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EC to Provide EUR 85 Mln for Bulgaria's Emergency Medical Aid Service
February 8 (BTA) - The European Commission will provide 85 million euro for a project to upgrade the emergency medical aid service in Bulgaria, Health Minister Peter Moskov told a news conference on Sunday. The negotiations with the Commission have been comple
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Report: Government Not at Risk of Being Unable to Function Normally
February 8 (BTA) - The government is not at risk of being unable to function normally, and if the trend persists, the cabinet of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, which took office last November, will considerably improve its chances of serving out its four-year term of office, ...
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Interior Ministry Officers Go on Stand-By for Possible Strike
February 8 (BTA) - Trade unionists told a BTA-hosted news conference on Sunday that Interior Ministry officers are on stand-by for a possible strike over a bill to amend and supplement the Interior Ministry Act which is awaiting a second reading in Parliament. They said that ...
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President Plevneliev in Munich: "We Are in a Period of Cold Peace"
January 8 (BTA) - Addressing the 51st Munich Security Conference on February 7, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said that the security environment in Europe changed dramatically in 2014, the President's Press Secretariat reported. "We are in a new phase of development w...
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United States: Bulgaria Can be Factor for Change in Southeast Europe
February 7 (BTA) - The United States will continue to support Bulgaria firmly along the path of reforms as well as a factor of stability in the entire region of Southeast Europe, it emerged at a meeting between Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and U.S. Vice President Joe ...
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Heavy Rains Activate Landslides, Landslips across Bulgaria
February 7 (BTA) - The recent heavy rains have activated landslides and landslips along roads across the entire country, Regional Development and Public Works Minister Lilyana Pavlova said here.
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Fire-fighters Protest against Working Conditions
February 7 (BTA) - More than 350 fire-fighters and rescue workers members of the fire-fighters' trade union in the Confederation of the Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) staged a protest rally on Saturday in front of the Interior Ministry, CITUB said in a press re...
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Deputy PM Kuneva: European Leaders Should Change Position in Respect of Bulgaria's Accession to Schengen Area
February 7 (BTA) - Speaking at a news conference on Saturday here, Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva said that in her view, the European leaders - concerned with their national problems at the moment - are not aware that they should "radically, sharply and immediately" cha...
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Moody's Assigns Provisional Baa2 Rating to Bulgaria's Global Medium Term Note Programme
February 7 (BTA) - Moody's Investors Service has assigned a provisional senior unsecured Baa2 rating to the Government of Bulgaria's EUR 8 billion Global Medium Term Note (GMTN) programme, the Finance Ministry said.
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President Plevneliev: Countries from Western Balkans Should be Given Boost for Integration in EU
February 7 (BTA) - Bulgaria remains in the group of the most pro-European countries in Europe thanks, among other things, to the active civil society, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said at a meeting with Bavarian Minister of European Affairs and International Relations...
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NATO Command and Control Unit in Bulgaria to be in Sofia
February 7 (BTA) - NATO's Command and Control Unit in Bulgaria will be in Sofia, Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev told a news conference, noting that the unit could be set up in a matter of months. The establishment of the unit will to a large extent depend on the readiness o...
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Pre-school, School Education Bill Benefits Private Interests, Socialists Say
February 6 (BTA) - A day after Parliament passed on principle a new pre-school and school education bill, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) - Left Bulgaria adopted a declaration warning that it violates the tradition of education and disregards public needs in favour of pr...
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President Plevneliev: 'Following Days Will Be Decisive for EU-Russia Relations'
February 6 (BTA) - "Everyone in Munich is concerned that we are heading towards lasting instability and deterioration of relations between EU and Russia, which nobody wants to allow. The next days will be decisive," Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said. He is taking par...
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Justice Minister Says Just 76% of Initially Planned Payments for Penitentiaries, Court Guards Have Been Provided
February 6 (BTA) - Just about 76 per cent of the funds planned initially to level all payments in penitentiaries and court guards have been provided, Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov said during Question Time Friday. Penitentiaries currently have 4,597 employees and courts - 1,...
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Bulgarian Politicians React to NATO Plans to Build Command and Control Unit in Sofia
February 6 (BTA) - Bulgarian politicians on Friday reacted to the news that NATO will build command and control units in Bulgaria and five other Eastern European countries, which will make it easier to deploy NATO forces rapidly. The decision comes at what NATO Secretary Gene...
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Amber Code Warning Declared for Toundzha River at Elhovo, Mochouritsa River at Vodenichane
February 6 (BTA) - A "Be Prepared" amber code has been declared for the Toundzha river at Elhovo and the Mochouritsa at Vodenichane (Southern Bulgaria), the Ministry of Environment and Water said Friday, quoting the early warning systems.
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Alleviation of Visa Issuing Procedures for Russian, Ukrainian Tourists
February 6 (BTA) - Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova and Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov reached an agreement on easing visa issuing procedures for citizens of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Georgia, the press centre of the Tourism Ministry said on Friday....
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Ownership of 253 Neglected Dams Has Been Established - Environment Minister
Sofia, February 6 (BTA) - The ownership of 253 of the total of 268 dams established as neglected has been found following a commissioned probe, Environment and Water Minister Ivelina Vassileva told MPs of the National Assembly's Environment Committee during Thursday's blitz q...
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Petyo Ivanov Elected Bulgargaz Executive Director
February 6 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) on Thursday announced on its website that Petyo Ivanov has been elected Bulgargaz Executive Director by a decision of the managing boards of Bulgargaz and BEH.
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Spanish Ambassador Tapia: "New Government's First Steps Send Positive Signal"
February 6 (Lora Metanova of BTA) - "The new Government's first steps are sending a positive signal, which not only helps regain citizens' trust but also restore credibility with the EU institutions," Spain's Ambassador to Bulgaria, Jose Luis Tapia Vicente, said in a BTA i...
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