (BTA) - Speaking on the Panorama political talk show of Bulgarian National Television on Friday evening, President Rosen Plevneliev urged politicians to work for stability and reforms in 2016. He said the coming year is crucial, particularly as regards the reforms in ...
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Interior Ministry May Be Divided into Four Agencies
December 19 (BTA) - The structural reform of the Interior Ministry may divide it into four agencies, Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova told a trade-union-hosted discussion on Friday. "The idea is being considered of dividing the Interior Ministry into four agencies and establ...
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President Hopes Bulgaria to Be in Eurozone 'Waiting Room' by Mid-2018
December 18 (BTA) - "I hope that by the second half of 2018, when Bulgaria will hold the Presidency of the EU Council for the first time, we will be able to announce our accession to ERM II, the transitional mechanism to joining the single European currency zone. The institutions...
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Investments Mark 35% Growth in March-December 2015
December 18 (BTA) - Investments in this country marked a 35 per cent growth in the past ten month, Stamen Yanev, Executive Director of the InvestBulgaria Agency (IBA), said in Plovdiv on Friday. The summarized data of an IBA-implemented project under Operational Programme Develop...
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Patriotic Front Issues Declaration against Turkish Prime Minister's Visit
December 18 (BTA) - The Patriotic Front (PF) has issued a declaration against the recent visit to Bulgaria by Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. PF co-chairman Krassimir Karakachanov said in Parliament on Friday: "Mr Davutoglu is not an ordinary prime minister of Turkey a...
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GERB: Ruling Coalition Is Stable
December 18 (BTA) - "The ruling coalition is stable and if someone tries to undermine artificially the faith in it, the consequence will be as if from a storm in a teacup," says a declaration read on behalf of the GERB parliamentary group by Tsveta Karayancheva in Parliament. ...
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Parliament Elects Ekaterina Zaharieva as New Justice Minister
December 18 (BTA) - Ekaterina Zaharieva was elected as the new Justice Minister by Parliament on Friday. The vote was 126 in favour, 66 against with 17 abstentions. GERB, the majority of the Reformist Bloc (RB) and part of the Bulgarian Democratic Centre (BDC) supported Zaharieva...
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PM Borissov Suggests EU Experts Monitor Judicial Reform, Prosecuting Magistracy
December 17 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Talking to Bulgarian journalists in Brussels, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said: "We would like [the EU to] help with our judicial reform by sending representatives who will monitor every step we make so we can be sure the refo...
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister Declares Full Support for Macedonia's Euro-Atlantic Integration
December 17 (BTA) - Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov Thursday expressed full support for Macedonia's Euro-Atlantic integration and for the reforms in this country. He was approached by journalists after a meeting with Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Integratio...
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GERB, ABV Will Back Zaharieva for Justice Minister, Reformist Bloc, Patriotic Front Are Divided
December 17 (BTA) - GERB and ABV will back Ekaterina Zaharieva for justice minister, while the Reformist Bloc and the Patriotic Front are divided on her nomination, it emerged on Thursday after Zaharieva met with those political forces.
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Foreign Minister Mitov: 2016 Should Be Year of Actions And Decisions
December 17 (BTA) - If 2015 was a period of debate and planning for Europe above all, 2016 should be a year of action and decision-making, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said at the annual news conference hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Friday.
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Prime Minister Borissov Expresses Firm Support for Protecting EU External Borders in Same Way as Bulgarian Borders
December 17 (BTA Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov Thursday said he is firmly in favour of protecting EU external borders in the same way as Bulgarian ones, and countries which cannot manage this receiving assistance. He was approached by Bulgarian ...
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National Assembly Adopts Declaration on Invitation of Montenegro to Join NATO
December 17 (BTA) - Bulgaria's National Assembly Thursday adopted a declaration in connection with the invitation extended to Montenegro to join NATO. The vote was 150 in favour, 3 against and 2 abstentions. The declaration was moved by MPs of all parliamentary groups except Atak...
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