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As Little As 15 Per Cent of Bulgarians Express Desire to Look for Job Abroad
February 24 (BTA) - As little as 15 per cent from the Bulgarians express a desire to leave their homeland for a long time and search for a job abroad, according to a poll conducted by TNS BBSS and presented by its Regional Director, Marchela Abrasheva. The nationally represe...
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Disaster Response Should Lay More Emphasis on Prevention than Remedy, Deputy PM Donchev Says
February 24 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev said on Tuesday that disaster response should lay more emphasis on prevention than remedy. This will make it possible to reduce the loss of human lives and the damage done to property, Donchev said, speaking at a dis...
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Ivailo Spiridonov Appointed as Director of Directorate for Combatting Organized Crime
February 24 (BTA) - Criminal Police Deputy Director Ivailo Spiridonov has been appointed as Director of the Chief Directorate for Combatting Organized Crime (CDCOC), Interior Minister Vesselin Vouchkov told journalists on Tuesday.
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Ex-Energy Minister Traikov: "Bulgaria Should Become Part of Southern Gas Corridor"
February 24 (BTA) - Former Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said in a BTA interview that Bulgaria should become part of the Southern Gas Corridor carrying natural gas from Azerbaijan to Europe.
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Sofia City Court President Resigns
February 24 (BTA) - Sofia City Court (SCC) President Vladimira Yaneva has tendered her resignation, BTA learnt from SCC sources on Tuesday.
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Reduced 2015 Budget for Defence May Lead to Some 4,600 Layoffs
February 23 (BTA) - If the budget for defence is not updated and the reduced expenditures for the Defence Ministry's personnel remain unchanged, the ministry will have to lay off around 4,600 service members and civilian employees, Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev told a news...
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Industrialists Demand Slash of Gas Price by At Least 22.7 Per cent as of April
February 23 (BTA) - Industrial energy consumers insist on cutting the price of natural gas by at least 22.7 per cent as of April. The demand is included in a letter the Bulgarian Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers sent to the ministers of economy and of energy.
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Prosecutors Dismiss "Racial Discrimination" Claim against Health Minister
February 23 (BTA) - The Sofia City Prosecution Office (SCPO) said on Monday it has refused to open a criminal case against Health Minister Peter Moskov over comments he made which were seen as discriminatory against the Roma. The claim against Moskov was filed by the parlia...
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ABV Supports President's Call for Election Rules Referendum
February 23 (BTA) - ABV fully supports a proposal by President Rosen Plevneliev about a referendum on election rules, said ABV floor leader Borislav Borissov, emerging from a meeting Monday between ABV and President Plevneliev within the month of political consultations betw...
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Obligations of Non-financial Enterprises Will Continue to Grow
February 23 (BTA) - The obligations of the non-financial enterprises will keep on increasing in absolute terms in 2015, Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) Vice President Kamen Kolev said at a news conference on Monday.
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European Commission Restarts Payments under Regional Development Operational Programme
February 23 (BTA corr, Nikolay Jelizakov) - The European Commission (EC) has notified Bulgaria that EU payments under the Regional Development Operational Programme (OP) for the programming period 2007-2013 can now restart, the EC said in a press release Monday. The payments ...
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Unions, Employers Criticize Proposed Amendments to Health Insurance Act
February 23 (BTA) - Trade unions and employers criticized proposed amendments to the Health Insurance Act at Monday's meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation. The Government-proposed bill provides for changes in the health insurance of children, pupils a...
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Movement 21 Congress Re-elects Tatyana Doncheva as Party Leader
February 22 (BTA) - Tatyana Doncheva was re-elected leader of Movement 21 at a congress of the non-parliamentary party here on Sunday. The forum also elected a National Council, an Audit Commission and a Chairperson of the Audit Commission.
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Bulgaria Enhances Cooperation with International Organization of Vine and Wine
February 22 (BTA) - In Paris, Bulgarian Agriculture and Food Minister Desislava Taneva and International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) Director General Jean-Marie Aurand discussed opportunities for the enhancement of bilateral cooperation, Taneva's Ministry said in a p...
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Opposition Socialists Give Negative Assessment to Cabinet's First 100 Days in Office
February 22 (BTA) - "The opposition BSP [Bulgarian Socialist Party] gives a negative assessment to the Government's first 100 days in office," BSP National Council Deputy Chairman Yanaki Stoilov said here on Sunday. He presented the National Council's position on the 100 da...
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Reformist Bloc's Kanev Urges Faster Pace of Reforms
on the Black Sea, February 21 (BTA) - Speaking to journalists in the Black Sea town of Pomorie on Saturday, Reformist Bloc co-floor leader Radan Kanev said that the pace of reforms should be sped considerably despite the serious consolidation of executive effort and honoured...
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Prime Minister Borissov: Anti-Contraband Measures are Government's Top Priority
Sandanski, Southwestern Bulgaria, February 21 (BTA) - The debt that has to be raised will be needed to repay 12 billion leva in maturing obligations and to maintain low interest rates in the next three years, said here on Saturday Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. He was speaki...
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PES President Stanishev: There Will Be No Efficient Security Cooperation in EU while Bulgaria, Romania Are Outside Schen...
February 21 (BTA) - Addressing a meeting of European socialist leaders Saturday in Madrid, Party of European Socialists (PES) President Sergei Stanishev said that there won't be efficient cooperation in the field of security in the EU, while Bulgaria and Romania are outside...
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President Opens Month of Political Consultations
February 21 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev will open the annual month of political consultations on February 23, Plevneliev's press secretariat said. The head of State will meet with the leaderships of ABV, Ataka, the Patriotic Front, the Bulgarian Democratic Centre, the...
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Bulgarian Business Delegation Departs for Cairo
February 21 (BTA) - A Bulgarian business delegation on Friday departed for Cairo to participate in a business forum on February 22. The forum is organized by the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Egyptian Businessmen's Association and the Federation of Egyptian ...
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