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Bulgarian Foreign Minister Mitov Takes Part in Croatia Summit 2015
July 10 (BTA) - Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov is taking part in the Tenth Annual Croatia Forum, which is held in Dubrovnik between July 9 and 11. The main topic of this year's event, organized by Croatia's Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, is "New Develop...
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15 Central, Eastern and South East European Countries Pool Efforts for Development of Integrated Natural Gas Market
July 10 (BTA) - "Fifteen EU and Energy Community countries in the Central Eastern Europe and South East European regions have agreed to work together to accelerate the building of missing gas infrastructure links and to tackle the remaining technical and regulatory issues whi...
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EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Hogan Visits Bulgaria
July 10 (BTA) - Within his official visit to Bulgaria, EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Phil Hogan had meetings with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and President Rosen Plevneliev. "We hope to receive assistance and understanding from the European Commissio...
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ABV Party Disapproves of Constitutional Amendments Proposed by Justice Minister
July 10 (BTA) - ABV party leader Georgi Purvanov said on Friday that the constitutional amendments proposed by Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov cannot be equated with a genuine judicial reform. "A real, efficient judicial reform can be accomplished by amending the Judicial Sys...
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Outgoing US Ambassador Talks with Prosecutor General
July 10 (BTA) - Outgoing US Ambassador to Bulgaria Marcie Ries met with Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov on Friday before leaving office later in the month, the Prosecution said in a press release. Ambassador Ries thanked the Prosecutor General for the good dialogue and coo...
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PM Borissov Assures President Vujanovic of Bulgaria's Support for Montenegro's EU, NATO Integration
July 10 (BTA) - Meeting with Montenegro's President Filip Vujanovic here Friday, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov reiterated Bulgaria's support for Montenegro's integration with the EU and NATO, said the government press office. Vujanovic met with Borissov on his second day in Bulga...
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EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Hogan Visits Bulgaria
July 10 (BTA) - "We hope to receive assistance and understanding from the European Commission about the losses sustained from Russia's counter-sanctions regarding our dairy products, fruit and vegetables," Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said emerging from talks with visiting here ...
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Socialists, Movement for Rights and Freedoms Refer Health Insurance Act Revisions to Constitutional Court
July 10 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) are appealing revisions to the Health Insurance Act before the Constitutional Court, MPs from the two parliamentary groups said at a news conference at Parliament Friday. The app...
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Deceased People with Forcibly Changed Names During Regeneration Process to Get Old Names
July 10 (BTA) - Deceased Bulgarian citizens who had their names changed during a process of forcible assimilation of ethnic Turks under communism, will have their old names back by an administrative procedure without having to take the matter to a lawcourt. This was codified by P...
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President Plevneliev: Bulgaria Hopes that Montenegro Will Be Invited to Join NATO by Year's End
July 9 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev Thursday expressed the hope that Montenegro will be invited to join NATO by the end of 2015. He was speaking at a joint news conference with Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic, who is on an official visit to Bulgaria at Plevn...
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Parliamentary Finance Committee Holds Hearing of Four Central Bank Governor Nominees
July 9 (BTA) - The parliamentary Budget and Finance Committee Thursday held a hearing of the candidates for the position of governor of the National Bank of Bulgaria (BNB). Four candidates have been nominated for the job: Dimiter Radev of the IMF who was nominated by GERB, Grigor...
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Nine Bulgarian MiG-29 Likely to Be Repaired in Poland - Minister
July 9 (BTA) - Nine of Bulgaria's 19 MiG-29 aircraft need repairs and a contract is about to be signed with Poland for repair of the fighters' engines, Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev said here Thursday. He said that Poland is asking a price that is 1.2 million leva cheaper f...
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Sofia City Prosecution Office Submits Indictment against Former Sofia City Court President Yaneva
July 9 (BTA) - The Sofia City Prosecution Office has submitted the indictment against former Sofia City Court president Vladimira Yaneva to the court, the prosecution said Thursday. The other defendant in the case is Todor Kostadinov, the former director of the Interior Ministry'...
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Bulgarian Justice Minister Confers with EC Secretary General Day
July 9 (BTA Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgarian Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov was received here on Thursday by European Commission Secretary-General Catherine Day, who is leaving office this coming autumn. The two discussed the Cooperation and Verification Mechan...
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Environment Minister: Flow of Municipal Waste Down by Some 6 Per Cent Annually in Last Couple of Years
July 9 (BTA) - Environment and Water Minister Ivelina Vassileva Thursday took part in a seminar on "Sustainable Management of Municipal Waste: Good Practices from Bulgaria and France", organized by the Ministry of Environment and Water and the French Embassy. Vassileva and Fr...
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Mayors to Check New Residence Registrations to Prevent "Voter Tourism"
July 9 (BTA) - The MPs passed revisions to the Civil Registration Act on second reading Thursday instructing mayors to set up commissions to check new address registrations made between July 1, 2014 and April 30, 2015. The revisions are aimed against unlawful registrations m...
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Social Workers Stage One-Hour Warning Strike
July 9 (BTA) - Employees of 20 out of a total of 147 social assistance directorates joined a one-hour effective warning strike on Thursday to press their demands for a 20 per cent pay rise as of July 1 and for better working conditions. The protest received token support from emp...
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Bulgarian Exports Up 12.9% in Q1 of 2015, Year on Year
July 9 (BTA) - Bulgarian exports in the first quarter of 2015 increased by 12.9 per cent compared with the first quarter of 2014, which was mainly due to rising exports to non-EU countries, Economy Minister Bozhidar Loukarski said on Thursday, emerging from a meeting with co...
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President Plevneliev: Bulgaria Hopes that Montenegro Will Be Invited to Join NATO by Year's End
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev Thursday expressed the hope that Montenegro will be invited to join NATO by the end of 2015. He was speaking at a joint news conference with Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic, who is on an official visit to Bulgaria at Plevneliev's invitat...
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Mortgage Lending Marks Record Growth - Analysts
July 9 (BTA) - A record growth of mortgage lending is expected in Bulgaria in June. So far the Greek debt crisis has not had any effect on the bank market here, analysts and credit consultants commented for BTA.