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Some 5 Kg of Opium Intercepted at Kapitan Andreevo Checkpoint
January 22 (BTA) - Nearly five kilogrammes of opium have been seized at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint, the press centre of the State Agency for National Security (SANS) said Thursday. On January 19, officers of the Svilengrad Customs Agency checked an incoming TIR truck fro...
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Visits Sofia
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov met with the visiting NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg here Thursday, the government press office said. Stoltenberg is on an official visit in Sofia. The two discussed cooperation within the Alliance and the Readiness Action Plan...
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Socialists, Ataka, Bulgarian Democratic Centre Will Not Sign MRF's No-Confidence Motion
January 22 (BTA) - Representatives of the parliamentary groups of BSP-Left Bulgaria, Ataka and the Bulgarian Democratic Centre on Thursday said they will not sign a possible no-confidence motion by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) over "the xenophobic statements and...
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33 Closed Passenger Train Services to Be Resumed from February
January 22 (BTA) - The management of Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) passenger train services has revised the timetable of the 38 stopped trains by order of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Minister Ivaylo Moskovski, his ministry said Thursday.
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National Audit Office to Check Majority State- and/or Municipal-Owned Companies, Parliament Resolves
January 22 (BTA) - The Bulgarian National Audit Office (BNAO) will conduct audits of commercial corporations in which the State and/or a municipality holds an interest exceeding 50 per cent regardless of the amount of that interest, the National Assembly resolved Thursday, pa...
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Bulgaria Needs to Absorb 600 Million Euro under Operational Programme Transport in 2015 So As Not to Lose Funding
January 22 (BTA) - Presenting the annual report on the progress in the implementation of the Operational Programme (OP) Transport, Transport, IT and Communications Minister Ivailo Moskovski said Thursday that Bulgaria needs to absorb 600 million euro in 2015 so as not to lose...
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President Plevneliev to Propose Initiative for Change in Ammunition Storage, Utilization Legislation
January 22 (BTA) - President Rosen Plevneliev will propose a legislative initiative and a debate on an amendment to the ammunition storage and utilization legislation, he told citizens during his visit to Sliven Thursday.
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Tennis Player Novak Djokovic Wins Balkan Athlete Title for Fourth Year Running
January 22 (BTA) - ATP No. 1 player Novak Djokovic was chosen as the Balkan Athlete of the Year, 2014, in the 42nd edition of the poll of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) made public here on Thursday. This is the fourth time when Djokovic wins the title. Bulgarian tennis playe...
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Actual Yield of All Pension Insurance Companies Positive
January 22 (BTA) - The actual yield of all pension insurance funds from 2002 until the end of 2014 is positive, meaning that it is below the inflation rate, Chief Executive Director of the Doverie pension insurance company Daniela Petkova said during a meeting of the parliame...
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Procedures for Lv 6,000 Mln-Plus to Be Opened, over Lv 1,100 Mln to Be Paid in 2015 under New Operational Programmes, D...
January 21 (BTA) - Depending on the pace of approval of the operational programmes and the arrangements that are being made, parallel to the pace of accreditation of the managing authorities, procedures for more than 6,000 million leva and payments of more than 1,100 million ...
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Vice President Popova: Work Should Begin on Modern Concept For Award of Bulgarian Citizenship
January 21 (BTA) - Addressing a news conference to mark hers and President Rosen Plevneliev's third year in office Vice President Margarita Popova urged that work should begin on a new concept for the award of Bulgarian citizenship.
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Parliament Adopts Update of Judicial Reform Strategy
January 21 (BTA) - Parliament approved Wednesday an update of a strategy for reforming the judiciary. The update was proposed by the government, revised on a motion by Mihail Mikov of the Left and supported by 173 MPs. Four voted against and 18 abstained. Justice Minister Hri...
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MRF, GERB Cross Swords in Parliament over Political Dismissals in State Administration
January 21 (BTA) - The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) is keeping a "live chronicle of political repression" and will read the names of Bulgarians who have been dismissed from the state administration every Wednesday. In less than a month another 30 have lost their job...
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Cabinet Approves Governance Programme
January 21 (BTA) - At its regular weekly meeting on Wednesday, the Council of Ministers approved a governance programme for stable development of the Republic of Bulgaria, 2014-2018. The document has been drawn up under the coalition agreement between the incumbents on the fo...
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President Plevneliev: "I Want to Encourage Government and Parliament to Adopt without Delay Essential Reforms"
January 21 (BTA) - At a news conference on the occasion of the third anniversary of his inauguration, President Rosen Plevneliev said that he wants to encourage the government and Parliament to implement without delay essential reforms. The President spoke to the press toge...
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InvestBulgaria Agency Drafts Overall Investment Development, Promotion Strategy
January 21 (BTA) - InvestBulgaria Agency is preparing a comprehensive strategy for the development and promotion of investment in Bulgaria, said new Executive Director Stamen Yanev who took over from predecessor Svetoslav Mladenov on Wednesday.
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Parliament Endorses Construction of Border Fence without Tender
January 21 (BTA) - Parliament voted Wednesday to allow the construction of a fence along the Bulgarian-Turkish border without a tender. The fence is expected to deter an influx of refugees attempting to cross the national green border.
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Bulgarian chief of Defence to Participate in Winter Session of NATO Defence Committee
January 21 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Chief of Defence, Rear Admiral Roumen Nikolov, participates in this year's first NATO Military Committee meeting, taking place in Brussels on January 21 and 22, said the Defence Ministry.
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Borissov to Business Community: No Way to Form a Better Government
January 20 (BTA) - Addressing the traditional annual meeting of the government and business on Tuesday, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said: "I am far from saying that we have come to deeply love one another, we just know that we cannot have anything better than what we have ...
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State Agency for National Security Has Conducted 303 Operations against Organized Crime Groups in 2014
January 20 (BTA) - The State Agency for National Security (SANS) has conducted a total of 303 operations against organized crime groups in 2014, the Agency said in a press release on Tuesday. Fourty-three of the operations were carried out as part of international cooperatio...
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