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President Plevneliev Congratulates Bulgarian Athletes for Remarkable Results from Special Olympics
August 5 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev congratulated the Bulgarian athletes for the remarkable results they achieved at the 2015 Special Olympics in Los Angeles, Plevneliev's press secretariat said on Wednesday.
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Bread Wheat Harvest in Dobrich Region Better than Last Year's
August 5 (BTA) - Grain producers in the Dobrich Region, dubbed as Bulgaria's breadbasket, harvested a better wheat harvest than last year: 643,401 t this year against 592,272 t in 2014, the local farming service said after the end of the harvesting campaign.
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Border Village Fire Contained
August 5 (BTA) - A wildfire which had been raging near the border village of Lessovo for two days was contained on Wednesday and was prevented from spreading into Turkey, Tatyana Pavlova, Spokesperson for the Interior Ministry Directorate in Yambol, said.
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President Plevneliev Condoles over Macedonia Flood Victims
August 4 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev on Tuesday cabled condolences to his Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov over the victims of flash floods in Macedonia, his press secretariat said.
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Svilengrad District Prosecution Opens Summary Pre-trial Proceedings against Seven Human Traffickers
August 4 (BTA) - The Svilengrad District Prosecution Office has opened summary pre-trial proceedings against six traffickers from the southern town of Harmanli who assisted Syrian and Iraqi migrants in crossing into Bulgaria from Turkey. Another summary proceedings have been l...
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EU-Funded Programme to Finance Construction of Municipal Compost Plants
August 4 (BTA) - Municipalities which do not yet have a composting plant for green and food waste will have an opportunity to apply for funding to build one from the EU-supported Operational Programme Environment 2014-2020. The same programme will also finance the construction of...
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Social Affairs Ministry Draws Up Pre-retirement Employment Programme
August 4 (BTA) - The Labour and Social Policy Ministry is drawing up a pre-retirement employment programme, Minister Ivailo Kalfin said on Tuesday. He was meeting with staff of the Ministry's units in Razgrad Region. The aim is to make an effective programme and include as man...
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Swimmer Nina Rangelova with New National Record in 200 m Freestyle Swimming in Kazan
August 4 (BTA) - Bulgarian swimmer Nina Rangelova reached the semi-finals in the women's 200 m freestyle swimming at the 16th FINA World Championships setting a new national record of 1:65.41 minutes, 0.15 faster than her previous national record in Berlin a year ago. In the h...
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Court Goes Ahead with Organized Crime Case against Grisha Ganchev
August 4 (BTA) - The specialized court Tuesday went ahead with the organized crime trial of prominent businessman Grisha Ganchev and nine co-defendants. The criminal group led by the Lovech-based businessman was allegedly set up to evade the ascertainment and payment of large ...
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Charges Pressed for Rape, Murder of British Woman
August 4 (BTA) - A resident of the southern town of Yambol has been charged with the murder of a British woman in July, the prosecution office said Tuesday. Ivan Nikolov was accused of raping Jannet Bennet on July 30-31 in the village of Malomir, Yambol District, and killing her...
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Photos of Refugee Children Exhibited at Sofia Airport
August 4 (BTA) - Sofia Airport's Terminal 2 is the venue for an exhibition of forty colour photographs of refugee children at the reception centres in Bulgaria. The exhibition mottoed "I Have a Dream" shows that those children have the same faces and dreams as children elsewhere,...
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Health Ministry Launches Comprehensive Package for Maternity and Child Care, Includes All Costs of Prenatal Screening
August 3 (BTA) - Health Minister Peter Moskov announced the launch on Monday of a comprehensive package for child and maternity health care which is fully financed by the Ministry. The new package cover all costs for prenatal screening, including the biochemical tests which deter...
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Deputy PM Kuneva: Bulgaria Interested in Signing of EU-Japan Trade Agreement
August 3 (BTA) - Meeting with an official Japanese delegation led by Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kentaro Sonoura, Deputy Prime Minister for European Policies Coordination and Institutional Affairs Meglena Kuneva said Bulgaria is strongly interested in the sign...
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Bulgarian Rider Ganukov Becomes 2015 Balkan Dressage Champion
August 3 (BTA) - Bulgarian rider Raiko Ganukov and mare Ambrosia won the 2015 Balkan Dressage Championship title in the highest class for senior riders. This year the Balkan dressage championships were hosted by Istanbul and took place in July 30 through to August 2. Ganukov came...
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National Revenue Agency Checks All Central Print Media
August 3 (BTA) - The National Revenue Agency (NRA) has launched checks for tax and social security compliance of all publishers of central print media, NRA sources said on Monday. The checks will cover the period of the last five years.
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Bulgarian Posts Resumes MoneyGram Transfers to Greece
August 3 (BTA) - Bulgarian Posts said on Monday it resumed MoneyGram transfers to Greece. The service was suspended on July 21. Money transfers from Greece to other countries are not possible yet, the press release said.
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32 Human Samples from Brucellosis-Hit Town of Rila Sent for Testing
August 3 (BTA) - Samples from 32 residents of the town of Rila, Kyustendil Region, were sent to Sofia for medical testing after a brucellosis outbreak was reported in the area last week, Kyustendil Deputy Regional Governor Silvia Velkova told BTA on Monday.
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Fire-fighters Render Assistance during Minor Accident with Helicopter
August 3 (BTA) - A team of the regional Fire Safety and Protection of the Population Directorate rendered assistance during an accident with a small private helicopter on Sunday. No one was hurt. Only the helicopter was damaged.
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Bulgarian European Commissioner Georgieva: Restoration Work of Flood-hit Miziya Continues
August 3 (BTA) - In a phone call with Violin Kroushovenski, the Mayor of the Northwestern town of Miziya which was hit by a devastating flood a year ago, Bulgarian European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva discussed ways to speed up the restoration work after the disaster, the R...
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Bulgarians Juniors Win Two Medals at European Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship in Novi Sad
August 3 (BTA) - Young Bulgarian chess players proved exceptionally successful at the 15th European Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship held in Novi Sad, Serbia, in August 1 and 2.