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BSP Left Bulgaria to Seek Support for No Confidence Vote on Various Sector Policies
December 17 (BTA) - The parliamentary group of Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Left Bulgaria will seek support for a no confidence vote on various sector policies, Deputy Floor Leader Atanas Merdzhanov said in a declaration from the rostrum Thursday.
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Deputy PM Buchvarova: Annex to Coalition Agreement Specifying Next Steps in Judicial Reform Is Being Drafted
December 17 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister for Coalition Policy and Public Administration Roumyana Buchvarova told journalists Thursday that an annex to the coalition agreement is being drafted that will specify the next steps in the judicial reform. In her words, the drafts are ...
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Jan-Oct 2015 FDI in Bulgaria Stand at EUR 1,371.5 Mln, National Bank Says
December 17 (BTA) - According to preliminary data, foreign direct investment in Bulgaria presented according to the directional principle amounted to 1,371.5 million euro (3.2 per cent of GDP) in January - October 2015, growing by 373.9 million euro (37.5 per cent) from January -...
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Parliament Adopts National Health Strategy 2020
December 17 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Parliament Thursday adopted a National Health Strategy 2020, moved by the Council of Ministers. Of the 145 MPs who took part in the vote, 103 were in favour, 27 were against, and 15 abstained. The parliamentary Healthcare Committee points out in ...
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Parliament Allows Criminal Prosecution of Ataka Leader Volen Siderov
December 17 (BTA) - Parliament Friday permitted criminal prosecution of Ataka leader and MP in the 43rd National Assembly Volen Siderov on two motions submitted by Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov. On November 30 Tsatsarov submitted motions to strip Ataka leader Siderov of immu...
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Sofia Airport Is One of World's Few Airports Using Category III B Instrument Landing System
December 17 (BTA) - Sofia Airport is one of few airports in the world that can operate in low visibility conditions requiring a category III B (CAT III B) instrument landing system, the facility's Executive Director Hristo Shterionov said in a BTA interview. Only planes which hav...
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UNESCO, Atlantic Club Bulgaria Conference Explores New Security Agenda for Education and Culture
December 16 (BTA) - Education is what will disarm the processes leading to violent extremism, UNESCO Secretary-General Irina Bokova said. She was speaking at an international conference, entitled "Countering Violent Extremism: New Security Agenda for Education and Culture", co-or...
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European Commission Freezes Infringement Case Against Bulgaria Over Landfills
December 16 (BTA) - The competent services of the European Commission (EC) have frozen the infringement case against Bulgaria over its landfills, because of the country's serious progress in this sphere, the Environment and Water Ministry said Wednesday.
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Svilengrad Customs Closure Will Improve Agency's Performance - Finance Minister
December 16 (BTA) - Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov told journalists on Wednesday that although the operation conducted at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint provided sufficient grounds for the closure of Svilengrad Customs, it would be done as part of restructuring intend...
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President's Chief of Cabinet Ekaterina Zaharieva Nominated as Justice Minister
December 16 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov nominated Ekaterina Zaharieva as justice minister on Wednesday. Zaharieva is President Rosen Plevneliev's Chief of Cabinet. The nomination was first agreed between the leaders of GERB and the Reformist Bloc, and was then approv...
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Parliament Passes Conclusively Amendments to Constitution
December 16 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Parliament Wednesday passed conclusively on third reading a Bill to Amend and Supplement the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, moved by National Assembly Chair Tsetska Tsacheva and a group of MPs. The legislature took a roll-call vote, in wh...
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Protestors Demand Radical Judicial Reform, Nationalists Resent Davutoglu Visit
December 16 (BTA) - Politicians, public figures and magistrates joined hundreds of other protestors who gathered in front of Sofia's Palace of Justice on Tuesday evening to demand a radical judicial reform. Reformist Bloc MPs Radan Kanev, Atanas Atanassov, Vili Lilkov, Ivan Iv...
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Regional Development Minister Meets with Hungarian Counterpart Sesztak
December 15 (BTA) - Regional Development and Public Works Minister Liliyana Pavlova held a working meeting with Hungarian Minister of National Development Miklos Sesztak in Budapest on Tuesday. They discussed the opportunities for exchange of experience and good practices in the...
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Visiting Turkish PM Davutoglu Confers with Prime Minister Borissov, President Plevneliev
December 15 (BTA) - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu paid a working visit to Bulgaria on Tuesday. In Sofia Davutoglu conferred with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov and President Rosen Plevneliev. "The visit to Sofia shows our close good-neighbourly relations and ou...
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Greece to Assist Bulgaria on Road to Euro Zone - Greek President Pavlopoulos
December 15 (BTA) - By supporting Bulgaria on its European path, Greece will assist the country in making serious steps so that it can be included in the euro zone, said Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos here on Tuesday. He and his Bulgarian counterpart Rosen Plevneliev took p...
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Turkish PM Davutoglu Promises His Country Will Transit Azeri Gas to Bulgaria
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov conferred here on Tuesday with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who is paying a working visit to Bulgaria. "I can safely say that our border is not under migration pressure," Borissov said at a joint news conference with his guest...
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FAIRway Danube Project Launched
December 15 (BTA) - The Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River on Tuesday launched the FAIRway Danube project in Rousse. Under the EU-backed project Bulgaria will receive two new surveying vessels and ten automatic water level-gauges to ensure s...
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European Court of Auditors: Bulgaria-Romania Gas Interconnector Cannot Ensure Sufficient Flows to Bulgaria
December 15 (BTA Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - "The Bulgaria-Romania gas interconnector will allow for 1.3 million cubic metres/day natural gas supplies to flow from Romania to Bulgaria. However, under current conditions, low pressure in the Romanian gas system would prevent...
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Natural Gas Price to Fall in January by Somewhat Wider Margin than the Proposed 2.1%
December 15 (BTA) - The quarterly price of natural gas in Bulgaria will fall at the beginning of 2016 by a somewhat wider margin than the 2.1 per cent proposed by state-owned distributor Bulgargaz, Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) Chairman Ivan Ivanov predicted in re...
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All Reformist Bloc Leaders Except Kanev Reaffirm Participation in Ruling Coalition
December 15 (BTA) - The Reformist Bloc leaders except Radan Kanev of the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) on Tuesday reaffirmed their participation in the government coalition and their support for the ministers named by the Bloc.
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