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GERB Will Table Changes to Security Legislation Next Week
March 6 (BTA) - GERB will table amendments to security legislation next week, GERB floor leader Tsvetan Tsvetanov said. He was speaking after a meeting between GERB representatives and President Rosen Plevneliev within a traditional month of consultations with parliamentary p...
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Number of Illegal Immigrants Detained in 2014 Down by 44% from 2013
March 6 (BTA) - The number of illegal immigrants detained in 2014 was by 44 per cent smaller than in 2013, according to data released by the Border Police Directorate General, the Interior Ministry said in a press release Friday.
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Defence Minister: Repairs of Bulgaria's MiG Aircraft Cost as Much as 16 New Fighter Aircraft
March 6 (BTA) - The repairs of Bulgaria's MiG aircraft are very expensive, their maintenance until 2029 will cost 1.6 billion leva, Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev said during Question Time in Parliament Friday. Taking a question by Peter Slavov MP of the Reformist Bloc on t...
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Incumbents, Opposition Clash over Proposed Bulgaria-US Tax Compliance Agreement
March 6 (BTA) - Socialist MP Roumen Gechev said on Friday that a proposed tax compliance agreement between the governments of Bulgaria and the US is lopsided. The agreement requires Bulgaria to provide information to the US about US investments in this country exceeding 50,0...
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Cabinet Provides 40 Leva Easter Bonus to Pensions Up to286 Leva
March 6 (BTA) - The cabinet approved Friday an additional transfer of 50 million leva to the budget of the public social insurance for 2015 which will be used to make a one-off additional payment of 40 leva to April pensions up to 286 leva, or all pensioners with monthly inco...
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Bulgaria's GDP for 2014 Grows in Real Terms by 1.7% from 2013, Preliminary Data Show
March 6 (BTA) - In 2014, Bulgaria's gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to 82,164 million leva at current prices, or 42,010 million euro (5,808 euro per person). This is an increase in real terms by 1.7 per cent compared to 2013, show preliminary data released by the Natio...
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Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Lazarov, SANS Chair Pisanchev Resign
March 6 (BTA) - Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Svetoslav Lazarov and the State Agency for National Security (SANS) Chairman Vladimir Pisanchev have tendered their resignations, sources from the Council of Ministers told BTA on Friday. Both Lazarov and Pisanchev have handed...
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Justice Minister Submits Proposal for Disciplinary Dismissal of Judge Vladimira Yaneva
March 6 (BTA) - Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov has made a proposal to the Supreme Judicial Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) for a disciplinary proceeding against suspended President of the Sofia City Court Vladimira Yaneva, Ivanov's Ministry said in a press release Friday. T...
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Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Lazarov, SANS Chair Pisanchev Resign
March 6 (BTA) - Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Svetoslav Lazarov and the State Agency for National Security (SANS) Chairman Vladimir Pisanchev have tendered their resignations, sources from the Council of Ministers told BTA on Friday. Both Lazarov and Pisanchev have handed...
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Parliament Adopts Amendments to Defence and Armed Forces Act on First Reading
March 6 (BTA) - Parliament adopted on first reading amendments to the Defence and Armed Forces Act on Friday. Out of the 159 MPs who voted, 132 were in favour and seven against with 20 abstentions.
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Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Lazarov Resigns
Sofia, March 6 (BTA) - Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Svetoslav Lazarov has tendered his resignation, BTA learned from sources at the Council of Ministers. Lazarov has handed his resignation to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov.
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Friendship Groups in Bulgarian Parliament, French Senate to Hold Joint Meeting
March 5 (BTA) - Meeting here on Thursday, Bulgaria's Parliament Chairperson Tsetska Tsacheva and Loic Herve, Chairman of the France-Bulgaria Friendship Group in the French Senate, agreed to hold a joint meeting of the friendship groups in the Bulgarian Parliament and the Fren...
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Foreign Minister Mitov Pays Official Visit to Slovakia
March 5 (BTA) - Daniel Mitov is the first Bulgarian Foreign Minister to pay an official visit to Slovakia since 1999. During the trip, taken at the invitation of Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak, the chief Bulgarian diplomat also conferred wit...
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BSP-Left Bulgaria Voices Concern to President about Lack of Measures for Economic Growth, Job Creation
March 5 (BTA) - Meeting with President Rosen Plevneliev as part of his consultations with the parliamentary forces, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) - Left Bulgaria group expressed concern that the government is not talking about measures for economic growth and job creati...
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BSP-Left Bulgaria Voices Concern to President about Lack of Measures for Economic Growth, Job Creation
March 5 (BTA) - Meeting with President Rosen Plevneliev as part of his consultations with the parliamentary forces, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) - Left Bulgaria group expressed concern that the government is not talking about measures for economic growth and job creati...
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Parliament Chair Tsacheva Confers with French Politician Catherine Lalumiere in Paris
March 5 (BTA) - Bulgarian National Assembly Chairperson Tsetska Tsacheva met with prominent French politician Catherine Lalumiere here on Thursday, Parliament said in a press release. Tsacheva gave Lalumiere a martenitsa, a traditional Bulgarian symbol of spring, health and h...
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MRF Says Formula of Incumbent Coalition Generates Instability
March 5 (BTA) - The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) is extremely reserved that the present government will be one of reforms because its very formula generates instability and an inability to achieve agreement in the ruling coalition regarding the direction and content...
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National Campaign "Bulgaria in Schengen. It's Time!" Starts
March 5 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva, Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov and Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov joined the opening of the national campaign "Bulgaria in Schengen. It's Time!", which was launched at the Archeology Museum here on Thursday. The campaign...
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Bulgarian Labour Minister Holds Further Talks in Moscow
March 5 (BTA) - Bulgaria's economic and political relations with Russia were in the focus of talks which Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Labour and Social Policy Minister Ivailo Kalfin held in Moscow, Kalfin's Ministry reported on Thursday, covering his working visit to t...
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License of Dunarit Ordnance Factory Terminated
March 5 (BTA) - A decision has been made to terminate the license of the Dunarit ordnance factory, Dunarit Executive Director Krustyo Krustev said on Thursday.
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