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Parliament Establishes Inquiry Committee into Corpbank Case
March 5 (BTA) - Parliament on Thursday voted 84-0 to establish an inquiry committee to look into the actions of oversight bodies in regard to the siphoning of Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank) between 2009 and 2014. There were two abstentions. The motion was submitted by M...
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Military Medical Academy Ex-Chief Tonev Charged with Wilful Mismanagement
March 5 (BTA) - The Sofia Military District Prosecution Office Thursday constituted the former director of the Military Medical Academy (MMA), Major General Stoyan Tonev, as a party accused of concluding unprofitable contracts and wilful mismanagement, the prosecuting magistr...
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PM Names Deputy Prime Minister Buchvarova as Interior Minister, Urges Interior Ministry Chief Secretary, SANS Chief to R...
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov nominated Deputy Prime Minister Roumyana Buchvarova as Interior Minister in Parliament on Thursday. Also, Borissov demanded the resignations of Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Svetlozar Lazarov and State Agency for National Security (SANS) head...
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PM Names Deputy Prime Minister Buchvarova as Interior Minister
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov nominated Deputy Prime Minister Roumyana Buchvarova as Interior Minister in Parliament on Thursday. Interior Minister Vesselin Vouchkov resigned on Wednesday after his proposal to replace the Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry was apparently ...
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Standing NATO Maritime Group Two Begins Operations in the Black Sea
March 4 (BTA) - NATO announced Wednesday that Alliance ships assigned to Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) have arrived in the Black Sea to operate and train with ships from the Bulgarian, Romanian and Turkish Navies. This training will include simulated anti-air and a...
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Parliament Votes Temporary Suspension of Unprocessed Timber Export, Shipment
March 4 (BTA) - Parliament voted Wednesday to impose a temporary suspension on the export and shipment of unprocessed timber in a bid to crack down on illegal logging. The moratorium will be in effect for three months from the day of its gazetting. During these three month...
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Bulgaria, Azerbaijan Will Advance Strategic Partnership, Want to Resurrect Nabucco Project
March 4 (BTA) - Bulgaria and Azerbaijan share genuine friendship and common positions on many issues on the Black Sea cooperation agenda and are willing to advance their relations in the fields of energy, pharmacy, IT, agriculture and tourism. Presidents Rosen Plevneliev of ...
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Public Awards Government 3.32 Points out of Six for First 100 Days - Survey
March 4 (BTA) - The public has awarded the first 100 days of the incumbent government 3.32 points out of a maximum of six, a nationally representative survey of Mediana polling agency shows. The survey was conducted among 998 respondents between February 21 and March 1 and w...
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Russian Market Is Shrinking for Bulgarian Wines, Bulgaria Exports to China, US to Compensate
March 4 (BTA) - The Russian market is seriously shrinking for trade with Bulgarian wines: until 2014 Bulgaria sold 40 to 50 per cent of its export wine to the Russian Federation but now the situation is aggravated, said Vine and Wine Executive Agency Director Krassimir Koev ...
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Interior Minister Resigns after Failed Proposal to Replace Ministry's Chief Secretary
March 4 (BTA) - Interior Minister Vesselin Vouchkov resigned on Wednesday after his proposal to replace the Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry was apparently rejected by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. Opposition members described the resignation as a sign of instability...
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Social Policy Minister Kalfin Confers with Russian Union of Industrialists President Shokhin
March 4 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Labour and Social Policy Minister Ivaylo Kalfin has conferred with Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) President Alexander Shokhin, Kalfin's ministry said Wednesday. Kalfin was on a working visit to Moscow on Ma...
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FBI Director James B. Comey: Criminals Have Made the World Smaller via the Internet
March 4 (BTA) - After meeting with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, FBI Director James B. Comey, who is visiting Bulgaria on Wednesday, said: "Increasingly, criminals have shrunk the world, they have made the world small, especially by virtue of their operations on the Internet...
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Interior Minister Resigns
Interior Minister Vesselin Vouchkov tendered his resignation and the resignation was accepted, the Government Information Service reported on Wednesday.
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Professionals Warn that Bulgaria May Be Left without Engineers
March 4 (BTA) - For several years now, Bulgarian technical universities have reported that young people are less and less interested in conventional engineering sciences, such as mechanical and electrical engineering. University teachers tell BTA that there is a risk of the ...
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PM Borissov Meets with FBI Director James B. Comey
March 3 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is meeting with FBI Director James B. Comey at the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, the government information service said. The two will discuss cooperation in security and the rule of law.
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Bulgaria Celebrates National Day
March 3 (BTA) - On March 3, Bulgaria celebrates its National Day and marks the 137th anniversary of its Liberation from Ottoman rule. 137 years ago today, the Treaty of San Stefano was signed to end the Russo-Turkish War of Liberation. Celebrations are held across the country....
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Seven Exhibitions Open at Plovdiv International Fair on March 4
March 2 (BTA) - Seven exhibitions will open at the Plovdiv International Fair on March 4, the highlights being the international vine growing and wine producing Vinaria exhibition and the agricultural Agra exhibition, said the Fair's press centre. The Fair will feature tasting...
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Bulgaria's First Constitution, Russo-Turkish War Relics Exhibited at Presidency on the
March 2 (BTA) - Thousands have visited the exhibition of war relicts from the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) and Bulgaria's first constitution, known as the Turnovo Constitution, staged at the Presidency on Monday, said the President's Press Secretariat. The exhibition is organ...
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Jan-Feb Budget Deficit Reaches Five-year Low
March 1 (BTA) - The deficit for January and February 2015 is the lowest deficit for the like period in the past five years, the Finance Ministry said on February 28. According to preliminary data and estimates, the cash deficit in the consolidated fiscal programme (CFP) as at Fe...
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Austria's Fenninger Wins Two Ladies' World Cup Races in Bansko
March 1 (BTA) - Anna Fenninger of Austria won two FIS Ladies' World Cup races in Bansko on Sunday, the Alpine Combined and the Super G, with Slovenia's Tina Maze coming second in both. Kathrin Zettel of Austria was third in the Alpine Combined and Dominique GISIN of Switzerla...
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