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End-September CFP Surplus at Lv 621.5 Mln
October 31 (BTA) - The monthly reports of first-level spending units show the Consolidated Fiscal Programme (CFP) in a surplus of 621.5 million leva as of end-September, 0.7 per cent of the projected GDP, the Finance Ministry said late on Friday.
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Illegal Migrants Arrested in Large-scale Operation
October 31 (BTA) - In a country-wide operation directed by the prosecuting magistracy on Friday, the Interior Ministry and the State Agency for National Security found 495 illegal migrants, arrested 16 human traffickers and took measures against 525 persons involved in offenc...
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President Plevneliev, PM Borissov Send Condolences to Romanian and Russian Counterparts
October 31 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev sent condolences to his Romanian counterpart, Klaus Iohannis, on the tragic death of dozens of young people in a Bucharest nightclub, the President's Press Secretariat said on Saturday.
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Cabinet Approves 2016 Budget Bill
October 30 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers approved Friday the draft of the 2016 national budget and an update of its medium-term budget forecast for the 2016-2018 period which constitutes the reasoning for the budget bill, the Cabinet's Press Service said. The key priority o...
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1,883,411 Voters Support E-voting in Referendum, Compared to 704,182 Against
October 30 (BTA) - A total of 2,587,593 valid votes were cast in the October 25 national referendum about the introduction of remote electronic voting. The number of votes in favour of e-voting is 1,883,411, compared to 704,182 against, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said ...
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September Cost of Living at Lv 560 per Household Member
October 30 (BTA) - The cost of living per member of a household of two adults and two children stood at 560.81 leva, a total of 2,243 leva, at the end of September.
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President Plevneliev Has Alerted Security Services about Hacker Attacks on Election Day
October 30 (BTA) - During a news briefing on Friday, President Rosen Plevneliev said that he has alerted the State Agency for National Security (SANS) about the hacker attacks on the day of the local elections and the electronic voting referendum. The head of State commented ...
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On a Global Scale 58 Mln Children Are Still Out of School - UNESCO Director-General Bokova
October 30 (BTA) - On a global scale, 58 million children are still out of school. This means reproduction of poverty, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said at a discussion on social inclusion hosted by Sofia University Thursday evening.
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Conflict of Interest Commission's Ex-chairman Gets Three-Year Conditional Sentence
October 30 (BTA) - The Supreme Court of Cassation substituted a conditionalsentence for the custodial sentence of the Conflict of Interest Commission's former chairman Filip Zlatanov on Thursday.
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Bulgarian National Bank Decides on Restructuring
October 30 (BTA) - The Governing Council of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) on Thursday decided to make structural changes in the central bank. They are in line with its powers as a bank restructuring body, with a Plan for Reform and Development of Banking Supervision adopted o...
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Tripartite Council Discusses Health Insurance Fund Budget
October 29 (BTA) - The Ministry of Finance and the partners have estimated that at the end of the current year the deficit of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) will be from 30 to 35 million leva, Health Minister Peter Moskov said at Thursday's meeting of the National ...
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Government, Employers, Unions Disagreed on 2016 Public Social Insurance Budget
October 29 (BTA) - The National Council for Tripartite Cooperation (NCTC) failed to reach agreement on the 2016 public social insurance budget. Summing up Thursday's proceedings, Deputy Prime Minister and Labour and Social Policy Minister Ivailo Kalfin said at the NCTC meeting th...
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Construction of Maritsa Motorway Completed
October 29 (BTA) - The last built 31.4 km section of the Maritsa Motorway in Southern Bulgaria was unveiled on Thursday by President Rosen Plevneliev, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Regional Development Minister Liliyana Pavlova and Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski.
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Justice Ministry Unveils Draft Juvenile Criminal Justice Act
October 29 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Justice Ministry presented its draft of a Juvenile Criminal Justice Act on Thursday. The purposes of the law include protecting the interests of juveniles in criminal procedure, regulating the possibilities for their rehabilitation, and protecting th...
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Parliament Rejects One of Two Electronic Media Council Reports
October 29 (BTA) - The National Assembly on Thursday approved a report on the performance of the Council on Electronic Media (CEM) in the first half of 2014 but rejected a similar report for the second half of 2014. Members of the parliamentary groups of the Patriotic Front and B...
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Bulgaria to Export Fruit and Vegetables to China
October 29 (BTA) - Bulgaria will start a procedure for fruit and vegetable exports to China. The matter was arranged between Bulgarian Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Vassil Groudev and officials from China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quar...
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Attempt on Life of Alexei Petrov in Sofia
October 29 (BTA) - Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova Thursday confirmed before the National Assembly that in the morning an RPG was fired at the car of Alexei Petrov. His bodyguard alerted the police at 8:54 am. No one was killed or injured in the attack.
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Voter Turnout in First Round of Local Elections Was 53.60%
October 29 (BTA) - The voter tournout in the first round of the local elections was 53.60 per cent, the Central Election Commission said on its website Thursday. The turnout in the national referendum, which was held together with the local elections on October 25, was 39.67 p...
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VTB Capital Has Hired Ernst & Young for Immediate Sale of Vivacom
October 28 (BTA) - VTB Capital, the investment-banking arm of Russia second-largest bank Vneshtorgbank (VTB), has hired global advisory firm Ernst & Young to help it with an immediate sale of Vivacom, VTB Capital AD CEO Milen Veltchev told BTA on Tuesday. "The transaction will...
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Autumn 2015 Command Post Exercise is Underway at Charalitsa Military Training Complex
October 28 (BTA) - A national command post exercise codenamed Autumn 2015 is being conducted at three levels in the Charalitsa National Military Training Complex in Sofia Region until October 30, the Defence Ministry reported. The scenario of the exercise is based on a crisis be...