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Greatest Percentage of Young Bulgarians Live in Sliven, Bourgas: Eurostat Data
October 15 (BTA) - The two cities in Bulgaria with the greatest percentage of young people under the age of 15 are Sliven, Southern Bulgaria, with 17.6 per cent, and Bourgas, on the Black Sea, 15 per cent. Vidin, on the Danube, and Gabrovo, Northern Bulgaria, are the two citi...
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Foreign Direct Investment Target for 2014 Already Exceeded by August
October 14 (BTA) - Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Bulgarian economy between January and August 2014 exceeded the projection of the InvestBulgaria Agency (IBA) for the whole year, IBA said on Tuesday. The amount attracted in the eight-month period was 1,221.4 million e...
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GERB, MRF with Similar Positions on Most Priorities
October 14 (BTA) - Of all 18 priorities, listed by GERB, there is full coincidence of the positions of this party and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) in regards to 12 of them, GERB's Menda Stoyanova said at a news briefing after the consultations with MRF. There is...
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Sofia Wins Title of 2018 European Capital of Sport
October 14 (BTA) - Sofia has won the title of 2018 European Capital of Sport, the Evaluation Committee of ACES Europe decided, sources from the Sofia City Hall said. The two finalists in the race for the title were Sofia and Marseille.
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National "бг" Domain Approved by ICANN
October 14 (BTA) - The national "бг" domain was formally approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications (MTITC) said on Tuesday.
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Child Protection Agency Reports over 440,000 Calls to Hotline for Children in Five Years
October 14 (BTA) - More than 440,000 calls have been received at the National Hotline for Children of the State Agency for Child Protection since its launch on October 14, 2009, the agency said Tuesday.
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GERB, Movement for Rights and Freedoms Start Consultations
October 14 (BTA) - GERB started consultations with representatives of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) in Parliament Tuesday. The GERB negotiating team includes Tsetska Tsacheva, Roumyana Buchvarova and Menda Stoyanova, and MRF is represented by Aliosman Imamov...
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Bank Card Skimming Increases in Bulgaria, Reaches Lv 8 Mln in 2013
October 14 (BTA) - On the background of an increasing use of bank cards in Bulgaria, skimming is becoming an ever bigger problem both in this country and abroad. The losses from this type of fraud in Bulgaria amounted to 7.7 million leva in 2012 and to 8 million leva in 2013,...
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Updated Strategy for Judicial Reform Envisages Division of Supreme Judicial Council into Two Chambers
October 14 (BTA) - A draft update of a judicial reform strategy envisages the division of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) into a judicial and a prosecution chamber. The draft was presented by Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov on Tuesday.
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Prosecution Investigates Banker Tsvetan Vassilev for Money Laundering
October 14 (BTA) - For almost a week the Sofia City Prosecution Office (SCPO) has been investigating banker Tsvetan Vassilev for money laundering, BTA learned from sources at the SCPO. For now the investigators refuse to specify the crime through which Vassilev has "laundered...
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September Deflation at 0.2% - Official Statistics
October 14 (BTA) - The National Statistical Institute Tuesday reported 0.2 per cent deflation in September compared with August 2014.
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September Deflation at 0.2% - Official Statistics
October 14 (BTA) - The National Statistical Institute Tuesday reported 0.2 per cent deflation in September compared with August 2014. Inflation in September 2014 compared to December 2013 is minus 1.4 per cent, and year-on-year inflation (September 2014 compared to Septemb...
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President Plevneliev: Bulgaria Becomes Preferred Place for Investments in High Technologies
October 14 (BTA) - Over the past few years Bulgaria has become a preferred destination for setting up shop or opening outsource facilities of leading high-tech companies such as HP, SAP, IBM, Cisco, Oracle, R&M, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said Monday, during a busin...
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GERB Pessimistic About Grand Coalition after Four Hours of Talks with Socialists
October 13 (BTA) - After some four hours of talks here Monday with the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), GERB, the party which won the most votes at the October 5 snap elections but not enough seats in Parliament to have a stable government, emerged pessimistic about the like...
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Switzerland to Finance Pilot Project on Vocational Education in Bulgaria
October 13 (BTA) - Switzerland will finance a 3.5 million Swiss Francs' project on the improvement of vocational education in Bulgaria within a Bulgarian-Swiss Cooperation Programme of the value of 63 million euro. This transpired after a meeting of President Rosen Plevneliev...
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President Plevneliev in Bern: Bulgaria to Increase State Subsidy for Vocational Education
October 13 (BTA) - A Bulgarian vocational education strategy for the 2014-2020 period, prepared by the Ministry of Education and Science about a month ago, envisages development of the system of vocational education and training including through an increase of the state subs...
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GERB Pessimistic About Grand Coalition after Four Hours of Talks with Socialists
After some four hours of talks here Monday with the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), GERB, the party which won the most votes at the October 5 snap elections but not enough seats in Parliament to have a stable government, emerged pessimistic about the likelihood of a grand co...
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Mestan: "MRF Ready to Support One-Party Minority Government but Will Oppose Coalition with Nationalists"
October 13 (BTA) - "The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) is ready to lend support to a one-party minority government without any conditions and without power-sharing, but we will categorically oppose an unprincipled coalition involving extreme nationalist entities," MRF...
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Mestan: "MRF Ready to Support One-Party Minority Government but Will Oppose Coalition with Nationalists"
October 13 (BTA) - "The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) is ready to lend support to a one-party minority government without any conditions and without power-sharing, but we will categorically oppose an unprincipled coalition involving extreme nationalist entities," MRF...
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Deputy Interior Minister Gounev: Politization at Interior Ministry Is Biggest Problem in Investigating Elections-Related...
October 13 (BTA) - The politization at the Interior Ministry is the biggest problem when investigating elections-related alerts, Deputy Interior Minister Filip Gounev said in reply to a question at Monday meeting of the Citizens' Board for Free and Transparent Elections.
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