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Businesses, Government Discuss EU Funds
May 19 (BTA) - Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (KRIB) Chairman Kiril Domouschiev told a meeting on Tuesday that it is the job of businesses to prepare and propose good projects while the government is supposed to run the Operational Programmes well. ...
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Demanded Defence Budget Increase Not an End in Itself - Defence Minister Nenchev
May 19 (BTA) - The demanded defence budget increase is not an end in itself, but the only way to guarantee national security, said here on Tuesday Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev during a conference titled ""Are We Ready to Stand up for Our Values? The World between Diplomac...
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Lukoil's Leadership Presents Company's Investment Programme in Bulgaria to President Plevneliev
May 19 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev received on Tuesday Lukoil's President Vagit Alekperov, who is paying a visit to Bulgaria, Plevneliev's Press Secretariat said.
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Yordan Bakalov Appointed Head of Military Intelligence
May 19 (BTA) - Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev confirmed to journalists on Tuesday that he has appointed former caretaker interior minister Yordan Bakalov as the Military Information Service's Director.
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Measures for Structural, Financial and Organizational Streamlining Undertaken at National Radio
May 19 (BTA) - An audit by an independent consulting company is going to be conducted of the various units of the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) to assess their expediency and workload, on the basis of whose findings the BNR's units will be streamlined, BNR said. The audit is...
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22 Per Cent of Young People in Bulgaria Not in Education, Employment, or Training
May 19 (BTA) - Young people in Bulgaria between 15 and 24 years of age who are not in education, employment, or training (NEET) account for 22 per cent of all the youth in the country - the highest percentage in the EU, according to a UNICEF survey presented Tuesday at a foru...
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Vice President Popova, Culture Minister Rasjidov Participate in 3rd World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue in Azerbaijan
May 18 (BTA) - Vice President Popova and Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov are participating in the 3rd World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue in Baku, Azerbaijan, both institutions said Monday. The forum, which goes under the motto "Let's share culture for the sake of commo...
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Competition Protection Commission Fines CEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria Lv 1.25 Mln for Abuse of Dominant Position
May 18 (BTA) - The Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) has fined the CEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria AD electricity distribution company with 1,250,056 leva for abuse of dominant position, the commission said Monday.
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Qatar Shows Interest in Investing in Kozloduy N-plant's Unit 7
May 18 (BTA) - Qatar is interested in investing in and funding Unit 7 of Bulgaria's Kozloduy N-plant. This emerged from a meeting between Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani of Qatar, the Government Information Service said Monday. Borissov ...
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Facebook Group Intends to Plant over 1 Mln Trees in Bulgaria
May 18 (BTA) - A Facebook group which calls itself "When we become 100,000 we will plant a forest" has the ambitious long-term task to plant over 1 million new trees in Bulgaria in the next couple of years, Nikola Rahnev, who created the group, said in an interview for BTA.
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1.9% GDP Growth Forecast for 2015 Can Be Raised, Economist Says
May 18 (BTA) - The 1.9 per cent GDP growth forecast for 2015 will perhaps be raised as exports recovered at the beginning of the year more quickly than expected, Kristofor Pavlov, chief economist at a commercial bank in Bulgaria, said in an analysis on Monday.
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Finance Ministers of Bulgaria and Qatar Discuss Investment in Bulgarian Economy
May 18 (BTA) - Bulgarian Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov and Qatari Finance Minister Ali Shareef Al Emadi discussed opportunities for investment in the Bulgarian economy, Goranov's ministry reported on Monday. Goranov was on a Bulgarian delegation headed by Prime Minister...
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Prime Ministers of Bulgaria, Qatar Sign Bilateral Intergovernmental Agreement for Cooperation in Fight against Crime
May 17 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani signed a bilateral intergovernmental agreement for cooperation in the fight against crime, Cabinet's press service said Sunday.
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No Bulgarian Servicemen Injured in Kabul Explosion, Defence Ministry Says
May 17 (BTA) - No Bulgarian servicemen have been injured in the Sunday suicide bombing near the international airport in Kabul, said the Defence Ministry in a press release.
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Bulgarian Priest Officiates at Prayer Service for Peace in Macedonian Monastery
May 16 (BTA) - A Bulgarian priest officiated at a prayer service for peace at the Monastery of St Joachim of Osogovo in Kriva Palanka, northeastern Macedonia. Laymen from the Macedonian capital Skopje who happened to be in the monastery joined the service.
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Passengers Handled by Sofia Airport in April 2015 Increase by More than 6% Year on Year
May 16 (BTA) - Sofia Airport said on Saturday that it handled 325,790 passengers in April 2015, increasing by more than 6 per cent compared with April 2014. Passenger traffic on scheduled international flights to/from Sofia Airport increased by 6.3 per cent to 308,670 people.
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Veteran Journalist Peter Kozhouharov Dies
May 16 (BTA) - Veteran journalist and writer Peter Kozhouharov died on May 14, his family said. Born in 1929, Kozhouharov headed the International News Desk at the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) after February 1, 1966. He served as BTA correspondent in Berlin and West Berlin. ...
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GERB Presents Constitutional Amendment Bill to Other Parliamentary Groups
May 15 (BTA) - The ruling GERB party on Friday handed out copies of a bill to amend the Constitution to the other parliamentary groups. Signatures in support of opening a constitutional amendment procedure will be collected from the MPs next week, GERB's Dimiter Lazarov said,...
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Supreme Administrative Court Invalidates Methodology for Valuation of Medical Services
May 15 (BTA) - The Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) issued a ruling invalidating texts of Ordinance No. 57 of the Council of Ministers of 2014 regarding the methodology for valuation and payment for medical services. The ruling is published on the SAC webpage. The case has ...
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Adopting Euro Is Next Logical Step for Bulgaria, Says Ireland's Central Bank Director Alan Ahearne
May 15 (Metodi Yordanov of BTA) - Moving to the euro is the next logical next step for Bulgaria, Director of the Central Bank of Ireland and Head of Economics at the National University of Ireland, Galway, Professor Alan Ahearne, says in a BTA interview.
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