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Deputy Prime Minister Kuneva: Security Should Be Measured in Economic Growth, Jobs
November 19 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Speaking after a EU General Affairs Council on Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva said that security should already be measured in economic growth and jobs. Kuneva commented on issues related to the Cooperation...
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Development Minister Pavlova: Balanced Territorial Development Tops Government Agenda
November 19 (BTA) - Addressing a global economic forum in Graz on Tuesday, Regional Development Minister Liliyana Pavlova said that a moderate polycentric territorial development model works best in Bulgaria. She outlined Bulgaria's vision for sustainable and integrated urban...
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Socialist Party Proposes Freeze on Length of Service, Retirement Age to Continue in 2015
November 18 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) proposes that the freeze on the length of service requirement and the retirement age should continue in 2015, Kornelia Ninova MP of BSP-Left Bulgaria told a news conference in Parliament. This is one of the proposed am...
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Defence Minister Nenchev Participates in EU's Foreign Affairs Council Meeting
November 18 (BTA) - Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev Tuesday participated in the Foreign Affairs Council meeting with the participation of the defence ministers of the EU Member States, his ministry said in a press release. Nenchev arrived on a two-day visit to Brussels on Mo...
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European Energy Union Among EU's Most Important Priorities - Bulgarian, Polish Presidents
November 18 (BTA) - The European Energy Union will increase both the Member States' security and competitiveness, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski agreed at a Monday meeting here. Plevneliev is on an official visit to Pola...
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Parliament Adopts on First Reading Amendments to Health Insurance Fund Budget
November 18 (BTA) - The National Assembly Tuesday adopted on first reading with 169 votes in favour and 9 against a bill amending and supplementing the 2014 National Health Insurance Fund Act. Twenty-seven MPs of the Bulgarian Socialist Party - Left Bulgaria abstained. The m...
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Government Approves Draft OP Regions in Growth
November 18 (BTA) - The government on Tuesday approved a draft Operational Programme Regions in Growth, cofinanced by the European Fund for Regional Development and the national budget, the government information service said. The Regional Development Minister will submit t...
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OLAF Director Talks with Interior Minister, Prosecutor General
November 18 (BTA) - European Anti-Fraud Agency (OLAF) Director-General Giovanni Kessler met with Interior Minister Vesselin Vouchkov and Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov here on Tuesday.
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Pensioners with Low Pensions Will Get 40 Lv Christmas Bonus, PM Says
November 18 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is quoted by the Government press service as saying on Tuesday that Christmas bonuses of 40 leva will be paid out to pensioners, whose pensions are below the poverty line of 286 leva. Borissov's words come after a meeting with...
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Bulgaria Condemns Jerusalem Synagogue Attack
November 18 (BTA) - Bulgaria strongly condemns Tuesday's attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem in which four people died, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release. On Tuesday morning, four Israelis were killed in a synagogue in Jerusalem by two Palestinian attackers who were ...
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EU Affairs Council Will Formulate Positions in Defence of Bulgaria's Interests
November 18 (BTA) - The EU Affairs Council will put forward positions, which if approved by the government, will enable ministers to defend Bulgaria's interest at EU summits, said Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva on Monday after a meeting of the EU Affairs Council. Pos...
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Patriotic Front May Withdraw Support for Cabinet over Deputy Minister Appointment
November 18 (BTA) - The Patriotic Front (PF) may withdraw its support for the cabinet after Orhan Ismailov of the Reformist Bloc was appointed deputy defence minister, said Tuesday PF leader Valeri Simeonov on national television. Simeonov deemed unacceptable the appointme...
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Socialist MP Manolova: Parliament's Draft Rules of Organization and Procedure Most Undemocratic
November 17 (BTA) - The rules of organization and procedure, according to which the 43rd National Assembly will work, are the most undemocratic, said here on Monday socialist MP Maya Manolova. On November 14, an ad hoc committee in Parliament announced the draft rules of o...
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Corpbank Insolvency Trial Begins on November 24, Bank's Assets Frozen
November 17 (BTA) - The Corporate Commercial Bank's (Corpbank) insolvency trial begins on November 24, the Sofia City Court (SCC) said Monday. The court hearing will be behind closed doors. Corpbank, the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB), the prosecuting magistracy and the Ban...
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Corpbank Insolvency Trial Begins on November 24
November 17 (BTA) - The Corporate Commercial Bank's (Corpbank) insolvency trial begins on November 24, the Sofia City Court said Monday. The court hearing will be behind closed doors. Corpbank, the Bulgarian National Bank, the prosecuting magistracy and the Bank Deposits G...
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Foreign Minister Mitov about EU Plans to Broaden Sanctions over Ukraine Crisis
November 17 (BTA correspondent Nickolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov spoke to Bulgarian reporters here about ongoing discussions in the EU on broadening the sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. Visiting Brussels for a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Co...
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Prime Minister Borissov Appoints Anyu Angelov and Totyu Mladenov as His Advisors
November 17 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov made the first appointments in his political cabinet, said the government press service on Monday. Borissov appointed former defence minister Anyu Angelov and former labour and social policy minister Totyu Mladenov as his a...
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No Rift in Reformist Bloc, MP Says
November 17 (BTA) - There is no rift in the Reformist Bloc (RB), said here on Monday RB MP Borislav Velikov from the Bulgarian New Democracy party, which is part of the Right-wing Bloc.
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Deputy PM Kuneva: Bulgaria and Romania Should Have Special Relations
November 17 (BTA) - Meeting with Romanian Ambassador here Anton Pacuretu on Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva said that Bulgaria and Romania should have special relations and follow common goals within the European Union, said the government press office.
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Defence Minister Nenchev on Two-day Visit to Brussels
November 17 (BTA) - Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev is leaving on a two-day visit to Brussels on Monday, his Ministry said. Nenchev will attend the Foreign Affairs Council with the participation of the defence ministers of the EU Member States. A meeting of the Steering B...
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