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Defence Minister Nenchev Orders Delivery of Military Intelligence Archives to Secret Police Files Committee
May 27 (BTA) - Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev told a news conference here on Wednesday that earlier in the day he had ordered the Defence Information Service and its Director to deliver the military intelligence archives, consisting of more than 30,000 archive uni...
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Parliament Amends Conclusively Criminal Procedure Code on Surveillance of Magistrates, Precautionary Measures for Senten...
May 27 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Parliament Wednesday passed conclusively amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code laying down a procedure for authorizing the use of special surveillance means with regard to judges, prosecutors and investigating magistrates and regulating the preca...
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Supreme Court of Cassation Returns Money Laundering Case Against Evelin Banev to Sofia Appellate Court
May 27 (BTA) - The Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) has returned the money laundering case against Evelin Banev to the Sofia Appellate Court, thus repealing Banev's acquittal. According to the SCC, the second-instance court has allowed violations that need to be rectified.
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788 Asylum Seekers Supposed to Be Relocated, Resettled to Bulgaria, Mostly from Greece and Italy, Over Next Two Years
May 27 (BTA Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - According to a relocation and resettlement scheme for 60,000 immigrants over the next two years, presented by the European Commission here on Wednesday, Bulgaria is supposed to receive 572 immigrants for relocation (343 from Ital...
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Bulgaria Ranked Among Europe's Least Competitive Countries in World Competitiveness Yearbook 2015
May 27 (BTA) - The profile of Bulgaria's competitiveness shows that the main indicators have not undergone significant changes compared not only to 2014 but also to the levels of 2010, the Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD) said in a press release Wednesday. The CSD pre...
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UN Population Fund, Bulgaria to Cooperate for Turning Country in Key Regional Leader in Active Social Policies
May 27 (BTA) - Labour and Social Policy Minister Ivailo Kalfin Wednesday conferred with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Deputy Executive Director Kate Gilmore, who is paying a visit to Bulgaria. The two expressed readiness for new active cooperation and the transformat...
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Constitutional Amendment Bill Moved to Parliament
May 27 (BTA) - A bill to amend and supplement the Bulgarian Constitution was moved to the National Assembly (Parliament) and made accessible to the public via the legislature's website www.parliament.bg. The bill concerns constitutional provisions relevant to the judicial sys...
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Single National Corruption Prevention Office to Do Away with Ostentatious Checks
May 27 (BTA) - A future National Corruption Prevention Office (NCPO), which will become operational in 2016 as a single anti-corruption authority in Bulgaria, will conduct proper checks of public officials' declarations on financial interests and conflict of interest, which m...
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Council for Decentralization of State Governance Holds Meeting at Regional Development Ministry
May 26 (BTA) - The Council for Decentralization of State Governance held a meeting at the Regional Development and Public Works Ministry on Tuesday, the ministry reported. Deputy Regional Development and Public Works Minister Ivan Asparouhov presided over the meeting.
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Trade Unions, Ruling Parties Agree against Political Gambling with Pension System Reform
May 26 (BTA) - The trade unions and the ruling parties agreed on Tuesday that there will be no political gambling with a planned set of legislative changes concerning the pension system reform. The agreement was reached during talks between the Confederation of Independent Tr...
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Bulgarian, Russian Companies Show Strong Interest in Bilateral Cooperation
May 26 (BTA) - Opening a Russia-Bulgaria business forum in Moscow on Tuesday, Bulgarian Economy Minister Bozhidar Loukarski said that the widely representative nature of the forum clearly showed the desire of entrepreneurs and traders in the two countries to keep up their vig...
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President Plevneliev Outlines Priorities of Bulgaria's SEECP Chairmanship in Tirana
May 26 (BTA) - Transport and energy connectivity in Southeastern Europe, strengthening the fundamentals of democracy, security and migration will top the agenda of Bulgaria's Chairmanship-in Office of the Southeastern Europe Cooperation Process (SEECP), whose priorities were ...
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Finance Minister before Parliament:Budget Position Is Improving
May 26 (BTA) - The data about the implementation of the budget for January-April 2015 reveal considerable improvement of the budget position, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said during Question Time Tuesday. At April 30, 2015 the budget position is a surplus to the amou...
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Court Approached for Reopening of Classified Documents Loss Case against Ex-PM Stanishev
May 26 (BTA) - The Sofia City Prosecution Office said on Tuesday that it approached the Sofia City Court on Monday with a motion for a resumption of the suspended administrative penalty proceedings against Sergei Stanishev.
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Energy Minister Petkova: "Greek Crisis Will Not Upset Gas Interconnection Plans"
May 26 (BTA) - The final investment decision on construction of the Bulgaria-Greece gas interconnector is expected to be signed in Sofia on June 12, Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova told journalists here on Tuesday. The Energy Minister delivered a report on "Diver...
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Economy Minister in Moscow: Bulgaria Wants to Keep Good Economic Contacts with Russia
May 25 (BTA) - Economy Minister Bozhidar Loukarski said Bulgaria wants to keep its good economic relations with Russia. On Sunday his delegation met with Alexey Likhachev, Russia's First Deputy Minister of Economic Development, in Moscow.
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Ex-Romanian Justice Minister Says Bulgarian Constitutional Amendments Are Waste of Time in Fight against Corruption
May 25 (BTA) - Former Romanian justice minister Monica Macovei said in Sofia on Monday that the proposed amendments to the Bulgarian Constitution are a waste of time and will only delay the fight against corruption. She is attending a forum organized by the Justice for All In...
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Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey Agree to Set Up Joint Contact Centre for Police, Customs Cooperation
May 25 (BTA) - Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey here on Monday concluded an agreement on the establishment of a joint contact centre for police and customs cooperation. In the presence of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, the agreement was signed by Bulgarian Deputy Prime...
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Ex-Romanian Justice Minister Says Bulgarian Constitutional Amendments Are Waste of Time
May 25 (BTA) - Former Romanian justice minister Monica Macovei said in Sofia on Monday that the planned amendments to the Bulgarian Constitution are a waste of time and will only delay the fight against corruption.
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Foreign Ministers of Bulgaria, Croatia Discuss Regional Cooperation, Current Topics on European Agenda
May 25 (BTA) - Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov and Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Vesna Pusic, who is on an official visit here Monday, discussed regional cooperation and current topics on the European agenda.
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