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Head of Parliamentary Energy Committee Pessimistic About Turkish Stream Project
May 21 (BTA) - The head of the energy committee in the Bulgarian Parliament and former energy minister Delyan Dobrev said it is unrealistic to expect the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project to go ahead, especially of the same scale as the abandoned South Stream project. Dobre...
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Bulgaria, Kazakhstan Interested in Developing Joint Ventures
May 21 (BTA) - Trade and economic relations between Bulgaria and Kazakhstan have a greater potential for development than the existing levels, Economy Minister Bozhidar Loukarski and Kazakhstan's Minister of National Economy, Yerbolat Dosaev, agreed at a bilateral meeting in ...
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Report to Parliament Shows Serious Underfunding for Armed Forces
May 21 (BTA) - Detailed comparative statistics shows that defence spending in terms of GDP share in the recent years put Bulgaria close to the bottom of the list of EU member states. This transpires from a report on the condition of the armed forces and defence in Bulgaria ...
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Bulgarian Energy Minister Briefs EC Vice President on Progress in Work for Gas Interconnectors
May 21 (BTA) - Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova met Thursday here with European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic in charge of the Energy Union and briefed him on the progress in the work for the gas interconnectors between Bulgaria and neighbouring countr...
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Parliament Passes Conclusively Revisions to VAT Act
May 21 (BTA) - A temporary trustee in bankruptcy appointed by the court shall collect the cash receivables of the bank, including by requiring a warrant for immediate execution under the procedure of the Code of Civil Procedure on the basis of citations from the account book...
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Government Undertakes Measures to Stabilize Animal Breeding Sector
May 21 (BTA) - A meeting Thursday between Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Agriculture and Food Minister Dessislava Taneva and heads of trade associations in animal breeding and dairy farming mapped out measures to support the two sectors.
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Justice Minister Ivanov: Bulgaria Needs Supreme Judicial Council Determined to Clear All Questions about Integrity of Ru...
May 21 (BTA) - Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov told reporters Thursday that Bulgaria needs a Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) that has absolute determination to clear all questions about the ethics and integrity of candidates running for senior positions in the system. Ivanov ma...
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Foreign Minister Mitov: "I Find Sergei Lavrov's Claims Highly Irresponsible"
May 21 (BTA) - In a statement on Wednesday, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov called "highly irresponsible" claims made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that "a split of the Republic of Macedonia between Albania and Bulgaria was being discussed ". Lavrov made t...
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Defence Information Service Chief to be Appointed by Presidential Decree
May 20 (BTA) - Passing a military intelligence bill on first reading Wednesday Parliament resolved that the leadership of the Defence Information Service will be performed by a director who shall be appointed for a term of five years by a presidential decree, on a proposal of...
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Bulgarian Government, World Bank Discuss Partnership Opportunities for Next Five Years
May 20 (BTA) - Bulgarian Government representatives and World Bank leaders and experts discussed here on Wednesday the opportunities for partnership in the next five years, Cabinet's Information Service said.
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Energy Minister Petkova Confers with Energy Charter Secretary General Rusnak
May 20 (BTA) - Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova conferred here on Wednesday with the Secretary General of the Energy Charter, Urban Rusnak, the Energy Ministry said in a press release.
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State Intelligence Agency Bill Passes on First Reading
May 20 (BTA) - Parliament adopted a State Intelligence Agency Bill by a vote of 122-4, with five abstentions, on first reading on Wednesday. It was introduced by Tsvetan Tsvetanov (GERB) and a group of MPs. A bill sponsored by Reformist Bloc MPs was rejected by a vote of 14-3...
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German Company Opens Vehicle Air-conditioner Factory near Sofia
May 20 (BTA) - The German Behr-Hella Thermocontrol company Wednesday unveiled a plant in Sofia's Bozhourishte industrial zone. The company's investment is for the greenfield construction of a high-tech production and development centre for the management, use and regulation o...
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National Security Bill Approved Provisionally
May 20 (BTA) - A Bill on the Management and Functioning of the National Security Protection System was approved provisionally by Parliament on first reading Wednesday. The vote was 114 to 32, with 1 abstention. The bill, moved by Tsvetan Tsvetanov (GERB) and other MPs, was su...
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European Commission Approves New Rural Development Programme
May 20 (BTA) - Agriculture Minister Dessislava Taneva told journalists in the Council of Ministers that the European Commission has approved the new Rural Development Programme. It is of the worth of 2,900 million euro, of which 2,300 million euro are provided by the EU.
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Social Partners Reach Agreement on Pension Reform Proposals
May 20 (BTA) - The government, employers and trade unions have reached agreement in principle about a set of proposals on the pension reform which are to be submitted to Parliament, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Labour and Social Policy Minister Ivailo Kalfin told a news ...
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Health Minister, Trade Unions Agree on Holding Regular Meetings of Sectoral Council of Tripartite Cooperation in Healthc...
May 20 (BTA) - Health Minister Peter Moskov and Plamen Dimitrov, President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB), reached an agreement on Tuesday on convening regularly the Sectoral Council of Tripartite Cooperation in Healthcare, before which M...
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259 Individuals Officially Earned More than One Million Leva Each in Personal Income in 2014
May 19 (BTA) - A total of 259 natural persons in Bulgaria have declared to the tax authorities that their respective personal incomes in 2014 exceeded one million leva (511,000 euro), the National Revenue Agency said on Tuesday, citing tax return data. Collectively, these peo...
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Bulgarian Parliament's Foreign Policy Committee Members Hold Talks in Romania
May 19 (BTA) - A delegation of the Foreign Policy Committee of the Bulgarian Parliament, headed by Committee Chair Djema Grozdanova, is paying an official visit to Romania at the invitation of the Romanian Senate's Foreign Policy Committee Chair Petru Filip, the Bulgarian P...
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Bulgarian City of Plovdiv Officially Designated as European Capital of Culture 2019
May 19 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The Council of the EU officially designated the south-central Bulgarian city of Plovdiv as a European Capital of Culture in 2019.
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