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Bulgaria without Censorship Ready to Block Border with Turkey to Prevent "Tourist Vote" at October Elections
Sofia, September 16 (BTA) - Bulgaria without Censorship (BwC) will block the border with Turkey at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint from October 1 to 6 to stop the buses with voters for the October 5 early general elections, BwC leader Nikolai Barekov told a news conference on...
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Corpbank Majority Owner Tsvetan Vassilev Turns Himself into Belgrade Police, Local Media Report
September 16 (BTA) - Bulgarian banker Tsvetan Vassilev, who is wanted on an international arrest warrant, has turned himself into the Belgrade police on Tuesday, the Serbian "Blic" newspaper reported at noon on Tuesday. Corpbank suspended all operations on June 21, 2014 aft...
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Minister Radanova to Participate in 13th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Sport
September 16 (BTA) - Caretaker Youth and Sports Minister Evgenia Radanova and Deputy Minister Yordan Yovchev will attend the 13th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Sport, which will take place in Macolin/Magglingen(Switzerland) on September 18. The con...
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Interior Ministry to Set Up System Blocking Access to Child Abuse Web Content
September 16 (BTA) - The Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that it will set up a content filtering system to block access to child abuse content on the Internet. The news was reported after Interior Minister Yordan Bakalov signed a cooperation agreement with Stein Erik Vellan...
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Bulgarian MEP Nekov Demands Just Compensations for Bulgarian Farmers
September 16 (BTA) - Bulgarian agricultural producers are exposed to higher risk from the Russian embargo due to the devastating floods which additionally damaged the crops in the country, MEP Momchil Nekov of the Bulgarian Socialist Party said in the European Parliament on M...
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Joint Forces Command Chief Replaced
September 16 (BTA) - Rear Admiral Georgi Motev took over from Lieutenant General Atanas Samandov as Commander of Bulgaria's Joint Forces Command, the Defence Ministry reported on September 15. President Rosen Plevneliev decreed that Samandov be discharged from military se...
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Labour Ministry to Review Planned Refugee Integration Activities
September 16 (BTA) - The Ministry of Labour and Social Policy said on September 15 that it will review the refugee integration activities included in a plan which is to be approved by the Council of Ministers. With respect to foreigners who have been awarded international pr...
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Electronic Justice, Programme Budgeting Feature Prominently on Justice System's Agenda
September 16 (BTA) - As the new judicial season begins this month, the justice system is confronted by a number of issues, among them the election of the next president of the Supreme Cassation Court (SCC), the development of electronic justice, programme budgeting, and the p...
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School Begins for 66,497 First Graders, School Education Act Needed
September 15 (BTA) - School in Bulgaria began on September 15 for 721,480 pupils, the Education and Science Ministry said. This year there are 66,497 first graders in the country, the highest number being in Sofia City, 10,639 children, and the lowest number in Vidin (on the ...
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Central Bank to Corpbank Shareholders: "Finance Ministry Alone Can Be Approached for State Aid"
September 15 (BTA) - The acting Deputy Governor in charge of the Banking Supervision Department of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) Nelly Kordovska and Nina Stoyanova, BNB General Counsel, have sent a letter to Peter Goldscheider, Managing Partner at EPIC, the central bank s...
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Committee for Reconstruction, Assistance Proposes Allocation of Mln 26.5 Lv for Managing, Overcoming Floods' Consequence...
September 15 (BTA) - The Interdepartmental Committee for Reconstruction and Assistance with the Council of Ministers has approved the allocation of 26,580,640 leva for managing and overcoming the consequences of the recent floods across the country, the Government Information...
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Only One Bulgarian Sentenced for Wrongdoing in Latest European Elections
September 15 (BTA) - With 535 alerts of wrongdoing issued in connection with the latest European Parliament elections in Bulgaria, the authorities instituted pretrial proceedings in only 21 cases and sentenced just one person, and then only conditionally, Nikolai Georgiev of ...
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Commission for Consumer Protection Brings Class Actions against Mobile Phone Operators over Unfair Term in their Fixed-T...
September 15 (BTA) - The Commission for Consumer Protection is bringing class actions against all three mobile operators in Bulgaria, asking the court to declare null an identical unfair term in the general terms and conditions of their fixed-term contracts, the Commission sa...
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Prime Minister Says There Are No "Ghost Voters" on Official Lists
September 15 (BTA) - Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki told journalists on Monday that no one is planning to rig the early parliamentary elections on October 5. "The Citizens' Board for Free and Transparent Elections has dispelled one of the most persistent myths of the tran...
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Party, Movement Urge for Ban of Islamic State Propaganda in Social Networks
September 15 (BTA) - In a declaration unveiled at a BTA-hosted news conference on Monday, the Society for New Bulgaria Party and the Independent Bulgaria Movement urged the Government to ban the propaganda of the jihadist symbols of the Islamic State in the social networks an...
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Shalamanov: No Conflict of Interest in Signing of Memorandum between Defence Ministry and NCI Agency
September 15 (BTA) - Defence Minister Velizar Shalamanov told journalists here on Monday there was no conflict of interest in the signing of a memorandum between the Defence Ministry and the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency). Shalamanov was reacting...
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August Deflation at 0.2% - Official Statistics
, September 15 (BTA) - The National Statistical Institute reported 0.2 per cent deflation in August compared with July. Deflation in August 2014 compared to December 2013 is minus 1.2 per cent, and year-on-year deflation (August 2014 compared to August 2013) is 0.6 per cent. ...
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Structural Rehab of Buildings Now Eligible Expense under New Energy-saving Programme 2014-2020
September 15 (BTA) - Structural rehabilitation of buildings will be included in the eligible costs under the energy-saving programme for the new programming period of 2014-2020, the Ministry of Regional Development said Monday. Until now buildings with structural faults could...
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School Begins for Some 64,000 First Graders, School Education Act Needed
September 15 (BTA) - School in Bulgaria begins on September 15, including for for some 64,000 first graders, about 10,000 of whom live in Sofia. Deputy Education and Science Minister Vanya Kastreva said first-grade pupils in 2014 are 300 more than last year but the exact ...
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250-Plus Illegal Migrants Detained near Turkey's Border with Bulgaria in Recent Days
September 14 (BTA exclusive by Nahide Deniz) - A total of 257 illegal migrants were detained by the Turkish authorities near the border with Bulgaria between September 5 and 11, according to a news item that appeared on the Internet site of the General Staff of the Turkish ...
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