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Foreign Minister Mitov Participates in Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Antalya
May 13 (BTA) - Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov participates in a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Antalya, Turkey, on Wednesday and Thursday, his ministry said in a press release. The meeting is aimed at discussing the Alliance's adaptation in the face of a changed securi...
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Bulgaria Seeks Investment from S. Korean High-tech Firms, President Plevneliev Tells Yonhap News Agency
May 13 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev called on South Korean high-tech firms to invest in his country, the "front-door" to the European Union, reads an interview Plevneliev gave for the Yonhap News Agency on the eve of his official visit to South Korea, the Pres...
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Economy Ministry Proposes Guidelines for New Economic Strategy
May 12 (BTA) - The Economy Ministry proposed guidelines for a new Strategy for Sustainable Economic Development of Bulgaria during the first meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) on Tuesday, Economy Minister Bozhidar Loukarski said. Employer organizations and gove...
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Spanish Foreign Minister Garcia-Margallo Talks with Bulgarian Counterpart Mitov and PM Borissov, Participates in Busines...
May 12 (BTA) - Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo y Marfil met with his Bulgarian counterpart Daniel Mitov and Prime Minister Boyko Borissov during his official visit to Sofia on Tuesday. Garcia-Margallo also attended a Bulgarian-Spanish forum with the parti...
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Bulgaria to Build One Million Dollar Greenhouse in Mongolia
May 12 (BTA special correspondent Anelia Tsvetkova) - Bulgaria will build a vegetable greenhouse in Mongolia in a one million US dollar project agreed at a bilateral business forum in Ulan Bator on Tuesday. The forum was opened by Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and Mong...
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Prosecutor General Tsatsarov Confers with EU Commissioner Avramopoulos
May 12 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Tuesday discussed measures against terrorism and extremism.
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Smuggling, VAT Fraud Reach 2 to 2.5 Per Cent of GDP
May 12 (BTA) - Smuggling and VAT fraud amount to around 2 to 2.5 per cent of Bulgaria's GDP, said parliamentary Internal Security and Public Order Committee Chair Atanas Atanassov at a roundtable discussion about the financing of organized crime, held here on Tuesday.
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Ten Suspects Charged with Participation in Criminal Group Distributing Drugs
May 12 (BTA) - The Specialized Prosecution Office said on Tuesday it has issued an indictment against ten members of an organized criminal group distributing drugs, led by Zlatomir "Beret" Ivanov. Ivanov was charged on two counts: leading the organized group and stealing a Me...
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Prime Minister Borissov Confers with Spanish Foreign Minister
Sofia, May 12 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Tuesday conferred with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo y Marfil, who is on an official visit here at the invitation of his Bulgarian counterpart, the government information service said.
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National Security Council with PM Meets over Macedonia, Ready with Plan to Cover All Potential Risks
May 12 (BTA) - Emerging from a meeting of the Council on National Security under Prime Minister Boyko Borissov Tuesday over the situation in Macedonia, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova said that they have a plan to deal with all possible risks...
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Prime Minister Borissov Confers with Spanish Foreign Minister
May 12 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Tuesday conferred with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo y Marfil, who is on an official visit here at the invitation of his Bulgarian counterpart, the government information service said.
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Deputy PM Kuneva Hopeful Bulgaria Will Join Schengen by Year's End
May 12 (BTA) - It is very likely that Bulgaria will join Schengen by the year's end by opening of the sea and air borders at Bourgas, said Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva. On Tuesday she inspected the technical preparedness of the port and airport in Bourgas for entry ...
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National Security Council under Prime Minister Meets over Situation in Macedonia
May 12 (BTA) - The Council on National Security under Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is meeting Tuesday over the situation in Macedonia, the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) reported. The Council will reportedly decide what measures need to be taken in the wake of the event...
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People in Pre-retirement Age and Pensioners Believed to Be the Most Vulnerable to Labour Exploitation
May 12 (BTA) - Bulgarians of pre-retirement age and pensioners are most frequently victims of human trafficking for labour exploitation. This transpired Monday when the City Hall in this city, the second largest in Bulgaria, and the local office of the Bulgarian Red Cross ...
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Bulgaria Places Great Importance on Macedonia's Stability and Territorial Integrity
May 11 (BTA) - In a telephone conversation on Monday, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov told Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki that the political stability and territorial integrity of Macedonia are particularly important for Bulgaria, Mitov's ministry reporte...
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Bulgarian Parliament Chair Attends Euro-Mediterranean Summit
May 11 (BTA) - Bulgarian National Assembly Chair Tsetska Tsacheva attended the Second Summit of Speakers of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM) which took place in Lisbon on Monday, the National Assembly said in a press release. The main top...
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Revenue from Winter Tourism up 6% Y/Y - Tourism Minister
May 11 (BTA) - The last winter season was successful, with a year-on-year growth of 8.2 per cent according to national statistics, 1.2 million tourists and December-March revenue of 640 million leva, the Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova said. She was speaking at a Mond...
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Steve Hanke Advises Bulgaria Against Joining Eurozone
May 11 (BTA) - Addressing a news conference on Monday, US applied economist Steve Hanke said that Bulgaria should not join the eurozone, as it would be disastrous for the country. Hanke took part in a Sofia forum on the need of financial education for a sustainable economy. D...
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Probe Starts against Conservators at Failed Corpbank
May 11 (BTA) - Prosecutors have started a probe for deliberate negligence against the conservators at the failed Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank), the Sofia City Prosecution Office said Monday.
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Sofia Hosts Balkan Conference of Party of European Socialists
May 11 (BTA) - Sofia Monday hosted a Balkan Conference of the Party of European Socialists (PES) on "The Balkans: Progressive Vision of a Common Future", the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) said in a press release.
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