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Appellate Court Upholds 3.5 Year Prison Sentence against Former Conflict of Interest Commission Chief
December 23 (BTA) - The Sofia Appellate Court said on Tuesday it has upheld a 3.5 year prison sentence against former Conflict of Interest Commission Chairman Filip Zlatanov. The sentence was first imposed by the Sofia City Court in April after Zlatanov was found guilty of ha...
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National Health Insurance Fund Will Not Sign 2015 National Framework Agreement
December 23 (BTA) - The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) will not sign the proposed 2015 National Framework Agreement, NHIF Director Roumyana Todorova said after a meeting of the Fund's Supervisory Board on Tuesday.
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Minister Nenchev Hopes Defence Budget Will Be Updated in 2015
December 23 (BTA) - Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev expressed Tuesday a hope that the defence budget would be updated in 2015. Answering a question, he said: "I hope and believe that we will manage to accomplish our missions and training to a large extent and to keep the Bul...
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Grigor Dimitrov Named Bulgarian Athlete of the Year
December 23 (BTA) - At a ceremony on Monday night, tennis player Grigor Dimitrov won this year's Athlete of the Year title in Bulgaria. It is the first time he gets the prestigious title.
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10,000 People Visit Third Festival of Bulgarian Culture in London
December 23 (BTA) - Ten thousand people visited the Third London Festival of Bulgarian Culture, the Culture Ministry said, quoting a letter from Svetla Dionissieva, Director of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute (BCI) London, to Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov.
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Sofia City Court Leadership Issues Position on Judges' Letter to Supreme Judicial Council
December 23 (BTA) - The leadership of the Sofia City Court has issued its position on a letter sent by 24 judges from the court to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), with copies sent to Parliament and the European Commission Representation to Sofia.
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Twenty-seven Migrants Arrested in Bourgas
December 23 (BTA) - Twenty-seven migrants, mostly Syrians, have been arrested in Bourgas. The group consists of men, women and children.
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Seven EU Ambassadors with Joint Position on Judicial Reform in Bulgaria
December 22 (BTA) - Interior Ministry employees working in the administration units will no longer be category 1 workers, but will work under the Civil Servants Act, Interior Minister Vesselin Vouchkov told journalists here on Monday after Cabinet's meeting.
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Interior Minister Vouchkov Reduces Privileges of Ministry's Administration Employees
December 22 (BTA) - Interior Ministry employees working in the administration units will no longer be category 1 workers, but will work under the Civil Servants Act, Interior Minister Vesselin Vouchkov told journalists here on Monday after Cabinet's meeting.
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Mihail Mikov: GDP Growth Projection of 0.8%Points to Government's Uncertainty aboutEconomic Development
December 22 (BTA) - Meeting with the Unity Club, Mihail Mikov, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), said that the projection for 0.8 per cent GDP growth in 2015 shows that the government is uncertain about the prospects for economic development, the BSP's press offi...
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Vice President:Broad Expert and Public Consensus Should Be Sought on Pension Reform
December 22 (BTA) - "The pension reform is a part of the major topic of the social state and when talking about pension funds, age and retirement, we should not be in a hurry but seek a broad expert and public consensus," Vice President Margarita Popova said in Plovdiv on Mon...
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Reformist Bloc Co-floor Leader Zelenogorski: There Is a Political Crisis, but Not the Kind to Destroy the Parliamentary ...
December 22 (BTA) - There was tension in the coalition - this was and is a political crisis, but not the crisis which will destroy the majority (in Parliament), said Reformist Bloc Co-floor leader Nayden Zelenogorski here on Monday, commenting, in his words, the "so called pe...
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Free Retrofitting Will Begin from Big Buildings - Minister
December 22 (BTA) - The implementation of the National Programme on retrofitting of Multifamily Residential Buildings will begin with the biggest panel and reinforced concrete buildings with at least 36 flats, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Liliana Pavlova ...
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Natural Gas Price Drops by 0.30 Leva
December 22 (BTA) - The State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) approved a price of 603.14 leva for 1,000 cu m of natural gas exclusive of excise duty and VAT as of January 1, 2015. This means that the price will be 0.30 leva lower than the current one. The decis...
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Bulgarian Business Singles Out Corruption, Political Instability as Main Obstacles
December 22 (BTA) - Domestic political instability had the most adverse impact on companies' business in 2014, according to the affiliates of the Bulgarian Industrial Association who responded to its annual survey entitled "2014 through the Eyes of Business."
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Interior Minister Vouchkov Reduces Privileges of Ministry's Administration Employees
December 22 (BTA) - Interior Ministry employees working in the administration units will no longer be category 1 workers, but will work under the Civil Servants Act, Interior Minister Vesselin Vouchkov told journalists here on Monday after Cabinet's meeting.
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Bankruptcy, Conflict, and New Hope:Political Analysts Look Back on 2014
December 22 (BTA) - Bankruptcy, conflict, and new hope - this is what the year 2014 was about for political analysts Daniel Smilov, Dimiter Ganev, and Peter Nikolov.
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InvestBulgaria Agency Handles Lv 3,000 Mln Projects in 2014, Executive Director Says in BTA Interview
December 22 (BTA) - Certificated projects will bring 1,200 million leva in investments to Bulgaria in 2014, InvestBulgaria Agency Executive Director Svetoslav Mladenov said in a BTA interview. This year his Agency is working on projects worth 3,000 million leva.
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Water Used by Economy in 2013 Fell to Its Lowest Level since 2000
December 22 (BTA) - An estimated 5,468 million cubic metres of fresh water were abstracted for the economy in 2013, which is the lowest level since 2000, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) reported in a press release.
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Lyuben Dilov Elected as Spokesman of Bulgarian Democratic Centre
December 21 (BTA) - Bulgarian script writer and politician Lyuben Dilov was elected as Spokesman for the Bulgarian Democratic Centre (BDC) at a meeting of the leadership of the parliamentary group, the BDC press centre said on Sunday.
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