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NATO Goes Ahead with "Immediate Establishment" of Six Command and Control units in Bulgaria, Five Other Eastern European...
February 5 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - NATO Defence Ministers decided to immediately establish six command and control units in Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania. "If a crisis arises, they will ensure that national and NATO forces from across...
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NATO Command Centre in Sofia Can Be Set Up without Legislative Changes
February 5 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Speaking to Bulgarian journalists in Brussels, Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev said NATO's future command and control centre in Sofia can be set up without legislative amendments or Parliament's sanction. He took part in the...
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GERB Propose that Electricity from New Green Power Plants Be Not Purchased at Feed-in Tariffs
February 5 (BTA) - The GERB Party propose that feed-in tariffs will not apply to the electricity produced by new power plants harnessing renewable energy sources because the national target has been met, National Assembly Energy Committee Chairman Delyan Dobrev told journalis...
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School Education Bill Introduces Dual Education, State Financing for Private Schools
February 5 (BTA) - Parliament adopted on first reading a Pre-school and School Education Bill moved by Milena Damyanova of GERB and a group of MPs. The Bill envisage introduces dual education and a possibility for state financing of private schools.
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Bansko Officials Meet with President, Prime Minister to Press Demands for the Resort's Development
February 5 (BTA) - The Mayor of the winter resort of Bansko, Georgi Ikonomov, and members of the local business community met with President Rosen Plevneliev and Prime Minister Boyko Borissov in Sofia on Thursday to press their demands for the development of tourism in Bansk...
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Yonko Grozev: Accountability of Prosecutors for Their Actions Is Central Issue in Judicial Reform
February 5 (BTA) - Yonko Grozev, the newly elected judge for Bulgaria to the European Court of Human Rights, believes that the accountability of the prosecution office should be a central issue in the judicial reform. He also said in a BTA interview Thursday that there are st...
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Appellate Court Upholds Decision to Keep Svilengrad Customs Chief in Custody
February 5 (BTA) - The Appellate Court in Plovdiv Thursday upheld a lower-court decision to keep interim Svilengrad customs service chief Todor Karaivanov in indefinite custody. Karaivanov has been charged with taking two bribes aggregating 2,773 leva.
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European Commission Predicts 0.8% Economic Growth for Bulgaria in 2015
February 5 (BTA) - Real GDP is estimated to have increased by 1.4 per cent in 2014 as a whole, before moderating to 0.8 per cent in 2015, the European Commission said in its Winter Economic Forecast. Economic growth is projected to slightly increase to 1.0 per cent at the end...
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99,700 Corpbank Clients Have Disposed with Their Deposits So Far
February 5 (BTA) - From the first day of the payment of guaranteed deposits of the delicenced Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank) until 17.00 hrs on February 4, 2015, a total of 99,700 clients of the bank disposed with their deposits, the Bulgarian Deposit Insurance Fund (BD...
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WB Hails Bulgarian Government's Actions
February 5 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister Roumyana Buchvarova and World Bank country director for Bulgaria Tony Thompson met here Wednesday to discuss areas in which the World Bank can support the government, said the government press office. The areas that were singled out in...
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OSCE: Large Fines Imposed on Media Outlets in Bulgaria May Lead to Censorship in Reporting on Issues of Public Interest
February 5 (BTA) - The Representative on Freedom of the Media of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Dunja Mijatovic, raised concern over large fines imposed on newspapers in Bulgaria for publishing news stories on companies' financial activities and the ...
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Earthquake Registered in Central Bulgaria
February 5 (BTA) - An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale was registered in the eastern Balkan Range on Thursday morning, said the National Institute for Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
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Bulgaria Condemns Barbaric Killing of Jordanian Pilot
February 4 (BTA) - "Bulgaria categorically condemns the barbaric killing of Jordanian pilot Mouath al-Kasaesbeh, committed by the terrorist group Islamic State," reads a statement by the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson in connection with the Jordanian airman's executi...
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Latvia Supports Bulgaria, Romania Accession to Schengen
February 4 (BTA) - Latvia supports the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen, Latvian Ambassador to Romania and Bulgaria, Ilgvars Klava, said Wednesday. He was presenting the priorities of the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union before the National...
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Sofia to Host Meeting for Development of European Energy Union
February 4 (BTA corr. Nikolay Jeliazakov) - Sofia is to host next Monday the first meeting on matters of the Europe Energy Union and its implications in Southeast Europe, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Energy Union Maros Sefcovic told a news conference on Wednesday.
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PM Borissov Hopes that Parliament Will Reach Consensus and Replace State Energy Regulator's Complement
February 4 (BTA) - Answering a topical verbal question in Parliament on Wednesday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov expressed the hope that the National Assembly will reach a consensus and will replace the complement of the State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission...
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Cabinet Sets up National Council for Migration and Integration
February 4 (BTA) - The Government established a National Council on Migration and Integration, which will be co-chaired by the deputy prime ministers on coordination of European policies and institutional issues and on demographic and social policy, the Council of Ministers' ...
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Supplementary Retirement Insurance Companies Call for Comprehensive Amendments to Social Insurance Code
February 4 (BTA) - The Social Insurance Code should be amended comprehensively and not piecemeal, representatives of supplementary compulsory retirement insurance companies told an extraordinary news conference at BTA on Tuesday evening.
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ABV Leader Purvanov: ABV will be Rival to Socialists in Upcoming Local Elections
February 4 (BTA) - Leader of the left-wing ABV and former President (2002-2012) Georgi Purvanov told a news conference Wednesday that his formation and the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will "apparently" be rivals in the upcoming local elections "with all risks such a posit...
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Security Issues, Challenges before Bulgaria, Europe on Agenda of Tsvetanov's Talks in USA
February 4 (BTA) - GERB Floor Leader and Deputy Chair Tsvetan Tsvetanov had working meetings here with R. James Woolsey, Chairman of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and with members of the Board of Directors of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), GERB's press cent...
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