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Bulgaria Not Officially Informed of, Worried by, Russian Decision to Axe South Stream
December 2 (BTA) - Bulgaria has not been officially informed of Russia's decision to shelve the South Stream gas pipeline project and is concerned by it. This transpired at a news conference held by the Bulgarian government a day after President Vladimir Putin made it clear t...
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Parliamentary Budget Committee Decides to Keep Deposit Interest Tax at 8%
December 2 (BTA) - The tax on income from interests will keep its level of eight per cent, according to draft amendments to the Value Added Tax Act adopted by the National Assembly Budget and Finance Committee on second reading Tuesday.
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Twelfth Edition of Bulgarian Christmas Charity Campaign to Help Children with Congenital Diseases
December 2 (BTA) - Unveiling the 12th edition of the Bulgarian Christmas charity campaign in the National Cardiology Hospital in Sofia on Tuesday, President Rosen Plevneliev said that following consultations with leading experts in paediatrics, with NGOs and many parents, it ...
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President Plevneliev: South Stream Is Entirely a Matter between Russia and EU
Reacting to reports that the South Stream natural gas pipeline project has been scrapped, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said on Tuesday that this is entirely a matter between Russia and the EU, not between Russia and Bulgaria. Plevneliev said: "We are all clear that...
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Deputy PM Kuneva: Bulgaria NeedsTTIP
December 2 (BTA) - Speaking at a conference on "Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: SMEs Perspective" underway in Sofia, Deputy Prime Minister for European Policy and Institutional Affairs Meglena Kuneva said that Bulgaria needs the Transatlantic Trade and Investm...
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Bulgaria Says Russia Has Not Stated Officially that South Stream Has Been Scrapped
Reacting to reports that the South Stream natural gas pipeline project has been scrapped, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva told journalists on Tuesday that Russia has not yet made public its official position on the matter, so Bulgaria cannot comment. Kuneva sai...
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Defence Ministry Refuses to Support Draft 2015 National Budget
December 1 (BTA) - The Defence Ministry said on Monday it refused to support a draft 2015 national budget which was nevertheless approved by the Council of Ministers earlier in the day.
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Foreign Minister Mitov Confers with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Meshkov
December 1 (BTA) - Meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Meshkov here on Monday, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Mitov said that Bulgaria and Russia have a lot to discuss within the context of bilateral relations and European and global developments. Meshkov is visi...
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Government Approves 2015 National Budget Bill
December 1 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers on Monday approved the 2015 National Budget Bill and an updated national budget forecast for 2015 to 2017, which will support the bill as it goes under parliamentary scrutiny, the Government Information Service reported.
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European Commission Vice President Georgieva Voices Hope about Resumption of Suspended Payments under Regional Developme...
December 1 (BTA) - Emerging from a meeting with National Assembly Chairperson Tsetska Tsacheva on Monday, European Commission Vice President and Budget Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva told reporters that "there is a big hope" for resumption of suspended payments under the R...
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CITUB Leader Speaks Out Against Retirement Age Increase from 2015
December 1 (BTA) - In a BTA video interview on Monday, Plamen Dimitrov, leader of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB), said that CITUB is ready to stage protests if the retirement age is increased in 2015.
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500,000 Leva to Be Provided for Decommissioning of 78 Potentially Dangerous Dams
December 1 (BTA) - A total of 500,000 leva will be made available to the Agriculture and Food Ministry to decommission 78 potentially dangerous dams. The decommissioning will be carried out by the Irrigation Systems company under the umbrella of the Ministry, ministers said ...
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President Urges Against Further Cuts to Defence Budget
December 1 (BTA) - President and Supreme Armed Forces Commander Rosen Plevneliev on Monday urged the government and Parliament not to reduce further defence expenditures and honour commitments made by Bulgaria at the latest NATO summit.
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Air Pollution in Bulgaria Starts Decreasing after 2012 - Environment Minister
December 1 (BTA) - The Ministry of Environment and Water has the will to improve the quality of solid fuels and stimulate this country's gasification, Environment Minister Ivelina Vassileva told BTA on Monday, commenting the findings of the latest report by the European Envir...
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Patriotic Front Chairman Simeonov Comments Quitting of MP from Parliamentary Group
December 1 (BTA) - Commenting a purported wish to quit the parliamentary group of the Patriotic Front (PF) of MP Velizar Enchev on Sunday, PF Chairman Valeri Simeonov told BTA that "there was not an actual fact of quitting on the part of Enchev". Simeonov said that Enchev has...
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Pamporovo Ski Resort Reports Unusual Increase of Greek Tourists for Upcoming Christmas
December 1 (BTA) - The Pamporovo ski resort starts the new winter season with almost full hotels for Christmas, sources from the resort said. Pamporovo reports a considerable increase in Greek tourists coming for the Christmas holidays.
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Interior Minister Vouchkov: Just One in Six Municipalities Has Video Surveillance
November 30 (BTA) - Interior Minister Vesselin Vouchkov said on Sunday that just one sixth of Bulgaria's municipalities have video surveillance cameras. He was in Maritsa Municipality which has piloted a video surveillance project. It started with eight CCTV cameras in seven...
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Finance Minister Suggests Two-step Increase in Minimum Wage in 2015
November 30 (BTA) - Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov (GERB) said in an interview with Bulgarian National Radio on Sunday he would propose an increase in the minimum monthly wage in 2015 in two steps, from the current 340 leva to 380 leva.
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Government May Prove More Stable than Expected - Institute of Right Wing Policy
November 30 (BTA) - Neno Dimov, the new Chairman of the Institute of Right Wing Policy, told a BTA-hosted news conference on Sunday that the government may prove to be more stable than suggested by the fragmented support for it. Dimov presented the Institute's monthly analy...
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End-October CFP Deficit at Nearly Lv 1.8 Billion
November 29 (BTA) - The monthly reports of first-level spending units show that the consolidated fiscal programme (CFP) was in a deficit of 1,760.1 million leva as of end-October, the Finance Ministry said.
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