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Culture Minister, UNESCO Director General Discuss Inclusion of Magoura Cave on World Heritage List
January 13 (BTA) - Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov and UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova on Tuesday agreed that Bulgaria needs to speed up the drafting of a proposal to include the Magoura Cave on UNESCO's World Heritage List, the Culture Ministry reported.
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PM Borissov, Patriarch Neophyte Confer on Common Fields of Action, Recent Developments
January 13 (BTA) - The difficulties Bulgarian society faced in the past year have returned its thoughts to faith and the desire to repent, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said at a meeting with Patriarch Neophyte Tuesday, the Holy Synod said in a press release. The Prime Minis...
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Zhecho Stankov Appointed Deputy Energy Minister
January 13 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has appointed Zhecho Stankov Deputy Energy Minister, the government's information service said on Tuesday.
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Jobless Rate in 2014: 11.2 Per Cent. Measures to Reduce Unemployment in 2015
January 13 (BTA) - Bulgaria's unemployment rate in 2014 was 11.2 per cent, a fraction below the level of 2013, National Employment Agency Executive Director Asen Angelov told a news conference here on Tuesday.
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Health Ministry to Introduce Bonuses for General Practitioners
January 13 (BTA) - The Health Ministry plans to put in place a bonus scheme for general practitioners, said Health Minister Petar Moskov in Veliko Turnovo on Tuesday. He said there are 4,700 registered general practitioners across the country.
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UNESCO Director-General Bokova Delivers Lecture on Nelson Mandela Legacy at Sofia University
January 13 (BTA) - There are still 58 million children in the world who do not go to school, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said on Tuesday. She was delivering a lecture on Nelson Mandela's legacy at the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia.
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Unemployment Rate in 2014: 11.2 Per Cent
January 13 (BTA) - Bulgaria's unemployment rate in 2014 was 11.2 per cent, a fraction below the level of 2013, National Employment Agency Executive Director Asen Angelov told a news conference here on Tuesday.
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Economy Minister, Ambassadors Discuss Promotion of Economic Relations
January 13 (BTA) - Economy Minister Bozhidar Loukarski had a meeting with the ambassadors of USA and Indonesia on Monday to discuss promotion of bilateral economic relations, the Economy Ministry said. Loukarski received US Ambassador here Marcie Ries and the two discussed...
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Prime Minister Borissov Meets with European Commissioners to Discuss Energy, Transport, Migration
January 12 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov was in Brussels on Monday for a series of talks with European commissioners focusing on energy matters. Other subjects included the absorption of EU aid, transport projects, and immigration management, the Bulgarian G...
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Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov Confers with UNESCO Director General Bokova
January 12 (BTA) - Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov on Monday conferred with UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova who is paying an official visit here, Mitov's ministry said Mitov and Bokova strongly condemned the attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, voicing ...
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Prime Minister Borissov Meets with European Commissioners
January 12 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov was in Brussels on Monday to meet with European Commission Vice President Kristalina Georgieva, who is responsible for Budget and Human Resources in the Commission, and with Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Cretu, ...
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Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov Orders Removal of Controversial Trustee in Bankruptcy from Professional List
January 12 (BTA) - Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov issued an order for the removal of Panayot Velkov from the list of persons, who can be appointed as trustees in bankruptcy under the Commerce Act.
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Bulgarian Socialist Party Firmly against Financing Private Schools with Money from Budget
January 12 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) - Left Bulgaria coalition in Parliament is firmly against financing private schools with money from the budget, Socialist MP Valeri Zhablyanov told a news conference here. The MP said the BSP has moved its own public educatio...
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Bulgaria Begins Preparations for 2018 EU Presidency
January 12 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva on Monday told a meeting of the EU Affairs Council that Bulgaria has begun preparations for its 2018 EU Presidency. Kuneva likened the preparations to a military operation which will include language, negotiations and ...
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Better Absorption of EU Funds, Structural Reforms in Important Sectors and Drop of Fuel Prices Will Preserve GDP Growth ...
January 12 (BTA) - The better absorption of EU funds and the acceleration of structural reforms in some important sectors, combined with a drop of fuel prices and abandonment of aggressive restriction of fiscal policy in 2015 will suffice for the GDP growth to preserve its 2...
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Deputy PM Kuneva to Submit Plan on Border Guarding
January 12 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva told journalists that she will submit a coordination plan of several institutions on border guarding to the Council of Ministers on Tuesday. Efforts will be made, along with Minister of Labour and Social Policy Ivailo K...
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Bulgaria's Total Export Down by 1.6% In January-November 2014 Y/Y
January 12 (BTA) - From January to November 2014, Bulgaria exported goods worth 39.8 billion leva, which is a decrease by 1.6 per cent compared to the like period of 2013, show preliminary data released by the National Statistical Institute on Monday.
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Prime Minister Borissov Supports Freedom of Speech By Participating in Republican March in Paris
January 12 (BTA) - The terror attack in France was different than the attacks in other countries because it was against journalists and the freedom of speech, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told journalists in Paris Sunday, quoted by the Government Information Service. "Throug...
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Missing Ex-SANS Head Petko Sertov Returns to Bulgaria
January 12 (BTA) - Petko Sertov, a former head of the State Agency for National Security (SANS), who went missing on December 5 and was later reported to have been spotted in Greece, returned to Bulgaria around 1:30 am on Monday, Interior Minister Vesselin Vouchkov said.
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120 Police Cars to Be Equipped with Cameras within Two Months
January 11 (BTA) - Within two months 120 police cars will be equipped with cameras which will record all checks for traffic violations, Interior Minister Vesselin Vouchkov said at a news conference on Sunday. Fifteen of these vehicles will be in Sofia.

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