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European Commission Approves State Aid for Bulgaria's First Investment Bank
November 25 (BTA) - The European Commission has found that liquidity measures granted by Bulgaria in favour of First Investment Bank (FIB) were in line with EU state aid rules, the Commission said in a press release Tuesday. It found that the measures were necessary in order ...
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Police Mount Operation against Probable Islamic State Supporters in Pazardjik, Plovdiv, Smolyan and Haskovo
November 25 (BTA) - Police assisted by gendarmerie mounted an operation at the Roma neighbourhood of Pazardjik, as well as in Plovdiv, Smolyan and Haskovo (in the same part of the country), acting on a pre-trial proceeding instituted in connection with the dissemination of an...
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Bulgarian, Macedonian Prime Ministers Talk by Telephone
November 25 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov conferred with Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski by telephone on Tuesday, the Government Information Service in Sofia said.
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Conference on Two Issue-Riddled Operational Programmes
November 25 (BTA) - A conference dedicated to the challenges before the EU-backed Operational Programme for Environment and the Rural Development Programme took place here on Tuesday. Attending were Environment Minister Ivelina Vassileva and Regional Development Minister Lili...
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Labour and Social Policy Minister Kalfin to Insist on Minimum Wage of Lv 380 as from 2015
November 25 (BTA) - Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Labour and Social Policy Minister Ivailo Kalfin told journalists here on Tuesday that he favours an increase of the national monthly minimum wage to 380 leva as from next year. On Monday, the Confederation of Independe...
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Police Search Pazardjik's Roma Neighbourhood, Probable Target: Islamic State Supporters
November 25 (BTA) - Police assisted by gendarmerie from Plovdiv have sealed off the Roma neighbourhood of Pazardjik (South Central Bulgaria). The operation most probably targets supporters of Islamic State, the Bulgarian National Television reported Tuesday morning,
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Finance Ministry Achieves 2.28% Annual Average Weighted Yield of Government Securities
November 24 (BTA) - The Ministry of Finance reopened a seven-year issue of EUR denominated Government Securities (GS), issued on April 30, 2014, with maturity on February 12, 2021. At an auction held on November 24, 2014 GS to the amount of BGN 35 million have been placed and...
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Deputy PM Kuneva: EC Report on Counter-Corruption, Judicial Reform Will Be Harsh, Comparison with Romania will be Unfavo...
November 24 (BTA) - The European Commission report on Bulgaria's progress in fighting organized crime and corruption, and reforming the judiciary will be harsh and a comparison with Romania will be unfavourable, Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva told a news briefing here.
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Court Discontinues Corpbank Insolvency Case Awaiting Solution of Administrative Dispute
November 24 (BTA) - Sofia City Court Monday announced that it is putting on hold the insolvency case of Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank) to wait for a decision in an administrative case in which the majority owner of the bank is challenging the decision for its delicensin...
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Boxing: Bulgaria's Petrova Wins Women's World Amateur Title
November 24 (BTA) - Bulgarian Stanimira Petrova won the world title in the 54kg weight class at the Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships in Jeju City, South Korea. She won the final bout with European champion Marzia Davide of Italy 2-0. The Bulgarian fighter prevail...
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Sofia's Alexander Nevsky Cathedral Celebrates 90th Anniversary
November 23 (BTA) - Sofia's Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevski celebrated its 90th anniversary. A prayer service was held by Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria (in the centre of photo) and high clergy of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The liturgy was attended by Parli...
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Integrated Information System Will Monitor Timber Harvesting and Trade
November 22 (BTA) - An integrated information system will monitor the harvesting and trade of timber, said Agriculture and Food Minister Dessislava Taneva, quoted by her Ministry on Saturday. The measures which the Agriculture and Food Ministry will take to limit illegal l...
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US President Obama Congratulates PM Borissov on His Election to Second Term
November 21 (BTA) - US President Barack Obama congratulated Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on his election to a second term as Prime Minister of Bulgaria and said he looks forward to working with Borissov in deepening bilateral ties, said the Government Information Service Fr...
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Eurasian Development Bank, International Investment Bank Expand Investment Cooperation
November 21 (BTA) - At the 102nd Meeting of the Council of the International Investment Bank (IIB), which is taking place in Sofia, IIB Board Chairman Nikolay Kosov and Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) Management Board Chairman Igor Finogenov signed a Memorandum of Understand...
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Quality Investigations Led by Teams of 14-16 Prosecutors and Investigators - ICC Prosecutor Bensouda
November 21 (BTA) - The International Criminal Court's (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor is composed of three divisions - the Investigations Division, the Prosecutions Division, the Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division. The optimal number of investigators shoul...
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French Ambassador: There Is Good Reason to Advertise Bulgaria in France
November 21 (BTA) - There is good reason to advertise Bulgaria in France, French Ambassador to Bulgaria Xavier Lapeyere de Cabanes told the BTA editorial board during a visit to the national news agency Friday. He said that Bulgaria is little known in his country and this pr...
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Bulgarian Stock Exchange Heads International Oganization
November 21 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Stock Exchange has been elected Vice Chair of the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges at a meeting in Zagreb, the exchange said on Friday. The Bulgarian Stock Exchange will head the prestigious organization for a two-year term.
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Second Group of 23rd Bulgarian Expedition Leaves for Antarctica
November 21 (BTA) - The second group of the 23rd Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition is leaving for Antarctica Friday evening. Their route is Sofia - Rome - Buenos Aires - Rio Gallegos - Punta Arenas, said the expedition leader, Prof. Hristo Pimpirev. The group consists of Asso...
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All Projects under Operational Programmes Have Been Lost without Hope - Prime Minister Borissov
November 21 (BTA) - All projects under the operational programmes have been lost to the point of no return, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said Friday. He was visiting one of the two new sections of Sofia's metropolitan under construction, Alexander Malinov station, together ...
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Foreign Minister Mitov: Southeast Europe Is Among Most Vulnerable in Regard to Energy Security
November 21 (BTA) - Southeast Europe is one of the most vulnerable regions in regard to energy security as it relies on a single supplier, said foreign Minister Daniel Mitov at an Atlantic Council Energy and Economy Forum in Istanbul on Thursday, his Ministry said Friday. ...
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