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Craftsmen, Organic Farmers Keep Up Traditions in Western Balkan Range
September 25 (BTA) - Craftsmen and organic farmers in the western section of the Balkan Range are keeping up the traditions in this little known, poor and underpopulated part of Bulgaria. This is the only place where tourists can try dairy and meat products from a rare sheep ...
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187 Arrested in Bulgaria in Major Operation against Organized Crime in EU
September 24 (BTA) - The Interior Ministry said that 187 persons were arrested in Bulgaria during the biggest ever cooperated international law enforcement operation targeting serious and organized crime in the EU.
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Urgent Freedom of Speech Protection Network Says Lawsuits against Journalists Are Attempt to Intimidate Them
September 24 (BTA) - The network for urgent protection of freedom of speech says lawsuits against journalists are an attempt to intimidate them. At a BTA-hosted news conference on Wednesday, Yuliana Metodieva declared that the fines they involve are enormous and far beyond jo...
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In New York, Foreign Minister Mitov Attends Meeting on Humanitarian Situation in Syria, Confers with Ukrainian, Malaysia...
September 24 (BTA) - Within the framework of his visit to New York for the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov Tuesday took part in a meeting on the humanitarian situation in Syria and the neighbouring countries, his Ministry said ...
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Illegal Wood Harvesting Accounts for a Quarter of All Timber - Environmentalists
September 24 (BTA) - An expert analysis of data for 2006-2013 shows that at 2.4 million cubic metres, the annual volume of illegal lumbering in Bulgaria accounts for a quarter of all timber, WWF experts told a news conference at BTA's Press Club on Wednesday. They were quotin...
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Government Not Considering Joining Coalition against Islamic State Militant Group
September 24 (BTA) - Bulgaria is not involved in the US-led coalition against the Islamic State militant group, Bulgarian Defence Minister Velizar Shalamanov said on Wednesday. "We are not involved in it and the matter is not being considered in our government right now, beca...
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President Plevneliev Confers with Egyptian Counterpart el-Sisi in New York
September 24 (BTA) - Bulgaria and Egypt will enhance bilateral cooperation through implementing more joint projects, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi agreed during a Wednesday meeting held here at UN headquarters, Plevneli...
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President Plevneliev Meets Representatives of US Jewish Organisations in New York
September 24 (BTA) - Expressions of xenophobia and anti-semitism in Europe cannot be tolerated and should be stigmatized by institutions and civic society, President Rosen Plevneliev said in New York, as reported by the presidential information service Wednesday. He was speak...
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President Plevneliev at UN Climate Summit: Climate Change Requires Global Response
September 24 (BTA) - National climate change legislation and action plans must be consistent with actions at international level, President Rosen Plevneliev said in his Tuesday statement at the UN Climate Change Summit held at the UN headquarters here. Global issues require a...
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Chiren Gas Storage Facility Could Double Its Capacity in 2019 at the Earliest, Bulgartransgaz Director Says
September 24 (BTA) - The Chiren natural gas storage facility could double its capacity in 2019 at the earliest, Bulgartransgaz EAD Executive Director Kiril Temelkov told journalists here on Tuesday. He presented his company's ten year plan for the development of its natural g...
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Corpbank Has Not Asked Liquidity Support, Central Bank Governor Says
September 23 (BTA) - Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) Governor Ivan Iskrov denied on Tuesday allegations by Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank) majority owner Tsvetan Vassilev that BNB has been asked to provide liquidity support to Vassilev's troubled bank.
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Eleven Pre-trial Proceedings for Vote-buying Launched to Date - Interior Minister
September 23 (BTA) - Eleven pre-trial proceedings for vote-buying have been launched to date, caretaker Interior Minister Yordan Bakalov told a news conference Tuesday. A total of 160 warnings have been served to people about whom the Interior Ministry has information that th...
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Prosecutor General, SANS and FSC Chairmen Should not Participate in Corpbank Case Investigation - Reformist Bloc
September 23 (BTA) - Chairman of the State Agency for National Security (SANS) Vladimir Pisanchev, Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov and the Chairman of the Financial Supervision Commission (FSC), Stoyan Mavrodiev, must not take part in the investigation of the Corporate Com...
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Seven Formations Would Have Passed 4% Barrier to Date, Exacta Survey Shows
September 23 (BTA) - If the parliamentary elections had been held on September 23 GERB would have received 36.5 per cent of the votes of Bulgarians determined to cast their vote, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) would have garnered 20.2 per cent, the Movement for Rights an...
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7,575,000 Ballots Printed for Voting in Bulgaria, 400,000 for Voting Abroad in Upcoming Parliamentary Elections
September 23 (BTA) - A total of 7,575,000 ballot papers have been printed for voting in Bulgaria and 400,000 for voting abroad during the Bulgarian early parliamentary elections on October 5, members of the public administration said at a regular meeting of the Citizens' Boar...
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Just One Fifth of NEK's Lv 1,000 Mln Shortfall Offset by October Electricity Price Rise - Minister
September 23 (BTA) - Economy and Energy Minister Vassil Shtonov told journalists on Tuesday that the electricity price rise from October 1 would offset just about 200 million leva out of a 1,000-million-lev shortfall in the National Electricity Company (NEK).
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Appellate Court Also Refuses to Remove Central Bank Deputy Governor Gounev from Office
September 23 (BTA) - A week after Sofia City Court refused to remove Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) Deputy Governor Tsvetan Gounev from office, Sofia Appellate Court did the same on Tuesday, thereby confirming the judgment passed just days ago.
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Prolonged Natural Gas Crisis Would Limit Industrial Enterprises' Work - Energy Minister Shtonov
If the natural gas supply from Russia is stopped or limited, the situation in Bulgaria will get serious because around 95 per cent of the natural gas consumed in this country comes from a single pipe, said Economy and Energy Minister Vassil Shtonov here on Tuesday during the ...
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PM Bliznashki Pledges Lv 30,000 for Digging, Conservation of Monastery Complex
September 23 (BTA) - Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki pledged that 30,000 leva would be provided for excavations at and conservation of a newly found monastery complex near Veliko Turnovo. Visiting the town on Monday, he went round the findings made by Prof Hitko Vachev's te...
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Bulgaria Celebrates 106th Anniversary of Its Independence
September 22 (BTA) - Bulgaria celebrated Monday the 106th anniversary of the declaration of its independence. Observances were held across the country, culminating in the North-Central city of Veliko Turnovo. On September 22, 1908, Bulgaria joined the family of independent ...
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