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2015 State Budget Update Adopted
December 3 (BTA) - Late Wednesday evening, Bulgaria's Parliament updated the 2015 State budget by a vote of 100-27, with 11 abstentions. Revenues were set at 19,080,353,900 leva, up from 18,247,592,900 leva planned. Tax revenues were raised to 17,324,547,700 leva from an estim...
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Prime Minister Talks with European Employment Commissioner
December 3 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov met with European Employment Commissioner Marianne Thyssen in Sofia on Thursday, the Cabinet's Press Service reported. Borissov expressed his expectation that the Sofia-hosted 5th ASEM Labour and Employment Ministers' ...
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Experts Discuss Refugee Problem, Its Impact on the Balkans at Conference
December 3 (BTA) - The EU and the Balkans are facing two different types of problems and crises, said here on Thursday the head of the Institute for Economics and International Relations, Lyubomir Kyuchoukov, during a conference about the refugee wave problems their impact on the...
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Average Annual Temperature in Bulgaria Rises by 1.3 C in 20 Years
December 3 (BTA) - Analyses suggest that the average annual temperature in Bulgaria has risen by 1.3C in the past 20 years, said here Thursday Environment Minister Ivelina Vassileva at a conference on "Climate Change: Challenges to Bulgarian Nature and Tourism".
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President Plevneliev: Bulgaria's Policies for Children Give Example to Entire Region
December 3 (BTA) - Bulgaria's policies for children give example to the entire Balkan Region, President Rosen Plevneliev said at his meeting with UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake here on Thursday, the head of State's press secretariat reported. The Bulgarian President ou...
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Third Day of Kilometres-long Lines of Trucks at Danube Bridge Checkpoint
December 3 (BTA) - The kilometres-long lines of trucks at the Danube Bridge border control checkpoint continued for a third day in a row Thursday. The reason is the introduction of payment of road tolls and vignette fees for trucks only through a point of sale by a credit or a de...
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New Government Debt Ceiling Set at Lv 5.3 Mln in 2016
December 3 (BTA) - Parliament set a limit at 5.3 million leva on new debt incurred by the government in 2016 during second reading debates of the 2016 State Budget Act late on Wednesday. New debt may go towards financial stabilizations programmes and facilities and emergency l...
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Labour Minister Kalfin: Lv 20 Mln Will Be Made Available for Social Entrepreneurship
December 3 (BTA) - Some 20 million leva will be made available for social entrepreneurship under the Operational Programme Human Resources Development, said Deputy Prime Minister and Labour Minister Ivailo Kalfin on Wednesday. He spoke during a meeting with members of nationally ...
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British PM Cameron to Visit Sofia Thursday, to Meet with PM Borissov, President Plevneliev
December 2 (BTA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron will be meeting with Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov and President Rosen Plevneliev during a visit to Bulgaria December 3, the press offices of the Bulgarian government and President said Wednesday. On the agenda of ...
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Justice Minister: "Judiciary Scandals Unlikely to Shake Ruling Coalition"
December 2 (BTA) - "I don't see any indications of the coalition being shaken," Bulgarian Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov told journalists here on Wednesday after the Cabinet meeting. He was approached for comment on possible problems between the Reformist Bloc and GERB over the o...
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Bulgaria to Keep Up to 110 Troops in Afghanistan in 2016
December 2 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgaria will keep a contingent of up to 110 troops in Afghanistan in 2016 with an unchanged numerical strength and location, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov told Bulgarian journalists on Wednesday. He participated in the Meetings ...
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ABV to Reconsider Role and Place in Government Coalition over State Budget
December 2 (BTA) - The lack of dialogue over the 2016 national budget is unacceptable to ABV, its deputy floor leader Kiril Tsochev told a news conference in Parliament on Wednesday. ABV said that it had proposed several key social measures, which were rejected by the majority. "...
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Cabinet Adopts Report on Implementation of Plan for Preparing Bulgarian EU Presidency in 2018
December 2 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers Wednesday adopted a three-month report on the implementation of the Plan for the Preparation of the Bulgarian EU Presidency in the second half of 2018, the Government Information Service said. The report, which was prepared by Deputy Pr...
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Bulgarian Muslim Leader Meets with European Commission Vice President for Budget and Human Resources
December 2 (BTA) - The Chief Mufti of Muslims in Bulgaria, Moustafa Hadji, told European Commission Vice President for Budget and Human Resources Kristalina Georgieva that the peaceful coexistence of Christians, Muslims and Jews in Bulgaria can serve as a model for the world, the...
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Parliament Passes Conclusively 2016 State Budget Framework
December 2 (BTA) - At an extraordinary sitting that went into the small hours of Wednesday, Bulgaria's Parliament passed conclusively the framework of the 2016 State budget. The total amount of revenues, grants and donations is planned at 20,623,591,500 leva. Of these, corpora...
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National Assembly Enacts 2016 Public Social Insurance Budget
December 1 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Parliament Tuesday adopted the 2016 Public Social Insurance Budget Act on second reading. Proposals of the opposition to increase social payments were turned down. Public social insurance revenues are expected to total 10,048,408,400 leva, as the ...
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2016 Health Insurance Fund Budget Adopted Conclusively
December 1 (BTA) - Parliament on Tuesday adopted conclusively the 2016 budget of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). The MPs decided that the national framework agreements will take effect on April 1 and will be proportionate to NHIF's budget for the respective year.
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Flights to Sofia's Old Terminal Diverted to New Terminal Due to Bomb Scare
December 1 (BTA) - Terminal 1 of the Sofia Airport was sealed off Tuesday due to suspicions that a van parked nearby, had a bomb in it, the Interior Ministry said. No bomb was found by a specialized team but the airport diverted all Terminal 1 flights to Terminal 2 for the rest o...
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Sofia Airport's Terminal 1 Sealed Off over Bomb Alert
December 1 (BTA) - Terminal 1 of the Sofia Airport was sealed off due to suspicions about a bomb planted in a minibus, parked in the area of the terminal, the Interior Ministry said. Shortly before 1 pm a person called the European emergency phone number to report about an all...
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Customs Officials Seize 11 Kg of Heroin at Kapitan Andreevo Border Checkpoint
December 1 (BTA) - Inspectors from the Kapitan Andreevo border control checkpoint seized around 11 kg of heroin hidden inside a pillow, the customs in Svilengrad said Tuesday.
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