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Scientists Present Monitoring of Bulgaria's EU Membership 2014-2015
September 18 (BTA) - Education can narrow the social and economic disparities in Bulgaria, a study entitled "Monitoring of Bulgaria's EU Membership 2014-2015. Good Management" found. The joint project of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the European Policy Forum was presented b...
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Migrants Are Reluctant to Stay in Bulgaria, System of Insentives and Restrictions Is Needed to Change That - Deputy Inte...
September 17 (BTA) - Migrants are reluctant to stay in Bulgaria and the European Union needs to think of a system incentives and restructions to change this, according to Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Filip Gounev. He was speaking here Thursday during a debate on the migrant ...
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Local Elections: 71 Parties and Three Coalitions Registered for Participation
September 17 (BTA) - The Central Election Commission (CEC) told a regular news conference on Thursday that 71 parties and three coalitions had been registered for participation in the October 25 local elections. Registration was denied to three parties and seven registrations ...
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No Limitation Period for Heavy Offences by Communist Party Officials in 1944-1989 Period
September 17 (BTA) - There will be no limitation period for heavy crimes committed in the period from September 9, 1944 to November 10, 1989 by officials of the Bulgarian Communist Party, according to amendments to the Penal Code adopted conclusively by the National Assembly on T...
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Constitutional Court Reject MPs' Question about Admissibility of Contemplated Constituional Changes
September 17 (BTA) - The Constitutional Court Thursday rejected two questions it was asked by MPs in respect to contemplated changes in the Constitution. The 10 Court members found that it was inadmissible to ask them about pending legislation. Only two judges held the opposit...
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Municipal Election Commissions Are Competent to Draw Lots for Numbers on Ballot Papers - Court
September 17 (BTA) - The Municipal Election Commissions (MEC) are competent to draw the lots for the numbers of parties on the ballot papers, according to a decision to this effect taken by the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) on Thursday.
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Bulgaria Starts Deploying up to 1,000 Military Personnel along its Border with Turkey
September 17 (BTA) - Bulgaria will deploy up to 1,000 military personnel along its border with Turkey in the following few days in an operation which has already started in order to address the complicated migratory situation, Bulgarian Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Georgi Ko...
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Mizia Gets Lv 1,777,000 in EU Aid to Mitigate 2014 Flood Effects
September 17 (BTA) - Mizia Municipality in Northern Bulgaria will receive 1,777,000 leva in EU grant aid to mitigate the effects of summer 2014 flooding under a contract signed on Wednesday, the Regional Development and Public Works Ministry reported on Thursday.
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Parliament Changes Time Limits for Use of Special Surveillance Means
September 17 (BTA) - The National Assembly on Thursday reduced the time limits for using special surveillance means (SSMs) when the purpose is to identify a person, and extended the time limits for SSM use for activities relevant to national security when the purpose is to preven...
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No Serious Migration Pressure along Bulgaria's Borders, Border Police Chief Says
September 16 (BTA) - There is no serious migration pressure along Bulgaria's borders, the Border Police Chief Antonio Angelov is quoted by the Interior Ministry as telling journalists on Wednesday. Angelov said that Bulgarian citizens should remain calm. He assured that the Bo...
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Next Meeting of Bulgarian-Russian Working Group on Energy to Be Held in Sofia
September 16 (BTA) - The next meeting of the Bulgarian-Russian Working Group on Energy will be held in Sofia in mid-October, the press centre of the Energy Ministry said.
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Venice Commission Hails Separation of Judicial Council into Two Colleges
September 16 (BTA) - The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe hails the proposed change in the Constitution, which envisages the separation of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) into two colleges, the Commission members said during their Wednesday talks at the National Asse...
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Dual Education to Start in Bulgaria within Swiss Model
September 16 (BTA) - This is the first time during the new school year 2015/2016 that the dual education and training system, inspired by the Swiss model, is starting in Bulgaria in two vocational schools: the Prof. Georgi Pavlov Vocational School for Food Processing Technologies...
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GERB Abandons Idea about Additional 2% Tax on Incomes
September 16 (BTA) - The proposal of the Finance Ministry to authorize municipalities to charge an additional two per cent tax on people incomes will not be considered by the Council of Ministers, GERB Floor Leader Tsvetan Tsvetanov said in Parliament's lobbies.
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Socialists' Mayoral Candidate in Sofia Expects to Make it to Run-Off
September 16 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) candidate for mayor of Sofia, Mihail Mirchev, on Wednesday predicted he will make it to a second round of voting in the October 25 local elections. Mirchev came to the BTA National Press Club to give his first news conferen...
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UNESCO Director General: Curbing Trafficking of Cultural Property Is Priority Because It Funds Extremists' Actions
September 16 (BTA) - Curbing the trafficking of cultural property is probably priority number one because it funds the extremists' actions, UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova said here Wednesday. She was speaking at a conference on fighting the plunder of Syria's cultural heri...
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Military Prosecution Office Presses New Charges against Land Forces General
September 16 (BTA) - The military prosecution office Wednesday announced that it has pressed new charges for embezzlement and malfeasance in office against General Dimiter Shivikov. Gen. Shivikov was originally charged in April with abuse of office following a tip-off that he ...
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White House Names US Ambassadorial Nominee for Bulgatia
September 16 (BTA) - The White House announced Tuesday that President Barack Obama intends to nominate Eric Seth Rubin for the position of US Ambassador to Bulgaria. The announcement was made along with those for several other key administration posts.
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Socialist Leader: Anonymous Alerts Are Unacceptable in a Democratic State
September 15 (BTA) - It is inadmissible for a democratic state, governed by the rule of law, to give a possibility for submitting anonymous alerts to the Bureau for Fighting Corruption, reads a reply of Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Mihail Mikov to Transparency without ...
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President Announces Nominations for Constitutional Court
September 15 (BTA) - The office of President Rosen Plevneliev announced Tuesday the nomination of Mariana Karagyozova -Finkova and Filip Dimitrov for member of the Constitutional Court on the presidential quota of judges.
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