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Forest Fires Burning in Variouos Parts of Bulgaria
July 24 (BTA) - Forest fires have been raging for a few days in various parts of the country. There is a fire in the alpine parts of Rila Mountain, said the spokesperson of the Kyustendil Regional Police Directorate Katya Tabachka. She noted that the fire has engulfed three...
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Grain Growers Block Filling Stations to Protest against Government Requirement
July 24 (BTA) - Grain growers blocked public filling stations across Bulgaria on Friday by driving their tractors and harvesters en masse into the stations to be refuelled. The demonstration was a protest against a government requirement for grain producers to install cash ...
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Tourism Board: Bookings Rise Recently
July 24 (BTA) - Bookings have increased in the last few days according to data presented at a National Tourism Board meeting on Thursday. Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova attended the meeting which focused on projections for the summer.
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Debate on Constitutional Revisions Dropped from Parliament's Agenda
July 24 (BTA) - The first reading of amendments to the Constitution was dropped from Parliament's agenda on Friday. The bill of amendments was sponsored by Chairperson Tsetska Tsacheva and a group of MPs.
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New Constitutional Amendment Bill to Be Submitted on Friday, Supported by 180 MPs
July 23 (BTA) - All parliamentary forces except for BSP-Left Bulgaria and Ataka will stand behind a new bill to amend the Constitution for the purposes of the judicial reform. The new bill is expected to be submitted to the National Assembly on Friday, signed by 180 lawmakers...
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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Mogherini Visits Bulgaria
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini opened a visit to Bulgaria on Thursday. The migration pressure and the situation in Greece featured on the agenda of her talks with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, the Government Information...
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Prime Minister Borissov: "Bulgaria Has Emerged as One of Most Loyal and Disciplined Members of EU and NATO"
Sofia, July 23 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Thursday opened the Foreign Minister's annual meeting with Bulgarian ambassadors abroad. The meeting is taking place at Sofia's Boyana Residence until Friday. Federica Mogherini, the EU's High Representative for Foreign A...
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EC Allocates EUR 6.3 Mln from EU Solidarity Fund to Bulgaria in Wake of Natural Disasters
July 23 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The European Commission on Thursday decided to grant aid worth 6.3 million euro from the EU Solidarity Fund to Bulgaria following natural disasters that occurred in the winter of 2015. Considerable damage was caused in Bulgaria ...
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Parliament Passes Conclusively Revisions to Customs Act
July 23 (BTA) - Parliament passed conclusively revisions to the Customs Act on Thursday. These include the establishment of an inspectorate to control the customs administration directly subordinate to the Customs Agency director. Another amendment provides that customs offic...
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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini Confers with PM
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini opened a visit to Bulgaria on Thursday. The migration pressure and the situation in Greece featured on the agenda of her talks with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, the Government's press service s...
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Employers Oppose Setting Minimum Working Wage at 35%-55% of Average One
July 23 (BTA) - The Association of Industrial Capital in Bulgaria (AICB) is categorically against the proposal to set the minimum working wage in the range of 35-55 per cent of the average pay. This is envisaged in a draft Council of Ministers' Decree on setting and updating the ...
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Unionists Protest against Security of Electricity System Fund
July 23 (BTA) - Structures of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) and the Podkrepa Labour Confederation in heating utilities and energy companies will stage one-hour silent protests in front of the buildings of their employers, the press centre of CI...
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Anthrax-contaminated Meat Has Found Its Way into Stores in Varna and Dobrich
July 22 (BTA) - Anthrax-contaminated meat has found its way into stores in Varna and Dobrich (Northeast Bulgaria), said Varna Deputy Regional Governor Tsvetomir Petrov after a meeting of the crisis task force late Wednesday. According to him, the samples taken from the equipment ...
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European Commission: Bulgarian Could Become Regional Hub for SME Startups
July 22 (BTA Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Speaking at a news conference here Wednesday, European Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen said that Bulgaria is an interesting country from the point of view of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). "I visited there ju...
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Minister Vassileva Participates in Informal Meeting of EU Environment Ministers
July 22 (BTA) - Bulgarian Environment and Water Minister Ivelina Vassileva is taking part in an informal meeting of EU environment ministers in Luxembourg on July 22 and 23, Vassileva's ministry said in a press release Wednesday.
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Socialist MP Maya Manolova: Every Smart Government Needs Active, Critical Ombudsman
July 22 (BTA) - The BTA National Press Club Wednesday hosted a public debate with the candidate for national ombudsman Maya Manolova. Angelika Tsokova of the DNES civil movement, which organized the event, explained that National Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev had been invited to t...
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Prime Minister Optimistic about Parliament Supporting a Two-College SJC
July 22 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is optimistic that a proposal to divide the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) into a college of judges and a college of prosecutors and investigators will be supported by the required number of votes in the National Assembly. Borissov...
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Parliament Establishes Electricity System Security Fund
July 22 (BTA) - Parliament Wednesday established an Electricity System Security Fund by voting some amendments to the Energy Act on second reading.
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In 2008-2014 Bulgaria Saves 6,474 Gwh of Power Annually
July 22 (BTA) - The government Wednesday adopted an annual report vis-a-vis the implementation of the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency 2014-2020, the cabinet's information service said. The report reviews energy efficiency until 2013. Analysis is made of of the sepa...
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Judges' Association Warns Judicial Reform May Be Feigned
July 22 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Judges' Association (BJA) said in an open letter on Wednesday that they are concerned about what they see as outright political bargaining which can lead stakeholders to feign a judicial reform and supplant the true meaning of the changes. The le...
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