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Deputy PM Kuneva On Her Visit to Romania
January 17 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister for European Policy and Institutional Affairs Meglena Kuneva visited on Saturday the Bulgarian cities of Rousse (on the Danube) and Razgrad (Northeastern Bulgaria) after returning from her visit to Romania. She met with media represe...
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Deputy PM Kuneva: Bulgaria Can Use Romania's Experience inTackling Corruption
January 16 (BTA) - Emerging from meetings in Bucharest with the head of the Anti-Corruption Directorate of Romania (DNA), Laura Codruta Kovesi, and the President of the National Integrity Agency Horia Georgescu, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister for European Policy and Institut...
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European Commission's Reports on Bulgaria, Romania to Be Unveiled in Coming Weeks
January 16 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The next reports by the European Commission on the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism with Bulgaria and Romania will be unveiled in the coming weeks, a Commission spokesman told a news conference on Friday, taking a journ...
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Suspended Passenger Train Services to Be Reopened
January 16 (BTA) - Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) will stop closing passenger train services, and those suspended earlier this week will be reopened, after the Council of Ministers adopts a decree to this effect on January 21, the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in...
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Left Wing Voices Concern about Government's Approach to Refugee Situation
January 16 (BTA) - The main left-wing group in Parliament on Friday expressed their deep concern about the government's reaction to the possibility of a new refugee wave reaching Bulgaria. The BSP - Left Bulgaria Coalition issued a declaration on the matter, which was read ...
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Tourism Zoning of Bulgaria to be Fact by End of Month
January 16 (BTA) - The tourism zoning of Bulgaria will be "a fact" by the end of the month, Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova said here on Friday. The topic will be discussed in detail next week, after which nine tourism regions are expected to be determined: Northern Black...
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PM Borissov: Bulgaria's Policy towards Macedonia Remains Unchanged; Bulgaria Supports Macedonia's Integration in EU, NAT...
January 16 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said during Question Time in Parliament Friday that Bulgaria's policy towards Macedonia remains unchanged and consistent, and that Bulgaria has stated on many occasions that this country supports Macedonia's integration in th...
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Passenger Train Services Closed This Week Will Be Reopened
January 16 (BTA) - Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) will stop closing passenger train services, and those closed earlier this week will be reopened, after the Council of Ministers adopts a decree to this effect on January 21, the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bul...
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Tobacco Farmers Want New Legislation
January 16 (BTA) - Tobacco farmers call for new legislation to require that different tobacco varieties should be grown in different parts of Bulgaria depending on the soil and weather characteristics of each region.
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Average Direct Payment to Bulgarian Farmers Approximates 90 Per Cent of EU Average, Deputy PM Donchev Says
January 16 (BTA) - The average amount of the direct payment to farmers in Bulgaria is very close to 90 per cent of the average payment in the EU, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister for EU Funds and Economic Policy Tomislav Donchev said here on Friday, addressing Parliament durin...
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Bulgaria, United States Confirm Their Strategic Partnership
January 15 (BTA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Sofia on Thursday to hold talks with President Rosen Plevneliev, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov. The sides discussed energy security and energy diversification, security and defence ...
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SANS Head Pisanchev: Bulgarian Services Do Not Have Information About Possible Terror Act in Bulgaria, But Risk Exists
January 15 (BTA) - There is a risk of a terrorist act in Bulgaria, but the Bulgarian services do not currently have information about the preparation or carrying out of such an act, State Agency for National Security (SANS) head Vladimir Pisanchev told journalists on Thursday...
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Deputy Chairman of NATO Military Committee Visits Sofia
January 15 (BTA) - The Deputy Chairman of NATO's Military Committee, Lieutenant General Mark O.Schissler, paid a visit to Bulgaria Thursday. Meeting him in Sofia, Deputy Defence Minister Dimiter Kyumyurdjiev and Defence Chief Rear Admiral Roumen Nikolov told him that Bulgaria...
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Working Group to Prepare Report on Project for New Unit at Kozloduy N-Plant by March
January 15 (BTA) - A working group comprising representatives of the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH), Kozloduy New Capacities and the Energy Ministry, will elaborate by March a position and a report on the viability of the project for the construction of a new power unit at th...
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Bulgaria, Romania Start Dialogue on Joint Projects under Juncker Plan
January 15 (BTA) - Bulgaria and Romania are starting a dialogue on joint projects under the European Commission's investment plan known as the Juncker Plan, the Bulgarian Government Information Service said on Thursday. Agreement on this was reached on Thursday between Bulgar...
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Bulgaria, Romania Start Dialogue on Joint Projects under Juncker Plan
January 15 (BTA) - Bulgaria and Romania are starting a dialogue on joint projects under the European Commission's investment plan known as the Juncker Plan, the Bulgarian Government Information Service said on Thursday. Agreement on this was reached on Thursday between Bulgar...
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Tourism Minister: Russian Tourists in 2014 Down 3.2% on Year
January 15 (BTA) - The number of Russian tourists visiting Bulgaria between January and November 2014 fell 3.2 per cent on year (by about 21,000 people), Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova told a briefing in Bourgas on Thursday. The number of Ukrainian tourists fell 8.2 per...
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Bulgaria, United States Confirm Their Strategic Partnership
US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Sofia on Thursday to hold talks with President Rosen Plevneliev, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov. The sides discussed energy security and energy diversification, security and defence cooperation, and US ...
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Social Minister Kalfin: "Entire Regions Live on Welfare Because of Low Minimum Wage"
January 15 (BTA) - According to Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Labour and Social Policy Minister Ivailo Kalfin, there are entire regions in Bulgaria which live on welfare and have no incentive to work because the net minimum wage in the country until the beginning of the...
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Justice Minister: No Properly Structured Body Available to Deal with High-Level Corruption
January 15 (BTA) - Talking to journalists in Parliament on Thursday, Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov said Bulgaria has no adequately structured body to deal with high-level corruption. He added that the decisive steps of judicial reform should be made by the year's end.
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