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New Operational Programme Human Resources Starts Officially
January 15 (BTA) - The official start of Operational Programme Human Resources for the new programming period, 2014-2020, was announced here Thursday by Labour and Social Policy Minister Ivaylo Kalfin. The programme has a total financial resource of over 2.136 billion leva of...
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Legislation Proposed to Make Energy Regulator Elected by Parliament, not Government
anuary 15 (BTA) - Parliament voted on principle Thursday to make the energy regulator elected by the legislature. The change will be enacted through revisions in the Energy Act which were put forward by the government and voted on first reading. The State Energy and Water R...
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Bulgaria, United States Confirm Their Strategic Partnership
Meeting in Sofia on Thursday, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed their shared view that Bulgaria and the US are strategic partners. They noted that the two nations are willing to invigorate their bilateral cooperation by placin...
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Bulgaria, United States Confirm Their Strategic Partnership
Meeting in Sofia on Thursday, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed their shared view that Bulgaria and the US are strategic partners. They noted that the two nations are willing to invigorate their bilateral cooperation by placin...
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Bulgaria, United States Confirm Their Strategic Partnership
Meeting in Sofia on Thursday, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed their shared view that Bulgaria and the US are strategic partners. They noted that the two nations are willing to invigorate their bilateral cooperation by placin...
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Bulgaria Pays USD 1.1 Bln-Plus on Global Bond Issue
January 15 (BTA) - The Finance Ministry has ordered the payment of 1,131,162,978.75 US dollars to the holders of global bonds of the Republic of Bulgaria maturing on January 15, 2015, the Ministry's press office said Thursday.
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Energy Diversification, Single European Market on Agenda of British Foreign Secretary's Talks in Sofia
January 14 (BTA) - British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, who arrived on an official visit to Bulgaria on Wednesday, talked to his Bulgarian counterpart Daniel Mitov and President Rosen Plevneliev. Energy diversification, the Single Energy Market and bilateral trade rela...
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Foreign Minister Mitov, British Foreign Secretary Hammond Make Joint Statement Following Meeting
January 14 (BTA) - Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, who arrived on an official visit to Bulgaria on Wednesday at Mitov's invitation, made a joint statement here following their meeting, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release.
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Parliament's Spring Session Begins
January 14 (BTA) - On the first day of Parliament's spring session the parliamentary groups spelled out their law-making priorities and plans.
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PM Borissov Firmly Against Lifting Moratorium on Shale Gas Extraction
January 14 (BTA) - Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said that his "categorical answer regarding the lifting of the moratorium on shale gas is no." He added, however, that this could be reviewed in the long run if a technology is proposed, wh...
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Better Laws Can Help Save Lv 1,000 Mln-Plus, Administrative Reform Council Finds in Analysis
January 14 (BTA) - Statutory instruments' impact assessment will save the business community more than 1,000 million leva in direct and indirect spending over the next three years, Administrative Reform Council Secretary Anton Gerounov said at the year's first meeting of the...
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EU, State to Provide Over Lv 1 Bln for Improving Residential Buildings' Energy Efficiency in 2015-2016
January 14 (BTA) - The new national programme for the energy renovation of multi-family residential buildings with over 36 apartments is a huge challenge for Sofia Municipality, businesses and citizens, said here on Wednesday Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova, who opened a meeti...
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Construction of Protecting Obstacle along Border with Turkey to Continue, Defence Ministry to Provide Logistic Support i...
a decision on urgent measures concerning the migration pressure along Bulgaria's border, the government information service said. The decision is about further construction of a border protecting obstacle along Bulgaria's southern border, and about the provision of logistic ...
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Competition Protection Commission Institutes Proceedings about Possible Wrong-doing in Change of Control of BTC
January 14 (BTA) - The Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has opened a proceeding into possible wrong-doing by means of changing the control of the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC), CPC said in a press release.
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December Inflation at 0% - Official Statistics
January 14 (BTA) - The National Statistical Institute reported 0 per cent inflation in December compared with November. The annual deflation in December 2014 compared with December 2013 was 0.9 per cent. The annual average deflation in the period January-December 2014 compar...
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Radan Kanev Urges Prompt Start of Reforms
January 14 (BTA) - Democrats for Strong Bulgaria party leader Radan Kanev said on January 13 that the reforms which start at the beginning of a government's tenure are the kind that stand a chance of progressing. Speaking at a BTA-hosted news conference in Veliko Turnovo, K...
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Electricity Distributors Get 460 Penal Orders after Audits of Five Years of Activity
January 14 (BTA) - Unveiling audits covering the period from July 1, 2008 until November 30, 2013, State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) Chairwoman Svetla Todorova said on January 13 that the authorities issued 460 penal orders against Bulgaria's three electri...
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Deputy Prime Minister Kuneva:Europe Should Avoid Two Speeds in Field of Security
January 13 (BTA) - A two-speed Europe should be avoided in the field of security said Tuesday Deputy Prime Minister for European Policy and Institutional Affairs Meglena Kuneva at a meeting with EU ambassadors. Kuneva, Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov and Deputy Interior Minist...
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Court Upholds Withdrawal of Corpbank's Licence
January 13 (BTA) - The Supreme Administrative Court said on Tuesday it has upheld a Bulgarian National Bank decision to withdraw the licence of the Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank). The court judgment is not final and the case will be reviewed by a five-judge panel of the...
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French Citizen, Linked to Kouachi Brothers and Charged with Involvement in Terrorist Activities, Is Detained in Bulgaria
January 13 (BTA) - The Bulgarian authorities have arrested French national, Fritz Jolie Joaquin who is wanted on an European Arrest Warrant, the Prosecution Office of the Republic of Bulgaria said on Tuesday. According to the warrant, he has been involved in an organized cri...
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