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President Plevneliev: A Stronger Role of Referenda in Bulgaria's Political Life Will Benefit Everyone - Parties, Citizen...
June 3 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev Wednesday submitted in Parliament a proposal to hold a national referendum on main principles related to Bulgarian citizens' election rights, concurrently with the local elections on October 25, Plevneliev's press secretariat said.
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Deputy PM Kuneva Confers with Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Asselborn
June 3 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister for European Policy and Institutional Affairs Meglena Kuneva conferred on Wednesday with Luxembourg's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean Asselborn at the Grand Duchy, Cabinet's service reported. Kuneva said that Bulgaria's Schengen accession is...
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Exacta Poll Finds Major Parties Went for Pre-election Mobilization in May
June 3 (BTA) - An Exacta Research Group poll found pre-election-style mobilization of the political cores of the major parties. It was carried out between May 20 and 27 among 1,000 respondents. The analysts said this explained the rising approval ratings of most party leader...
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President Plevneliev Talks with PACE Rapporteur for Post-monitoring Dialogue with Bulgaria Matusic
June 3 (BTA) - Bulgaria has active and strong positions on the European agenda's matters and is part of the solution to the problems in Europe, President Rosen Plevneliev said Wednesday. He held talks with Frano Matusic, rapporteur for post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria o...
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Monthly Minimum Wage Lv 380 Starting July 1
June 3 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers adopted on Wednesday a decree, confirming the minimum wage for 2015, which was set earlier at 360 leva starting January 1 and 380 leva starting July 1, Cabinet's press service reported.
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EUR 360 Mln Needed to Extend Nuclear Reactors' Service Life and Increase Their Capacity
June 3 (BTA) - Some 360 million euro is needed to finance an extension of the service life of the two operational reactors (Units 5 and 6) at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant and to increase their output capacity, Deputy Energy Minister Nikolai Nikolov told an international c...
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Former MP of Movement for Rights and Freedoms Given Four Years in Prison
June 3 (BTA) - Mithat Tabakov, a former MP of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, was given a four-year custodial sentence by the Sofia City Court on Tuesday for serious documentary fraud to the amount of 90,000 leva. The sentence is appealable.
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Transport Minister Moskovski: Lv 1,000 Mln Must Be Absorbed by Year's End under Operational Programme
June 3 (BTA) - Transport, IT and Communications Minister Ivaylo Moskovski said that 1,000 million leva must be absorbed under Operational Programme Transport 2007-2013 by the year's end. Speaking at the opening of the Programme's Monitoring Committee on Tuesday, he urged all ...
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Sofia, Belgrade Agree on Speedier Construction of Road, Natgas Projects
June 2 (BTA) - At the Second Session of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation, which ended in Belgrade on Tuesday, Bulgaria and Serbia agreed to accelerate construction of their major joint infrastructure projects, the Bulgarian Economy Ministry said...
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Corruption Levels in Bulgaria Extremely High - Center for the Study of Democracy
June 2 (BTA) - Corruption levels in Bulgaria are extremely high, with about 18 per cent of people aged 18 or over admitting that they have offered a bribe and 28 per cent saying they have come under corruption pressure, Ognian Shentov, Chairman of the Board of the Center for ...
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Bulgaria Ranks Third in Completed Investigations of Use of EU Funds in 2014 - OLAF
June 2 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgaria ranks third among EU countries in regard to investigations into the use of EU funds managed in whole or in part at national or regional level concluded in 2014, initiated by the anti-fraud office, OLAF, its annual report...
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Gurmen Conflict May Be Ethnic But It Is Rooted in Poverty, Labour Minister Says
June 2 (BTA) - Labour and Social Policy Minister Ivailo Kalfin wrote on his Facebook page that the conflict in Gurmen Municipality, Southwestern Bulgaria, may be ethnic but it is rooted in poverty, which is found both among the Roma and the ethnic Bulgarians in the area. "The...
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Bulgaria for Citizens Movement Joins European People's Party
June 2 (BTA) - The Bulgaria for the Citizens Movement (BCM) became a member of the European People's Party (EPP) officially on June 1 after the EPP Political Assembly in Oslo approved the party's membership bid without a single vote against it, the BCM press office reported....
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Southeast European Meeting on Drugs Held in Sofia
June 2 (BTA) - The Anti-Drug Trafficking Task Force of the Southeast European Law Enforcement Centre (SELEC) held its 21st meeting in Sofia between May 31 and June 1, Bulgaria's Customs Agency reported. The event was attended by 45 experts from SELEC member countries and par...
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President Plevneliev Meets with World Bank Vice President Tuck
June 1 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev met with World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Laura Tuck on Monday to discuss ways to deepen the Bank's partnership with Bulgaria, the President's Press Secretariat reported. Tuck has come to Sofia for an annual reg...
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Bulgarian Parliament Head, Mexican Senator Discuss Promotion of Bilateral Relations, Student Exchanges
June 1 (BTA) - Bulgarian National Assembly Chair Tsetska Tsacheva and Mexican Senate External Relations Committee Chair Gabriela Cuevas Barron conferred here on Monday. They discussed the promotion of bilateral relations and the deepening of contacts between the two parliamen...
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Customs Agency Audits Lukoil Neftochim
June 1 (BTA) - The Customs Agency is auditing Lukoil Neftochim, the Agency's Director Vanyo Tanov told Nova Television on Monday. The audit was prompted by allegations published last week by the Risk Management Laboratory headed by former prime minister Ivan Kostov that L...
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Sofia Hosts 38th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
June 1 (BTA) - Bulgaria will expand its interaction with the other scientific teams and will continue to participate actively in the Antarctic research programme, President Rosen Plevneliev said. He was speaking at Monday's opening of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (AT...
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Ex-President Purvanov Visits Ramallah
June 1 (BTA) - Former President Georgi Purvanov (2002-2012), now leader of the ABV party, left on a visit to Ramallah on Monday at the invitation of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the party's press office said.
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President Says Local Election Date and Referendum Questions Will Be Announced in Matter of Days, Oct. 25 Likely to Be Pi...
June 1 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev said on Monday that the talks between his administration and the parliamentary parties will end later in the day, and a few days from now he will address the nation to announce the date of the upcoming local elections and the questions wh...
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