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Economy Minister Calls for Criminalisation Of Subsoil Natural Deposits Extraction
July 2 (BTA) - Economy Minister Bozhidar Loukarski declared at a Thursday briefing that illegal extraction of natural subsoil deposits should be criminalized. The statement was occasioned by a landslide in a residential area of Pernik (near Sofia) which preliminary informatio...
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EU Funding Helps Increase Cultivated Land in Bulgaria
July 2 (BTA) - Cultivated land in Bulgaria has increased by more than 500 000 hectares since the country joined the EU in 2007, Agriculture and Food Minister Dessislava Taneva said on Thursday, quoted by her ministry. Taneva was presenting the results of five projects for far...
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Parliament Adopts in Principle Key Elements of Government-proposed Pension Reform
July 2 (BTA) - In a 115-35 vote with 19 abstentions Parliament Thursday adopted a differentiated gradual increase of the retirement age and contributory income for category three labour until reaching the age of 65 years for men and women in 2037, after which an automatic mec...
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Agency Impounds10,000 l of Substandard Fuel in Silistra Region
July 2 (BTA) - The State Agency for Metrological and Technical Surveillance said on Thursday it has impounded 10 000 litres of substandard diesel fuel after a series of checks in the northeastern Silistra Region.
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Patriotic Front, Prime Minister Discuss Support for Government
July 2 (BTA) - A meeting between Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and the leaders of the Patriotic Front (PF), Valeri Simeonov and Krassimir Karakachanov, Thursday discussed for nearly two hours seven points raised by the Patriotic Front in return for support of the government on th...
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Communications Surveillance Agency Ex-Officer Sentenced for Information Leaks
July 2 (BTA) - Antoaneta Purvanova, a former inspector at the State Agency for Technical Operations, received a two year prison sentence from the Sofia City Court for leaking information to surveillance subjects, the prosecuting magistracy said in a press release on Thursday.
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National Social Security Institute, National Revenue Agency Integrate E-Services Systems
July 2 (BTA) - The National Social Security Institute (NSSI) and the National Revenue Agency (NRA) have signed an agreement on interaction in providing access to electronic administrative services, the NSSI said in a press release on Thursday.
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National Control Directorate Removes 400-Plus Illegal Construction Workssince January 1, 2015
July 2 (BTA) - The National Construction Control Directorate (NCCD) authorities have removed more than 400 illegal construction works since the beginning of 2015, including 28 in Roma neighbourhoods, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works said in a press releas...
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Grigor Dimitrov Advances to 3rd Round of 2015 Wimbledon Championships after Defeating American Steve Johnson
July 1 (BTA) - Bulgaria's best male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov advances to the third round of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships after scoring a victory over Steve Johnson of the United States. Number 11 seed Dimitrov won 7-6(8), 6-2, 7-6(2) in a little over two hours. Th...
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Four Human Trafficking Ringleaders Arrested in Special Operation
July 1 (BTA) - Four human trafficking ringleaders were arrested in a special operation here, conducted jointly between the State Agency for National Security (SANS) and the Interior Ministry on Wednesday, SANS said in a press release. The suspects were smuggling migrants fr...
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Foreign Minister: Bulgaria Has Proven It Is Serious, Reliable Partner Implementing All Responsibilities of Schengen Memb...
July 1 (BTA) - Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov Wednesday presented Bulgaria's priority topics in relation to the beginning of Luxembourg's EU Council Presidency. He said that the key priority will be his country's and Romania's entry in the Schengen area, and Bulgaria will work...
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Health Minister Moskov Undertakes to Withdraw Controversial Text about Hospital Privatization until Consensus Is Achieve...
July 1 (BTA) - Health Minister Peter Moskov has agreed that a controversial text in the law allowing the privatization of hospitals will be withdrawn until a consensus on the matter is reached, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said during Wednesday's blitz Question Time.
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Patriotic Front to Confirm or Not Participation in Governing Majority by Friday
July 1 (BTA) - The Patriotic Front (PF) will announce its decision whether it will remain part of the governing majority by Friday, PF Floor Leader Valeri Simeonov told journalists in the National Assembly Wednesday.
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Socialists Challenge Nomination Procedure for Central Bank Governor
July 1 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has collected 71 MPs' signatures supporting a petition to the Constitutional Court against the nomination procedure for Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) governor, BSP-Left Bulgaria Coalition Deputy Floor Leader Kornelia Ninova s...
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14 Tanks to Be Temporarily Deployed in Bulgaria for NATO Exercises
July 1 (BTA) - Fourteen tanks will be temporarily deployed in Bulgaria for exercises at the Novo Selo training range, Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev told bTV Wednesday. He specified that these will be part of a total of 250 tanks that the US is sending to six Eastern Europe...
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UNHCR Bulgaria Spokesman Cheshirkov Urges for Options for Legal Arrival of Refugees in Europe
July 1 (BTA) - Interviewed by BTA, Spokesman of the Bulgarian office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Boris Cheshirkov said that options should be introduced whereby refugees arrive legally in Europe.
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Taxes Collected in First Half of 2015 Up by 998 Million Leva Compared to Like Period in 2014 - PM
July 1 (BTA) - The taxes collected in the first half of 2015 are by 998 million leva more than the like period a year ago, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told reporters on his way to the regular weekly meeting of the government on Wednesday.
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Consolidated Fiscal Programme Surplus in May Totals 1,091.1 Million Leva
July 1 (BTA) - According to first level spending units' monthly reports, as at the end of May 2015 there was a surplus of 1,091.1 million leva (1.3 per cent of the projected GDP) in the consolidated fiscal programme (CFP), the Finance Ministry said.
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Prosecutor General Lends Partial Support to Amendments to Constitution, Judicial System Act, Supreme Administrative Cour...
June 30 (BTA) - At a hearing on Tuesday before the National Assembly Ad Hoc Committee in charge of proposed amendments to the Constitution, Bulgaria's Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov supported part of the revisions, including more rigorous accountability of the prosecuting...
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State Fund Agriculture Pays out Over Lv 14 Mln under Redistributive Payments
June 30 (BTA) - Over 14 million leva are paid out on Tuesday to farmers, who have applied for redistributive payments, who had registered overlapping plots, Agriculture and Food Minister Dessislava Taneva said here on Tuesday. This brings the total amount of all direct paymen...
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