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Funds for Recovery and Resolution of Banks, Investment Firms Regulated by Law
July 30 (BTA) - Parliament adopted conclusively Recovery and Resolution of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms Act on Thursday providing for the establishment of a Bank Resolution Fund and an Investment Firms Resolution Fund.
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Socialist MP Maya Manolova Elected Ombudsman
July 30 (BTA) - Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) MP Maya Manolova was elected Ombudsman of Bulgaria by a secret vote in Parliament on Thursday. She drew 129 votes, while the other candidate, hitherto Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev, received 82 votes. Twelve of the ballot papers ...
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Eleven Rila Residents Test Positive for Brucellosis
July 30 (BTA) - Eleven residents of the southwestern town of Rila have tested positive for brucellosis, Dr. Dinko Dinev of the Kyustendil Regional Health Inspectorate told BTA Thursday. He explained that the samples taken from Rila residents, which were sent for testing in S...
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Maya Manolova Elected Ombudsman
July 30 (BTA) - BSP MP Maya Manolova was elected Ombudsman of Bulgaria by a secret vote in Parliament on Thursday. She drew 129 votes, while the other candidate, hitherto Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev, received 82 votes. Twelve of the ballot papers were invalid.
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Prime Minister Voices Grave Disappointment about Rejection of Referendum Questions
July 30 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov Thursday expressed grave disappointment about the dropping of two of the questions proposed by the President in an upcoming referendum. Approached by a reporter, Borissov expressed regret that the other parties in Parliament did n...
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Two New Brucellosis Cases in Town of Rila, Outbreak Declared in Region
July 30 (BTA) - Two other persons from the town of Rila have tested positive for brucellosis, Dr. Dinko Dinev of the Kyustendil Regional Health Inspectorate told BTA Thursday. The patients were tested for the disease after being admitted to hospital.
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Parliament Adopts National Service for Protection Act
July 30 (BTA) - Parliament adopted on second reading the National Service for Protection Act late Wednesday. Parliament decided that the NSP chief will be appointed by a presidential decree, in concordance with Cabinet, for a period of five years. The MPs also decided that...
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133 Forest Fires Registered Since Beginning of 2015
July 29 (BTA) - A total of 133 forest fires have erupted since the beginning of this year in Bulgaria, affecting an area of around 500 ha, said Deputy Agriculture Minister Georgi Kostov on Wednesday, quoted by his Ministry. He noted that there were a total of 124 fires during ...
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MPs Ask Constitutional Court to Interpret Texts of Draft Constitutional Changes
July 29 (BTA) - One hundred and forty-four MPs submitted a petition to the Constitutional Court on Wednesday. The questions are related to the draft changes in the Constitution by which the MP are expected to help the implementation of the judiciary reform in this country. Th...
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Employers, Trade Unions Hold Fresh Protest Rally against Hike of Electricity Prices
July 29 (BTA) - Employers and trade unions Wednesday staged their second protest event against the pending increase of electricity prices. The first protest, when large plants suspended work for one hour, took place in late June. Wednesday's protest rally marched from the bui...
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Report Says Police Brutality Ranges from Handcuffs to Choking
July 29 (BTA) - A report by the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) shows that 28 per cent of convicts in Bulgaria became victims of physical violence while they were being arrested or taken to the police station. Forms of violence range widely from using handcuffs and trunch...
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Parliament Elects Three National Bank Deputy Governors
July 29 (BTA) - Parliament Wednesday elected three deputy governors of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) nominated by Governor Dimiter Radev. Dimiter Kostov will head the Banking Supervision Department, Kalin Hristov will head the Issue Department and Nina Stoyanova will be respo...
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Shoumen Prosecutor Penev Detained for Implementation of Prison Sentence
July 29 (BTA) - Prosecutor Roumen Penev from the Regional Prosecuting Magistracy in Shoumen, Northeastern Bulgaria, was detained on Tuesday evening and is to be escorted to the prison in Lovech, Northern Bulgaria, where he is to serve a three-year sentence for trading in influenc...
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Orange Alert in 21 Regions for Scorching Weather
July 29 (BTA) - The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences has issued an orange warning alert for scorching weather in 21 regions in Bulgaria where temperatures are expected to reach between 36C and 40C.
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Brucellosis Outbreak Detected in Southwestern Bulgaria
July 29 (BTA) - A brucellosis outbreak was registered in the town of Rila, Kyustendil Region, the local office of the Food Safety Agency (FSA) reported on Wednesday. One man was diagnosed with this highly contagious disease and 15 goats in three farms tested positive. In human...
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Plevneliev: Root Cause of Major Problems Lies in Judiciary, Election Process
Addressing Parliament on Tuesday, President Rosen Plevneliev said the root cause of almost all major problems in Bulgaria lay in the judiciary and the election process. "That is why I strongly support a deep, comprehensive judicial reform and a national referendum on el...
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Managers Say More Unfavourable Business Climate In Industry, Retail Trade and Services In July
July 28 (BTA) - In July 2015 the total business climate indicator decreased by 1.8 percentage points compared to its level from the previous month, which is due to the more unfavourable business climate in industry, retail trade and the service sector, the National Statistica...
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Plevneliev: Root Cause of Major Problems Lies in Judiciary, Election Process
Addressing Parliament on Tuesday, President Rosen Plevneliev said the root cause of almost all major problems in Bulgaria lay in the judiciary and the election process. "That is why I strongly support a deep, comprehensive judicial reform and a national referendum on electio...
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US State Department Trafficking in Persons Report Says Bulgarian Government Is Making Significant Efforts to Eliminate T...
July 28 (BTA) - Bulgaria is a source and, to a lesser extent, a transit and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor, this year's US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report says in the part devoted to Bulgaria....
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Four-member Household Needs 2,248 Leva per Month for "Normal" Living - Trade Union
July 28 (BTA) - A four-member household (two adults and two children) needed 2,248 leva per month as at the end of June for a normal way of life, according to calculations of the Institute for Social and Trade Union Research of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (C...
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