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Supreme Administrative Court Chair: SAC Has Not Delayed Its Work on Corpbank Case
March 12 (BTA) - The Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) has not delayed its work on the case of the delicensing of Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank), SAC Chair Georgi Kolev Thursday told journalists, commenting on a statement of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov made in Parlia...
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National Electric Company Will Not Demand Increase of Electricity Price for Households
March 12 (BTA) - National Electric Company Executive Director Peter Iliev Thursday said that he considers immoral a further increase of the electricity price for households. He was speaking before the Ad Hoc Enquiry Committee to Audit and Assess the State of the Energy Secto...
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Labour Minister Kalfin Confers with EESC Employers' Group President Jacek Krawczyk
March 12 (BTA) - The social dialogue is not a place for exchanging ideas but a means to achieve effective solutions, said Labour and Social Policy Minister Ivailo Kalfin at a Wednesday meeting with the President of the Employers' Group at the European Economic and Social Comm...
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Electricity Distribution in Southern Bulgaria Gradually Normalizes after Heavy Snowfall
March 11 (BTA) - The situation in the southern regions of Plovdiv, Smolyan and Kurdzhali is gradually getting back to normal after the recent heavy snowfall. Some regions are still inaccessible due to fallen trees and avalanches, but medics and rescue teams are working on su...
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President Plevneliev: British Interest in New Bulgarian Offshore Natural Gas Deposits Would Be Appreciated
March 11 (BTA) - Interest by British companies in the new natural gas deposits in the Bulgarian Black Sea maritime space would be appreciated, said President Rosen Plevneliev during a forum here on Wednesday with the British "GREAT Mega Mission" business delegation.
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Yordan Bakalov Nominated as Director of Military Intelligence
March 11 (BTA) - After coordination with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Yordan Bakalov has been nominated as director of the Defence Information Service at the Ministry of Defence, Council of Ministers sources said on Wednesday.
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Twenty-member Inquiry Committee to Check Institutions' Actions in Corpbank Case
March 11 (BTA) - A twenty-member inquiry committee will look into the facts and circumstances related to the actions of state oversight bodies and institutions in regard to the siphoning of Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank) between 2009 and 2014. Parliament Wednesday vote...
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Cabinet Nominates Georgi Kostov for Interior Ministry Chief Secretary
March 11 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers proposes that the head of State decree the removal from office of Svetlozar Lazarov, who resigned as Interior Ministry Chief Secretary last week, and the appointment of Georgi Kostov on this post, the Government Information Service sa...
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US Ambassador Ries Finds Problem with Media Ownership Transparency in Bulgaria
March 11 (BTA) - In many cases in Bulgaria the citizens are not informed about who is the owner of a given medium, and therefore can not draw their conclusions about the objectivity of what they are listening to or reading, said US Ambassador in Bulgaria Marcie Ries during a ...
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National Assembly Elects Roumyana Buchvarova Interior Minister
March 11 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Parliament Wednesday elected Roumyana Buchvarova Minister of Interior. The vote was 139 in favour (GERB, the Reformist Bloc, the Patriotic Front, the Bulgarian Democratic Centre and ABV), 68 against (BSP-Left Bulgaria and the Movement for Rights an...
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National Assembly Elects Roumyana Buchvarova Interior Minister
Bulgaria's Parliament Wednesday elected Roumyana Buchvarova Minister of Interior. The vote was 139 in favour (GERB, the Reformist Bloc, the Patriotic Front, the Bulgarian Democratic Centre and ABV), 68 against (BSP-Left Bulgaria and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms), and ...
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Bulgaria Is One of Three EU Countries to Have Met Their 2020 Renewables Targets
March 11 (BTA) - Bulgaria is one of three EU member states which have already met their 2020 national targets concerning the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy, the EU Statistical Office (Eurostat) reported on March 10.
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Parliament Considers First Change in Second Borissov Cabinet
March 11 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Parliament opened a debate on Wednesday about a proposed change to the cabinet. The proposal includes removing Interior Minister Vesselin Vouchkov from office after he tendered his resignation on March 4 and appointing Deputy Prime Minister Roum...
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Administrative Work on South Stream Project Continues Despite Unofficial Cancellation
March 11 (BTA) - Although Russia has unofficially cancelled the South Stream gas pipeline project, the Bulgarian government continues to perform its duties in relation to the project because Moscow has not formally notified Sofia about the cancellation, the Bulgarian Regiona...
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Proposal for Lifting Retirement Age Not Supported
March 10 (BTA) - The proposal of the business to increase retirement age by six months every year was not supported at the serial round of talks on pension reform, Nikola Nikolov, an Advisor of Minister of Labour and Social Policy Ivailo Kalfin, said at a news briefing.
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PM Boyko Borissov Confers with American Jewish Committee Executive Director David Harris
March 10 (BTA) - "The rescue of the Bulgarian Jews is an unprecedented fact in the world history. Not a single Jew in Bulgaria was sent to the death camps. We take pride in this fact," Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said during his meeting with David Harris, the Exec...
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Parliament Chair, MPs and Ambassadors Observe Anniversary of Bulgarian Jews' Rescue
March 10 (BTA) - Parliament Chair Tsetska Tsacheva, MPs from various parliamentary groups, ambassadors and dozens of citizens observed in front of Parliament on Tuesday the 72nd anniversary of the rescue of Bulgaria's Jews from deportation to Nazi concentration camps during ...
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Timber to Be Transported by Electronic Ticket
March 10 (BTA) - As of mid-April, timber, produced in state forests in Bulgaria, will be transported by an electronic ticket, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Georgi Kostov said. He took part in a round table on: "Statutory changes in the forestry sector for enhancing ...
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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Official Visit in Sofia
March 10 (BTA) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was on an official visit in Sofia on Tuesday. He conferred with his Bulgarian counterpart Daniel Mitov and Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. The German guest is also scheduled to meet President Rosen Plevneliev.
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Bulgarian, German Foreign MinistersTalk in Sofia
March 10 (BTA) - After meeting with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier who is on an official visit here, Bulgaria's chief diplomat Daniel Mitov said this visit reaffirmed that the Bulgarian government attaches a priority strategic importance to its relations with...
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