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Smolyan Fire Rages On
Southern Bulgaria, November 13 (BTA) - The state of emergency proclaimed in Smolyan on Thursday remains in place on Friday despite earlier reports that the forest fire near the town had been contained, Smolyan Town Hall said. Hundreds of firefighters, military personnel, forestry...
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Council Adopts Roadmap for Electronic Government Strategy
November 13 (BTA) - The Electronic Government Council adopted a roadmap for the implementation of the Electronic Government Strategy, the Cabinet's Press Centre reported on Friday.
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Pension Funds Have 4.4 Million Clients
November 13 (BTA) - The four types of pension funds in Bulgaria have a total of 4,360,968 clients (insured persons) as at September 30, 2015, increasing by 2.38 per cent compared with September 30, 2014, the Financial Supervision Commission said earlier this week.
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President Plevneliev's Meetings in Hamburg Focus on Migration Pressure
November 12 (BTA) - The problems, related to the unprecedented migration pressure were in the focus of the talks, which Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev had in the German city of Hamburg. At talks with representatives of the Government and the Parliament of this German ...
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PM Borissov: Bulgaria to Contribute EUR 50,000 Euro in EU's EUR 1.8 Billion Aid to Refugees
November 12 (BTA) - Speaking at the sidelines of the EU Valletta Summit on Migration held on November 11 and 12, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said, quoted by the Bulgarian Government Information Service, that Bulgaria will participate with 50,000 euro in the EU p...
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Foreign Minister Mitov Receives Donation from Family of Swiss Founder of Sports Movement in Bulgaria
November 12 (BTA) - Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov Thursday received a donation from the family of the founder of the sports movement in Bulgaria, Louis-Emil Eyer, the Foreign Ministry said.
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Foreign Minister Mitov Receives Donation from Family of Swiss Founder of Sports Movement in Bulgaria
November 12 (BTA) - Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov Thursday received a donation from the family of the founder of the sports movement in Bulgaria, Louis-Emil Eyer, the Foreign Ministry said. Born in Homberg in the Canton of Berne, Eyer studied in Lausanne, Geneva and Neuchatel ...
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MPs from Three Opposition Parties Petition Constitutional Court about Provisions of Medical-Treatment Facilities Act
November 12 (BTA) - MPs from the opposition Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and the Bulgarian Democratic Centre (BDC) have petitioned the Constitutional Court about provisions of the Medical-Treatment Facilities Act, MRF floor leade...
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Council of Europe Calls for Measures "at the Highest Political Level" Against Ill-treatment in Bulgaria's Penitentiaries
November 12 (BTA Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) published Thursday the report on its most recent visit to Bulgaria ( February 13 to 20, 2015).
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Parliament Adopts Greater Increase of Expensive Cigarettes as of 2016
November 12 (BTA) - The National Assembly Thursday adopted second-reading amendments to the Excise Duties and Tax Warehouses Act that introduce changes in the excise tax calendar of cigarettes. Next year the cheapest cigarettes will appreciate by 0.30 leva while the price of more...
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Inflation at 0.2 Per Cent in October
November 12 (BTA) - The National Statistical Institute Thursday reported 0.2 per cent inflation in October compared with September 2015.
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Proposed Budget Offers Chance to Streamline Judicial System, Minister Says
November 12 (BTA) - Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov told the Legal Affairs Committee in the National Assembly on November 11 that for the first time in many years, the proposed annual budget of the judicial system is very close to what the judiciary wants.
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Court Will Be Asked for Volen Siderov's Remand in Custody - Prosecutor General
November 12 (BTA) - Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov commented that the court would be asked for Ataka leader Volen Siderov's remand in custody. An attempt will be made to summon Siderov on Thursday so he can be served an indictment for an incident in which he and fellow M...
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President, Foreign Minister Reject Ecumenical Patriarch's Claims about Return of Church Relics by Bulgaria
November 11 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev and Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov turned down the request, made by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I during his visit here, that Bulgaria should return church relics originating from Northern Greece.
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Parliamentary Social Committee Rejects State Public Insurance Budget Bill
November 11 (BTA) - The parliamentary Labour, Social and Demographic Policy Committee rejected on first reading the State Public Insurance Budget Bill proposed by the Council of Ministers with seven votes against and another seven in favour. The bill was supported by the MP...
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Sofia Hosts Series of Food Fairs
November 11 (BTA) - The ministers of agriculture and food and of the economy, Dessislava Taneva and Bozhidar Loukarski, Wednesday unveiled a series of food and wine industry exhibitions at Sofia's Inter Expo Centre. These include Meatmania, The World of Milk, Bulpek, Interfood a...
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Embassies Will Be Closed Only as Last Resort - Minister
November 11 (BTA) - Embassies will be closed only as a last resort, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said at a meeting of the National Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee, which approved the 2016 Budget Bill by 11-5 votes and one abstention.
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President Plevneliev Criticizes Way Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Makes Requests to Bulgaria
November 11 (BTA) - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's request that Bulgaria return church relics was not made in the proper place or way, President Rosen Plevneliev said on Wednesday after attending the swearing-in of the new constitutional judges.
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Oil, Gas Prospecting in Han Asparouh Bloc to Start in First Half of 2016
November 11 (BTA) - Prospecting for oil and gas in the Han Asparouh bloc will start in the period between February and May 2016, Total E&P Bulgaria General Manager Xavier Faugeras said on Wednesday. The drilling is expected to reach a depth of 4 km, 2 km of which is water, ...
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Vignette Charges Increase in 2016
November 11 (BTA) - The 2016 12-month vignette charge for motor cars increases by 30 leva to 97 leva, Regional Development and Public Works Minister Lilyana Pavlova told reporters on Wednesday. All types of vignette charges increase as well, Pavlova said. Trucks up to 3.5 t wi...
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