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Regional Development Minister: Construction of Drinking Water Dams Resumes After 20-Year Break
December 9 (BTA) - The construction of dams for drinking water resumes in Bulgaria after 20 years, Regional Development Minister Liliyana Pavlova said here on Tuesday. She was speaking during the signing of a contract for the construction of the Plovdivtsi dam and potable wat...
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Tourism Minister Angelkova: Number of Russian Tourists in Bulgaria Down by 1-2% for Winter Season
December 9 (BTA Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The number of Russian tourists in Bulgaria for this winter season is down by 1 to 2 per cent, according to the official statistics, Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova told Bulgarian journalists here Tuesday after a meeting w...
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Justice Minister: Ministry Will Analyze All Cases on Which Controversial Trustee in Bankruptcy Has Worked
December 9 (BTA) - The Justice Ministry will analyze all cases on which the trustee in bankruptcy, Panayot Velkov, has worked, Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov told journalists here on Tuesday. Velkov has worked together with Judge Roumyana Chenalova on the case against a Frenc...
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Finance Ministry Reopens 10.5-year Issue of Lv-Denominated Government Securities at Record Low Yield
December 9 (BTA) - The Finance Ministry Tuesday reopened a 10.5-year issue of leva-denominated government securities, issued on January 15, 2014 and maturing on July 15, 2024, the ministry said in a press release. The issue is a reference one in respect to the harmonised l...
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Labour and Social Policy Ministry Suggests Increase of Age, Length of Service for Retirement by Two Months as of 2015
December 9 (BTA) - The Labour and Social Policy Ministry has suggested to increase the retirement age and length of service by two months as of next year, Deputy Labour and Social Policy Minister Nikolai Nikolov said Tuesday. Deputy Prime Minister in charge of demographic and...
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Parliament Passes on Principle 2015 Budget Act
December 8 (BTA) - Parliament passed on principle Monday the 2015 National Budget Bill. It went through on 130 votes from GERB, the Reformist Bloc, the Patriotic Front and ABV. 82 deputies from BSP-Left Bulgaria, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), the Bulgarian Demo...
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PM Borissov: Bulgarian Government Hasn't Changed Its Position about South Stream
December 8 (BTA) - "The Bulgarian government has not changed its position about the South Stream pipeline," said Monday Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, speaking in Parliament. "We support its implementation provided it is done in compliance with EU rules," he further recalle...
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Patriotic Front to Withdraw Slavi Binev As Parliamentary Culture Committee Chairman
December 8 (BTA) - The parliamentary group of the Patriotic Front will withdraw MP Slavi Binev as Chairman of the parliamentary Culture and Media Committee, Floor Leader Valeri Simeonov said Monday.
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Finance Minister: 2015 Budget Is the First Step towards Stable and Realistic Budget
December 8 (BTA) - Addressing an extraordinary meeting of the legislature held to discuss in principle the national budget for 2015, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said that it is the first step towards a stable and realistic budget. Presenting the budget bill, he said ...
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Party Wants Anti-Xenophobia Clause in Government Coalition Agreement
December 8 (BTA) - The Freedom and Dignity People's Party (FDPP) believes that the inclusion of representatives of the nationalist Patriotic Front (PF) in the executive means that it becomes the third partner in the coalition agreement between GERB and the RB, and insists th...
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Minister Vouchkov: Nearly 3,800 Employees Have Left Interior Ministry in 2014
December 8 (BTA) - Nearly 3,800 employees have left the Interior Ministry since the start of 2014 and those newly appointed are under 1,050, Interior Minister Vesselin Vouchkov said at a national meeting of his ministry's leadership Monday. A total of 47,768 persons receive s...
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Energy Minister Petkova Confers with Head of EBRD's Nuclear Safety Department Novak
December 8 (BTA) - Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova conferred on Monday with the Director of the Nuclear Safety Department with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Vince Novak, and with the Bank's Director for Bulgaria, Daniel Berg, said Petkova's M...
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Supreme Judicial Council Supports Better Part of Updated Strategy for Justice System Reform
December 8 (BTA) - The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) supports most of the measures provided in the updated strategy for reform of the justice system, Yuliana Koleva of the SJC told journalists Monday.
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Former SANS Head Sertov Missing, Put on National Wanted List
December 8 (BTA) - Former head of the State Agency for National Security (SANS) Petko Sertov has been put on the national wanted list since noon on Saturday, Interior Minister Vesselin Vouchkov told reporters on Monday. Vouchkov said that the alert for Sertov's disappearance ...
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Regional Development Ministry Prioritizes Poor Regions, Water Sector Reform, Road Infrastructure
December 8 (BTA) - Regional Development and Public Works Minister Liliyana Pavlova told a news conference that her Ministry prioritizes backward regions, water sector reform and road infrastructure.
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PM Borissov: Bulgarian Government Hasn't Changed Its Position about South Stream
December 8 (BTA) - "The Bulgarian government has not changed its position about the South Stream pipeline," said Monday Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, speaking in Parliament. "We support its implementation provided it is done in compliance with EU rules," he further recalled....
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Police Looking For Former SANS Head Sertov Missing since Friday
December 8 (BTA) - Police has been unofficially looking for former head of the State Agency for National Security (SANS) Petko Sertov, BTA learned from sources in the Interior Ministry. According to information by the national television, Sertov is missing since Friday. He le...
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Situation after Floodings Gradually Getting Back to Normal
December 7 (BTA) - The situation in the wake of the fresh floodings in Southern Bulgaria is gradually getting back to normal, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday. A national emergency centre is working in Gulubovo, near Stara Zagora - one of the worst-hist areas, chaired ...
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Right-wing Union of Democratic Forces Celebrates 25th Anniversary
December 7 (BTA) - Right-wing political leaders, MPs, trade unionists and members of the public celebrated Sunday the 25th anniversary of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), the first democratic formation in Bulgaria set up after the fall of the communist regime in 1989. ...
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First Bulgarian Plant Opens in India
December 7 (BTA) - A plant for packaging liquid bitumen of a Bulgarian-Indian joint venture called Prime Star Petroleum and Infrastructure opened in the city of Bhiwandi, 25 km from Mumbai, the Bulgarian Embassy in India said on Sunday. This is the first large-scale Bulgaria...

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