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President Unveils 13th Bulgarian Christmas Campaign
December 1 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev on Tuesday unveiled the 13th edition of the Bulgarian Christmas charity campaign at Sofia's Pirogov Emergency Hospital. This year the campaign will raise money to purchase new equipment for children's intensive care units in addition ...
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State Distrains LV 600 Mln in Assets of Fugitive Banker Tsvetan Vassilev
December 1 (BTA) - Sofia City Court has allowed the criminal assets forfeiture commission to distrain assets worth over 600 million leva owned by fugitive Bulgarian banker Tsvetan Vassilev, his wife and daughter, and legal entities controlled by Vassilev. The assets are meant to ...
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Deadline for Submission of Election Campaign Reports Expires on December 1
December 1 (BTA) - Three hundred and four out of a total of 424 local coalitions, 196 out of 528 citizens' initiative committees, 56 out of 71 political parties, and 3 national coalitions submitted reports to the National Audit Office (NAO) by November 30 in connection with their...
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Prosecution Demands Four Years' Imprisonment for Former Deputy Parliament Chairman Bisserov
November 30 (BTA) - The prosecution demanded four years' imprisonment for former National Assembly deputy chairman Hristo Bisserov in a trial which began on Monday. Bisserov is charged with tax evasion, undeclared money transfers and incomplete information submitted to the Nation...
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Probe Opened into Content of Leaked Phone Call Recordings between Magistrates
November 30 (BTA) - A probe has started into the content of recorded telephone conversations between the former President of the Sofia City Court, Vladimira Yaneva, and former judge Roumyana Chenalova, which have been leaking to the press in the past weeks, Prosecutor General Sot...
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Authorities Report Achievements in Curbing Cigarette Smuggling
November 30 (BTA) - The share of illegal cigarettes in total cigarette consumption in Bulgaria was 13.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2015, the lowest level since surveys began eight years ago, the Customs Agency reported on Monday. The information was collected during a mark...
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Tax Fraud Trial against Former Deputy Parliament Chairman Bisserov Begins
November 30 (BTA) - A trial against former National Assembly deputy chairman Hristo Bisserov began on Monday on charges of tax evasion, undeclared money transfers and incomplete information submitted to the National Audit Office.
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Prosecutor General Moves to Strip Ataka Leader Siderov of Immunity in Two More Instances
November 30 (BTA) - Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov has submitted motions to strip Ataka Leader Volen Siderov of immunity in two cases from 2011 and 2013, the prosecution service said on Monday.
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Bulgaria Supports Liberalization of Visa Regulations for Turkish Government, Municipal Officials, Business People
November 29 (BTA corr. Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Speaking to Bulgarian reporters in Brussels, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said Sunday that an exception could be made for Turkey in the liberalization of the visa regulations for government and municipal officials, and business people...
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Deputy PM Kalfin, Austrian President Fischer Attend Charity Concert for Aid to Bulgarian Children at Risk
November 29 (BTA) - Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Labour and Social Policy Minister Ivailo Kalfin, Austrian President Heinz Fischer, Austrian Minister of Labour, Social Policy and Consumer Protection Rudolf Hundstorfer and Education Minister Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek attended...
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Traffic via Koulata-Promachonas Border Checkpoint Back to Normal
November 29 (BTA)- Traffic via the Koulata-Promachonas border checkpoint between Bulgaria and Greece was back to normal on Sunday after a power outage at the Greek part of the checkpoint on Saturday which resulted in long lines of waiting vehicles on both sides of the border, the...
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Counteracting Contraband Trade in Excise Duty Goods is One of Government's Priority - Interior Minister
November 29 (BTA) - Counteracting the contraband trade in goods that are subject to excise duty is one of the main priorities of the government, Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova said during a working meeting, quoted by her Ministry. The participants in the meeting were famil...
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Counterfeit Group Busted
November 28 (BTA) - The specialized prosecution has brought charges against five members of an organized crime group which supplied counterfeit ID documents to illegal migrants. The Interior Ministry said that the members of the group, aged between 22 and 57, were detained on Nov...
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Labour Minister Kalfin: All Children Should Live with Their Parents
November 28 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Labour Minister Ivailo Kalfin met with Austrian Minister for Family and Youth Sophie Karmasin, Kalfin's Ministry said. The Labour Minister is paying a visit to Austria.
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Donka Mihailova, Nikolai Ivanov Elected to BSP Leadership
November 28 (BTA) - The National Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) on Saturday elected Donka Mihailova and Nikolai Ivanov to the party's Executive Bureau on a proposal by leader Mihail Mikov.
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Court Reject Majority of Petitions to Cancel Election Results in Smolyan Region
November 28 (BTA) - The Administrative Court in the southern town of Smolyan has dismissed ten petitions to cancel the results in the October 25 local elections. A total of 14 petitions contesting the election results have been submitted by candidates for mayors and municipal ...
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Vice President Popova Confers with Vietnamese Counterpart, National Assembly Chairman, Prime Minister
November 27 (BTA) - The first day of Vice President Margarita Popova's official visit to Vietnam included meetings with Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. The Bulgarian guest was received b...
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Turkish Ambassador in Sofia Hopes Russia, Turkey Can Overcome Effect of Russian Warplane's Downing
November 27 (BTA) - Turkish Ambassador Suleyman Gokce told a news conference here on Friday that Ankara regrets the November 24 tragic incident in which a warplane unidentified as of that moment was shot down at the Turkish-Syrian border. He described this as an "unwanted" incide...
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Monitoring Committee Reviews EU Funds' Effect on Bulgarian Economy
November 27 (BTA) - EU funds remain a driving force for the development of the Bulgarian economy and the country as a whole, said Deputy Prime Minister in charge of EU funds Tomislav Donchev Friday. He was speaking at a meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the National Strategi...
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New Brucellosis Outbreak in SW Bulgaria
November 27 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency has reported a new focus of brucellosis in the village of Kochan near the southwestern town of Blagoevgrad. The infected animals, 22 sheep and goats, will have to be destroyed, Agriculture and Food Minister Dessislava Taneva to...
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