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Ataka Starts Nationwide Campaign against Deployment of NATO Base in Bulgaria
January 28 (BTA) - Ataka starts a nationwide campaign against the deployment of a NATO base in Bulgaria, said the party's leader Volen Siderov on Wednesday. The nationalist Ataka MPs said they will submit to Parliament a draft resolution on not allowing the deployment of NATO ...
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Six Bulgarians Taken Captive by Sudan Militants
January 28 (BTA) - Six Bulgarians were taken captive by militants in Sudan after their helicopter made a forced landing near Kaduqli on January 26, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry reported on Wednesday. The helicopter was operated by a Bulgarian air carrier working for the UN ...
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Prime Minister Borissov Congratulates New Greek Prime Minister Tsipras
January 27 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov cabled congratulations to Alexis Tsipras on his taking office as Prime Minister of Greece following the success of his SYRIZA Party at the early parliamentary elections on January 25, the Government Information Servic...
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Movement for Rights, Freedoms: Cabinet's Governance Programme Is Too Ambitious, Chaotic, Lacks Implementation Guarantee...
January 27 (BTA) - The Cabinet's governance programme, entitled Programme for Stable Development of the Republic of Bulgaria in the 2014-2018 Period, is too ambitious and does not give any guarantees for its implementation by the end of the mandate, Movement for Rights and Fr...
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European Commission: "Organised Crime Remains a Problem, Corruption Remains a Serious Issue in Bulgaria"
January 27 (BTA Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - In its latest Cooperation and Verification Mechanism report on Bulgaria, which is due to be released on Wednesday, the European Commission found that organised crime remains a problem and corruption remains a serious issue ...
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Bulgarian President in Prague: "We Cannot Let the Memory of the Holocaust Slip Away"
January 27 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev told a Holocaust remembrance conference in Prague Tuesday that the crimes of Nazism should not be forgotten. "We cannot let the memory of the Holocaust just slip away with the last surviving witnesses," Plevneliev said,...
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Socialists, Nationalists Congratulate Syriza on Election Victory
January 27 (BTA) - Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Chairman Mihail Mikov and Ataka Leader Volen Siderov cabled congratulations to the new Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in connection with the victory of the Syriza Left coalition at the Sunday elections.
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Most of Prison Guards' Demands Will Be Fulfilled
January 27 (BTA) - Most of prison guards' demands will be fulfilled, Ivan Petrov, Chair of the Union of Prison Employees in Bulgaria, told a news conference on Tuesday emerging from a meeting with the officials of the Justice Ministry.
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PM Borissov, Chief Mufti Agree that Rift in Society, Division of Christians and Muslims Must not Be Allowed
January 27 (BTA) - Meeting here on Tuesday, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Chief Mufti Mustafa Hadji agreed that a rift in society and division of Christians and Muslims must not be allowed, Cabinet's press service said.
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European Court of Human Rights Requires Bulgaria to Address Poor Conditions in Prisons
January 27 (BTA) - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday gave Bulgaria 18 months to create effective preventive and compensatory remedies for prisoners who wish to challenge their detention conditions.
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Brussels Does Not See Any Crisis in EU Milk Industry
January 27 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Despite complaints by Bulgaria and Romania, the European Commission does not see any crisis in the EU milk industry that might have been caused by Russia's restrictions on farm product imports from the EU, Bulgarian Agricultu...
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EU Project Investments in South Bulgaria Exceed Thrice Those in North, Reformist Bloc Co-Floor Leader Zelenogorski Says
January 27 (BTA) - Investments under EU projects in South Bulgaria are three times more than those in the North, said Reformist Bloc Co-floor Leader and Chair of the Parliamentary Regional Policy, Public Works and Local Self-government Committee, Nayden Zelenogorski, during a...
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Heavy Traffic at Kalotina Border Crossing
January 26 (BTA) - Traffic is heavy at the Kalotina border checkpoint with Serbia, said the Interior Ministry. Difficulties with the processing of passing vehicles at the Serbian Gradina checkpoint have resulted in long lines of heavy trucks on the Bulgarian side. Police of...
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Specialized Prosecution Office Presses Charges against Seven of Nine Criminal Group Members
January 26 (BTA) - The Specialized Prosecution Office (SPO) pressed charges against seven of a total of nine members of an organized criminal group, responsible for the killing of a hotel and night club owner on March 24, 2014 and another one - of a construction entrepreneur ...
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Tourism Ministry to Advertise Little-Known Bulgarian Tourist Sights
January 26 (BTA) - The Tourism Ministry will advertise 50 little-known Bulgarian tourist sights within a communication campaign, which Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova presented at a news conference Monday. The communication campaign is part of a project worth 1.9 million ...
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister Mitov Confers with Regional Cooperation Council Secretary General Svilanovic
January 26 (BTA) - "Regional cooperation in Southeastern Europe is exceedingly important for Bulgaria. We regard it as a key instrument for building security and political and economic stability in the region," Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said here on Monday, conf...
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State Fund Agriculture Starts Payment of Nearly 1 Billion Leva of Subsidies to Farmers
January 26 (BTA) - State Fund Agriculture has started the payment of 949 million leva to 94,000 applicants under the Single Payment per Area Scheme (SPAS), the financial institution said Monday. The scheme's total budget for 2014 amounts to 1,051 million leva.
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Bulgaria Without Censorship Chairman Barekov: "LIDER Took Unfair Advantage of Us to Cash In on their Corporate Vote"
January 26 (BTA) - "I admit this as my personal mistake: I was misled and did not show enough political foresight despite by experience, and I allowed our party to coalesce with a corporate entity like the LIDER Political Party, which has come to a number of political failure...
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National Assembly Deputy Chair Rossitsa Yanakieva Dies
January 26 (BTA) - National Assembly Deputy Chair Rossitsa Yanakieva, MP of ABV, passed away on the night of Sunday to Monday, the ABV Chapter in Pernik said on Monday. She was in a coma after a severe brain stroke.
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BSP Calls Congress in Early April, Proposes Own Pension Reform Plan
Sofia, January 25 (BTA) - The National Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) took a decision to hold its 48th Congress in the first ten-day period of April, BSP Chairman Mihail Mikov said. The forum will focus on the upcoming local elections. At its Sunday plenum BSP ...
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