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Islamists Hack into MEP Angel Dzhambazki's Website
September 7 (BTA) - The internet site of MEP Angel Dzhambazki (http://djambazki.org) came under hacking attack, with the hackers signing as "Islamic State" in English, the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) said in a press release on Monday. There was also an i...
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Tsvetan Tsvetanov: Let's Not Allow Phenomena Like Syriza, Podemos in Bulgaria
September 7 (BTA) - Addressing a conference Monday on the future of political parties, GERB Deputy Leader Tsvetan Tsvetanov urged against allowing phenomena like Syriza and Podemos and populism in Bulgaria. The conference was organized by the Citizens Association for the Eur...
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European Ambassadors Say Rejection of Anti-Corruption Bill Sent Negative Message
September 7 (BTA) - Ambassadors of European countries to Bulgaria said in a joint media statement on Monday that last week's rejection of a government-sponsored anti-corruption bill without further parliamentary debate sent a negative message about the fight against corruption in...
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UNHCR Sofia Spokesperson Calls on EC to Mobilize its Asylum, Migration and Civil Protection Agencies
September 7 (BTA) - The European Commission should mobilize its asylum, migration and civil protection agencies, UNHCR Sofia Spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov said in a BTA interview. Urgent and adequate reception capacity is needed in Greece, Italy and Hungary, the interviewee sa...
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Qatar Environment Minister Proposes Setting Up Joint Food Venture with Bulgaria
September 6 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov conferred here on Sunday with visiting Qatari Environment Minister Ahmad Amir Muhammad al-Humaidi and his delegation, the Government Information Service said. At the meeting, al-Humaidi proposed the establishment of a jo...
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Bulgaria Marks 130th Anniversary of Unification of Bulgarian Principality and Eastern Rumelia
September 6 (BTA) - National celebrations of the 130th anniversary of the Unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia are held throughout Bulgaria on Sunday.
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Agriculture Minister Taneva Talks with Qatar's Environment Minister al-Humaidi
September 5 (BTA) - Twelve Bulgarian agricultural producers will present their products to a delegation from Qatar on Monday, it emerged from a meeting between Qatar's Environment Minister Ahmad Amir Muhammad al-Humaidi and Agriculture Minister Dessislava Taneva in Sofia.
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Interior Minister Calls for Urgent Legislative Measures against Illegal Migrant Trafficking
September 5 (BTA) - Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova said on Saturday she would call for urgent legislative measures introducing the harshest possible sanctions on human traffickers, commensurate to the gravity of the offence of migrant trafficking. This would make it consid...
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Standard & Poor's: Rating on Sofia Affirmed at 'BB+'; Outlook Stable
September 5 (BTA) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its 'BB+' long-term issuer credit rating on Sofia on Friday, with a stable outlook, said the Bulgarian capital's Deputy Mayor Doncho Barbalov, who is responsible for finances and economic activity.
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"Jointly with EC, Bulgaria Will Try to Sort Out Russia's Food Import Ban" - Agriculture Minister
September 4 (BTA) - Bulgarian Agriculture and Food Minister Desislava Taneva said here on Friday that "together with the European Commission, we will try to sort out the case with the Russian side: how did it occur and what occasioned that decision." She was approached by jour...
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Defence Minister Seeks Support for Legislative Change to Allow Bulgaria to Protect its Airspace Jointly with Other NATO ...
September 4 (BTA) - Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev told the media on Friday that he has asked the partners in the ruling coalition to support an amendment to the Defence and Armed Forces Act which will allow Bulgaria to protect its airspace jointly with other NATO member countr...
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Bulgartransgas to Open New Procedure for Selection of Contractor for Gas Interconnector with Romania
September 4 (BTA) - A new procedure for the selection of a contractor for the gas interconnector with Romania will be opened, after on September 2 the previously selected contractor: a Bulgarian company with a German sub-contractor, withdrew, citing changed relations between the ...
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ABV Will Not Support Constitutional Revisions on First Reading
September 4 (BTA) - ABV will not vote in favour of the revisions to the Constitution on first reading, party leader and former president Georgi Purvanov told a news conference Friday. On second reading ABV will support the two provisions related to the division of the Supreme Jud...
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January-August Taxes Yield Lv 21.5 Bln - Finance Minister
Sofia, September 4 (BTA) - Tax revenues totalled 21.5 billion leva in the first eight months of the year, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said at Parliament's Question Time on Friday. This is 70.9 per cent of the annual projection and 12 per cent more than a year earlier in no...
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Bulgarian Energy Holding Opens EUR 650 Mln Loan Procedure
September 4 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) invited banks to an open competition for the chance to lend BEH up to 650 million euro, Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova told journalists on Friday.
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Countercorruption Law to Be Resubmitted to Parliament
September 4 (BTA) - Reformist Bloc co-floor leader Radan Kanev told journalists on Friday that the countercorruption law will be voted at the earliest possibility. Kanev was speaking following a meeting of the Council for Development with the Council of Ministers which consid...
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Q2 GDP Grows 2.2% Y-Y
September 4 (BTA) - In the second quarter of 2015, GDP at current prices totalled 21,068 million leva, the National Statistical Institute said. In euros GDP amounted to 10,772 million leva, or 1,497 per person.
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Expert Speaks of High Likelihood of Bigger Groups of Refugees Heading to Bulgaria from Country's Southern Neighbours
September 4 (BTA) - Head of the Refugee and Migration Service with the Bulgarian Red Cross Mariana Stoyanova said, interviewed by BTA, that there is a high likelihood of bigger groups of refugees heading to Bulgaria from the country's southern neighbours.
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Defence Minister: EU Countries Should Tackle Together Refugee Influx
September 3 (BTA) - No EU country can tackle on its own the influx of refugees, said Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev at an informal meeting of EU defence ministers in Luxembourg on Thursday. He added that if Europe acted with resolve, then the people would make the right cho...
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Foreign Minister Mitov Demands Explanation from Bulgarian Ambassador to Russia Following Statement for Russian Media
September 3 (BTA) - Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has demanded an explanation from BulgariaТs Ambassador to Russia, Boyko Kotsev, after a statement he made before the RIA Novosti agency on Tuesday saying that the right solution for the construction of the South Stream natural...
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