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PM Borissov Hopes to See Montenegro in NATO by Year's End
March 27 (BTA) - Emerging from talks with Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic of Montenegro who is paying an official visit to Sofia on Friday, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov voiced a hope that with the support of Bulgaria and of the partners, Montenegro will become a member of NAT...
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Interior Minister Buchvarova Arrives on Two-day Visit to Canada
March 27 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova is on a two-day visit to Canada. This is the first such visit of a Bulgarian Interior Minister to the North American country, said the Interior Ministry in a Friday press release.
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Reformist Bloc Leader Kanev: Deal for Sale of Controversial Banker's Six Companies Is Direct Threat to National Securit...
March 27 (BTA) - The acquisition of controversial banker Tsvetan Vassilev's majority stakes in six companies by LIC33 is a direct threat to the Bulgarian national security and stability and to the opportunity to restore the credits of Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank), Re...
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PM Borissov Hopes to See Montenegro in NATO by Year's End
March 27 (BTA) - Emerging from talks with Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic of Montenegro who is paying an official visit to Sofia on Friday, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov voiced a hope that with the support of Bulgaria and of the partners, Montenegro will become a member of NA...
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Finance Minister Goranov Confirms Discussions Were Held with Two Central Bank Governor Candidates
March 27 (BTA) - Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov confirmed in front of journalists in Parliament on Friday that discussions have been held with two candidates for the post of Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) governor, who are currently working at international financial insti...
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Nearly 105 Million Leva Transferred to Tobacco Growers in National Payments
March 27 (BTA) - Money in national payments totalling nearly 105 million leva was transferred to about 40,500 tobacco growers on Thursday, Agriculture and Food Minister Dessislava Taneva said after talks Friday with heads of several trade associations of stock breeders and to...
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Corpbank Temporary Trustees in Bankruptcy Step in Office
March 27 (BTA) - Rossen Angelchev and Lazar Iliev, the temporary trustees in bankruptcy at Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank), stepped in office on Friday. They were accompanied by Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov, Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Georgi Kostov and Dep...
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Business Climate in Industry, Service Sector Improves in March 2015 M/M
March 27 (BTA) - In March 2015, the total business climate indicator increased by 0.9 percentage points from its February level, due to the improved business climate in industry and the service sector, the National Statistical Institute said Friday.
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Croatian Parliament Speaker Leko to Pay Official Visit to Bulgaria
March 27 (BTA) - Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko will pay an official visit to Bulgaria from March 30 to April 1 at the invitation of National Assembly Chair Tsetska Tsacheva, Parliament's press centre said Friday.
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Bird Flu Kills 21 Pelicans in Srebarna Nature Reserve
March 26 (BTA) - Laboratory tests confirmed that bird flu was the cause of death for 21 pelicans in the Srebarna Nature Reserve (Northeast Bulgaria), said on Thursday the Director of the Silistra Food Safety Regional Directorate, Dr. Sebahtin Halid. The birds were removed ...
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Commission Opens Infringement Procedures against Bulgaria for Investor Restrictions for Agricultural Land
March 26 (BTA) - The European Commission announced its decision Thursday to open infringement procedures against Bulgaria over restrictions for foreign investors willing to purchase farm land. The Commission has requested Bulgaria - as well as Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia ...
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Bulgaria Insists that Westinghouse Participates with 49% Share in Financing of Kozloduy N-Plant Unit 7 Project
March 26 (BTA) - The main thing the Bulgarian Government wants, so that the Kozloduy N-Plant Unit 7 Project is implemented, is for Westinghouse to come as a strategic investor who will participate with fresh financial resources in the project and stay in it for as long as pos...
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Bulgaria's Human Rights Issues Remain Largely Unaddressed - Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
March 26 (BTA) - In most sectors relating to human rights in Bulgaria, the problems have persisted with systemic and serious violations reported in some areas in 2014, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee said in its annual report. The report was made public at a news briefing in...
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Secretary General of National Commission for Combating Traffic in Human Beings Accused of Malfeasance in Office
March 24 (BTA) - The Sofia City Prosecution Office (SCPO) has accused the Secretary General of the National Commission for Combating Traffic in Human Beings, Antoaneta Vassileva, of two malfeasances in office, the SCPO said Thursday.
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Council of Europe's Committee for Prevention of Torture Criticizes Bulgaria
March 26 (BTA Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The Council of Europe's European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) Thursday made a public statement concerning Bulgaria.
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Parliament Adopts Conclusively Amendments to Electronic Communications Act
March 26 (BTA) - Parliament Thursday adopted conclusively amendments to the Electronic Communications Act, reducing the period for traffic data retention from 12 to 6 months.
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BSP Leader Mikov: Government Stands between Money and People
March 26 (BTA) - "The government is obssessed with placing itself where the big money is, but it doesn't busy itself with using it to make the lives of all Bulgarians better and more dignified," says Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Mihail Mikov in a Facebook post, quot...
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Tsvetan Tsvetkov Elected National Audit Office Head
March 26 (BTA) - Parliament Thursday elected Tsvetan Tsvetkov President of the National Audit Office on a vote of 146:1 and 21 abstentions. Tsvetkov, who was nominated by the Reformist Bloc and GERB, was sworn in. Patriotic Front floor leader Valeri Simeonov on Wednesday wit...
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EU-Backed Operational Programme Keeps Annual Unemployment Down by 2%
March 26 (BTA) - Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Deputy Labour Minister Zornitsa Roussinova said that the Operational Programme for Human Resources Development keeps annual unemployment rates down by 2 per cent.
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Fight against Contraband Yields Lv 820 Mln in Additional Public Revenues So Far This Year
March 25 (BTA) - Public revenues collected so far in 2015 increased by 820 million leva compared with the like period of 2014, which is due to the government's unswerving efforts against contraband, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told the Council of Ministers' weekly meeting ...