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Justice Minister Reaffirms Commitment to Complete Reform of Judiciary's Legal Framework
April 3 (BTA) - Commenting on GERB's proposal for amendments to the Judicial Power Act, Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov reaffirmed his commitment to see to completion the drafting, discussion and defence in Parliament of a project for reform of the legal framework of the judic...
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Port of Varna Closed due to Strong Wind
April 3 (BTA) - The port of Varna has been closed due to wind blowing at a speed of 13 metres per second, with gusts of up to 19 m/s, the traffic management said on Friday. All navigable channels are closed to manoeuvring ships.
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Westinghouse Continues Talks with Bulgaria on New Nuclear Reactor
April 2 (BTA) - Westinghouse Electric Company said that despite the expiry of a tentative agreement on building a new nuclear reactor unit at Bulgaria's Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, discussions on the matter will continue, M3 Communications Group reported on Thursday.
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InvestBulgaria Agency Registers Stronger Investor Activity
April 2 (BTA) - InvestBulgaria Agency Executive Director Stamen Yanev said stronger investor activity had been registered. He participated in a roundtable on investments in the Northwestern Planning Region held on the Agency's initiative.
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Premium Contributions to Deposit Insurance Fund Paid in Full
April 2 (BTA) - All banks participating in the Bulgarian Deposit Insurance Fund (BDIF) have paid their annual contributions which are worth 258.09 million leva, the Fund said on Wednesday.
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Five-member SAC Panel Says Corpbank Shareholders Have No Interest to Appeal Licence Withdrawal
April 2 (BTA) - A five-member panel of the Supreme Administrative Court ruled Thursday to close the bankruptcy case of troubled Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank) judgment in an administrative case in which the bank's majority owner challenged the central bank's decision to...
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Ivan Ivanov Elected Chairman of Energy Regulator
April 2 (BTA) - Ivan Ivanov has been elected as Chairman of the Energy and Water Regulatory Committee (EWRC) by Parliament on Thursday. Ivanov was supported by 142 MPs, 10 voted against and five abstained. He was elected by the votes of the national representatives of GERB, ...
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Socialist Leader Says Effects of EU-Russia Tensions Are Felt in Various Industries
April 2 (BTA) - The effects of the sanctions against Russia and the Russian countersanctions are becoming ever more tangible and are felt in various industries day after day, Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Chairman Mihail Mikov said in Sofia on Thursday, opening an internati...
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Sofia Underground Extension to Airport Unveiled
April 2 (BTA) - The section of the Sofia Underground to Sofia Airport was formally unveiled on Thursday by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova. Attending the ceremony were also Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski, Environment and Water Minister Iv...
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Teodora Tochkova Elected Chief Judicial Inspector
April 2 (BTA) - Parliament on Thursday elected Teodora Tochkova Chief Judicial Inspector. The vote was 195 in favour, 1 against and 1 abstention. Of the 161 MPs that took part in the vote for the second contender Vera Chochkova, 35 voted for, two against and 124 abstained.
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Outgoing ABV Leader Purvanov Deems Forms for Interaction inside Coalition Non-working
April 1 (BTA) - Outgoing ABV leader and former president (2002-2012) Georgi Purvanov believes that the forms for interaction inside the ruling coalition do not work. He told journalists on Wednesday that ABV is still waiting for the Finance Minister to answer the questions as...
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Bulgarian Parliament Unanimously Supports Advancement of Bulgaria-China Relations
April 1 (BTA) - Representatives of the various political formations in the Bulgarian Parliament are unanimous in their support for the development and advancement of Bulgaria-China relations. National Assembly Chair Tsetska Tsacheva and Sun Zhengcai, member of the Politburo o...
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Government Proposes Penal CodeAmendments for More Effective Fight against Terrorism
April 1 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers proposed amendments to the Penal Code aimed to provide proper legal protection against terrorism, Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov told the media on Wednesday.
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NATO Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence in Sofia Receives Official Accreditation
April 1 (BTA) - The NATO Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence (CMDR COE) in Sofia received official accreditation from the North Atlantic Council and was activated as a NATO military agency with international status pursuant to Article 14 of the Paris ...
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PM: Bulgaria Cannot Reconfirm Tentative Agreement with Westinghouse for Expansion of Kozloduy N-Plant
April 1 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told Parliament here Wednesday that Bulgaria cannot afford to reconfirm a tentative agreement it has signed with Westinghouse for the construction of a new nuclear power unit at the existing Kozloduy N-plant using a Westinghouse ...
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Finance Ministry Reports Lv 250 Mln Surplus in Q1
April 1 (BTA) - Preliminary data and estimates of the Consolidated Fiscal Programme (CFP) balance on a cash basis show that as of March 2015 it is expected to be positive, amounting to around 250 million leva (0.3 per cent of the projected GDP), the Ministry of Finance said W...
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MRF MP Peevski Denies Existence of Dispute between Himself and Corpbank Majority Owner Vassilev
April 1 (BTA) - Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) MP Delyan Peevski told journalists in Parliament on Wednesday that there is no dispute between himself and the majority owner of the de-licensed Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank), who is currently in Serbia. Peevski ...
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Wheat Crop to Be Less Abundant This Year, But Cereal Prices Are Falling
April 1 (BTA) - International cereal prices have been falling this year, which is unusual for the winter months, Sofia Commodity Exchange (SCE) executives said on Wednesday. SCE Chief Executive Vassil Simov attributed the fall to a good harvest last year, an increase in th...
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Outgoing ABV Leader Purvanov Deems Forms for Interaction inside Coalition Non-working
April 1 (BTA) - Outgoing ABV leader and former president (2002-2012) Georgi Purvanov believes that the forms for interaction inside the ruling coalition are non-working. He told journalists on Wednesday that ABV is still waiting for the Finance Minister to answer the question...
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National Revenue Agency Distrains Tsvetan Vassilev's Assets
March 31 (BTA) - The National Revenue Agency has imposed a distraint on Bromak EOOD owned by banker Tsvetan Vassilev. The entry in the commercial register shows that the Bromak assets were seized as of Tuesday to the benefit of a criminal assets forfeiture commission.