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President Plevneliev Receives Key to Lisbon
November 3 (BTA) - Lisbon Mayor Fernando Medina on Tuesday presented President Rosen Plevneliev with a key to the city during a formal ceremony, the President's Press Secretariat said. The ceremony took place within the framework of Plevneliev's official visit to Portugal.
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Bulgaria for Citizens Movement to Move for Machine Ballot Counting
November 3 (BTA) - MPs of the Bulgaria for the Citizens Movement (BCM) will table a proposal on Tuesday for the introduction of ballot counting machines. This transpired from a statement to journalists by BCM deputy leader Nestimir Ananiev after a meeting of the Executive Co...
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Banking Supervision Not Efficient Enough, Auditors Conclude
November 3 (BTA) - Banking supervision is not efficient enough to maintain the stability of the banking system and protect depositors' interests, according to the conclusions in a National Audit Office (NAO) report on the performance of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB, the count...
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Major Hacker Attack against Bulgarian State Institution on Day of Mayoral Runoffs
November 3 (BTA) - One of the large Bulgarian state institutions was the target of a hacker attack last Sunday with over 2 billion requests for accessing its website within 24 hours, Deputy Transport, IT and Communications Minister Valeri Borissov said here Tuesday. The attack oc...
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Interior Ministry Officers Confirm Protest Plans for Nov. 4 over 2016 Budget
November 3 (BTA) - The Interior Ministry officers confirmed their plans to protest November 4 over the 2016 budget for the Ministry. This transpired from remarks for the press by Galentin Grozev, one of the union leaders at the Interior Ministry following a meeting with Finance ...
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30th Bulgarian Contingent Leaves for Afghanistan
November 3 (BTA) - A sendoff ceremony for the 30th Bulgarian contingent participating in NATO's Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan took place in Yambol on Tuesday. Attending the ceremony was Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev. The contingent comprises 90 servicemen, of whom...
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Two Mayoral Candidates in Varna Challenge Local Election Results
November 3 (BTA) - Two of the mayoral candidates who ran in the local elections in the Black Sea city of Varna last weekend, are contesting the election outcome. They have moved a joint application to that effect with the local Administrative Court.
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President Plevneliev Congratuates Newly Elected Mayors, Urges Them to Take to Work
November 3 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev congratulated Tuesday all newly elected mayors for winning the confidence of voters. "The elections are over and so is the campaign rhetoric. All newly elected mayors have made commitments and it is important that they start working t...
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Lifelong Learning as a Matter of Survival
November 3 (Silvia Simeonova of BTA) – Lifelong learning has become a matter of survival in Bulgaria. Many qualified specialists, especially in areas such as IT, medicine, the agrarian sciences and rare languages, are making successful career abroad and whole professional communi...
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President Plevneliev Congratuates Newly Elected Mayors, Urges Them to Take to Work
November 3 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev congratulated Tuesday all newly elected mayors for winning the confidence of voters. “The elections are over and so is the campaign rhetoric. All newly elected mayors have made commitments and it is important that they start working t...
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Control of EU External Borders, Fight against Human Trafficking Should Be Strengthened - Foreign Minister
November 2 (BTA) - "Apart from strengthening the control at the EU external borders, we should focus our efforts on the fight against human trafficking," Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said at a joint news briefing with visiting here Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni.
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President Plevneliev in Lisbon: Bulgaria and Portugal Are Part of the Efforts for Sustainable Solution of Problems Facin...
November 2 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev arrived on a state visit to Portugal Monday on the invitation of his Portuguese counterpart Anibal Cavaco Silva. Emerging from a meeting with his host at Belem Palace, Plevneliev said, as quoted by his press office, that Bul...
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Employers against Suggested Minimum Insurance Income for 2016
November 2 (BTA) - The Association of the Organizations of Bulgarian Employers (AOBE) definitively rejected the proposed minimum contributory incomes by occupations and economic activities proposed for 2016 and included in the draft Public Social Insurance Bill, the association s...
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ABV Leader Purvanov Invites Left Wing to Immediate Dialogue
November 2 (BTA) - ABV Party leader Georgi Purvanov invited the left-wing parties and coalitions to immediate dialogue without preconditions. Commenting on the second round of voting in the local elections, he told a news conference on Monday that "the Left in Bulgaria has hit ro...
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Regional Development Minister Signs Ministerial Declaration at World Road Congress Seoul
November 2 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Regional Development Minister Liliyana Pavlova signed a ministerial declaration on the development of the road sector at the 25th World Road Congress Seoul, her Ministry said.
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Socialists Party, Movement for Rights and Freedoms Locked in Dispute over Second Place among Parties after Runoff Local ...
November 2 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) were locked in dispute on Monday over who is the second biggest political force in Bulgaria after the second round of voting in local elections in Bulgaria on November 1.
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GERB's Candidate Ivan Totev Wins Narrow Victory in Plovdiv Mayoral Elections
November 2 (BTA) - Ivan Totev, nominated by the ruling GERB party, won a narrow victory in the mayoral elections in Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv after Sunday's second round of voting in the nationwide local elections. Totev garnered 50.73 per cent of the vote and...
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President Plevneliev Convenes Consultative Council on National Security Nov. 10
November 2 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev has called a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security on November 10 to discuss changes in the geostrategic security environment and the resulting risks and threats to national security, the President's Press Secre...
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Prime Minister Congratulates Turkish Counterpart on Election Victory
November 2 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov congratulated Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on the successful conduct of the parliamentary elections in his country and the electoral success of the party led by him, the Council of Ministers in Sofia report...
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Public Obligation Surcharge to Electricity Price Reduced for Non-Household Users
November 2 (BTA) - The public obligation surcharge to the electricity price for non-household users was reduced by 2.8 per cent to 36.83 leva per megawatt-hour as of November 2, following a 14.26 per cent fall of the price of natural gas in the last quarter of the year. A decisio...