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Gallup Poll: Half of Adult Bulgarians Favour Compulsory Voting in Political Elections
June 16 (BTA) - A recent survey by the Gallup International polling agency shows that 49 per cent of adult Bulgarians are in favour of making voting in political elections compulsory, while 30 per cent are opposed to it, and the rest hesitate.
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Bulgaria Meets Its Interim Renewable Energy Targets, EC Progress Report Shows
June 16 (BTA Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgaria meets its interim renewable energy targets, shows the European Commission renewable energy progress report presented here on Tuesday. According to the report, EU countries are well on the way to meeting the EU's target ...
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Vice President Popova Addresses Participants in UNESCO Conference against Youth Radicalization
June 16 (BTA) - Vice President Margarita Popova addressed the participants in an international conference entitled "Youth and the Internet: Fighting Radicalization and Extremism" in Paris. The forum, which opened Tuesday, is organized by UNESCO and Popova is a special guest a...
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European Commission Approves Last Two Bulgarian Operational Programmes for 2014-2020
June 16 (BTA) - The European Commission on Tuesday approved the last two of Bulgaria's seven Operational Programmes for the 2014-2020 period: OP "Environment" and OP "Regions in Growth," European Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Cretu said in Sofia, emerging from a meetin...
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Joint Bulgarian-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce Established in Sofia
June 16 (BTA) - A Joint Bulgarian-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce was established Tuesday here during the second and last day of the official visit to Bulgaria of Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva. Presidents Rosen Plevneliev and Silva opened a joint Bulgarian-Portugues...
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20 People Detained during Protest Rally after Clashes between Bulgarians, Roma in Sofia
June 16 (BTA) - Police detained 20 people on Monday for failure to carry out police orders and obstructing police checks, the Interior Ministry said in a press release. The 20 were detained on Monday evening when about a hundred people came out to protest against the Roma i...
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Stanishev: Support at PES Congress is Success for Both BSP and Bulgaria
June 15 (BTA) - Sergei Stanishev said the support he received at the congress of the Party of European Socialists (PES) last week was a recognition of his work, as well as a success for both his party, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), and Bulgaria. Speaking at a briefing ...
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Tension in Sofia Neighbourhood
June 15 (BTA) - The prosecuting magistracy has brought charges against four Roma men in the wake of Saturday's incident in Sofia's Orlandovtsi neighbourhood.
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President Plevneliev: Bulgaria Could Use Portuguese Expertise in Absorbing EU Aid
June 15 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev met with Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva in Sofia Monday to discuss EU funds absorption, Schengen area membership, refugee management and bilateral trade and economic relations. The two presidents met tete-a-tete o...
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May Unemployment at 10.1%
June 14 (BTA) - The unemployment rate in May dropped by 0.6 percentage points to 10.1 per cent. Compared to May 2014, the unemployment rate has decreased significantly by 1.1 percentage points, the Employment Agency said in a press release Monday.
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Bulgaria and Switzerland to Deepen Economic, Security Cooperation
June 15 (BTA) - Bulgaria and Switzerland will sign a joint agreement for police cooperation, it emerged after a meeting between Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and the President of the Swiss Confederation and Head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police, Simonetta Somm...
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President Plevneliev: No Proposal Made to Government about US Plans to Store Military Equipment in Bulgaria
June 15 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev said that so far the Bulgarian Government has had no proposal whatsoever in connection with the United States' plans to store heavy military equipment in several East European countries and the Baltics to deter possible Russian agg...
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0.2 Per Cent Deflation in May - Official Statistics
June 15 (BTA) - The National Statistical Institute reported 0.2 per cent deflation in May compared with April. Inflation since the start of the year (May 2015 compared to December 2014) was 0.7 per cent. Annual inflation in May 2015 compared with May 2014 was 0.9 per cent.
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Small Share of Consumers Use Large Amounts of Electricity and Prices Should not Be Kept Low because of Them - Institute ...
June 15 (BTA) - A small share of consumers, mostly those using electricity for heating, use a large part of electric energy in Bulgaria and prices are kept artificially low because of them, which discourages investments in energy efficiency, encourages higher electricity cons...
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Albena Seaside Resort to Invest over Lv 130 Mln in Renovations in Next Five Years
Albena AD will invest over 130,000,000 leva to renovate the eponymous seaside resort in the next five years, Albena CEO Krassimir Stanev told journalists here.
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister Meets Ambassadors, Leaders of Albanian Parties in Macedonia
June 14 (BTA) - Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov began his working visit to Macedonia Sunday with a meeting with the ambassadors of Germany, the United Kingdom, USA, Italy and the Head of the EC Delegation, the Press Centre of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said.
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PM Borissov Heads Bulgarian Delegation on Working Visit to Switzerland
June 14 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and a delegation led by him departed Sunday on a two-day working visit to Switzerland, the government's information service said.
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Popular Singer Godjounov Dies
June 14 (BTA) - Popular singer Boris Godjounov, 74, died on Sunday, BTA learned from pop singer Yordanka Hristova. He died in hospital in Sofia. Cabling condolences, Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov said that the Bulgarian culture and pop music has suffered one more heavy los...
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Standard & Poor's Affirms Bulgaria's Credit Rating with Stable Outlook
June 13 (BTA) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its 'BB+/B' long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Bulgaria. The outlook is stable, the rating agency said on its website.
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Security Sector Protestors Demand Resignations of Interior Minister, Parliament
June 13 (BTA) - Protestors from the security sector demanded the resignations of Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova and heads of Interior Ministry directorates at a rally in front of the Ministry's building on Saturday. Later on the protesting police officers, firefighters...
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