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Railway Flood Damages Close to Lv 3.2 Mln - Transport Minister
Southern Bulgaria (BTA) - Railway flood damages are for close to 3.2 million leva, caretaker Transport Minister Nikolina Angelkova told journalists on Thursday. Angelkova inspected the condition of the Plovdiv-Stara Zagora and Dimitrovgrad-Nova Zagora railway sections.
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Regional Development Ministry: World Bank Ready to Support Rehabilitation of Bulgarian Energy Sector
September 11 (BTA) - The World Bank is ready to support Bulgaria's energy sector reform, the Regional Development Ministry said on Thursday.The World Bank will support the government in elaborating a complex systemic approach which comprises measures balancing the energy syst...
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Experimental Machine Voting Will Take Place in Five Election Districts
September 11 (BTA) - Experimental machine voting will take place in 300 voting sections across five election districts - Sofia, Plovdiv, Pernik, Kyustendil and Pleven. The specific section numbers will be determined by a decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC), said...
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Vice President Popova Unveils Seventh Edition of Orpheus in Italy International Festival
September 11 (BTA) - Vice President Margarita Popova unveiled the seventh edition of the Orpheus in Italy International Festival of Arts in Lido di Jesolo, Italy. The festival is organized by the Bulgarian Art Centre Karnolski, the Italian Association ITACA and the municipali...
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Software Helps Customs Agency, National Revenue Agency Detect Fuel Fraud
September 11 (BTA) - Attempted fuel fraud will be detected simultaneously in real time by the information systems of the Customs Agency and the National Revenue Agency as of September 11, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday.
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Sofia Mayor Fandakova Says Socialist Party Criticisms of City Debt Are Pre-election Speculation
September 11 (BTA) - The criticisms of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) concerning the debt of Sofia City Hall are a pre-election speculation, Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova told journalists Thursday, adding that she did not want to enter into such an argument.
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Caretaker Culture Minister to Push for Bigger Outlays for Culture in 2015 Budget
September 11 (BTA) - Caretaker Culture Minister Martin Ivanov said during a meeting in his Ministry Thursday that he will insist for at least 130 million leva in culture expenditure in the 2015 budget. The meeting analysed the model of financing of the performance arts an...
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NGOs Call against Political Influences on Supreme Judicial Council
(BTA) - Nine NGOs observing the judicial reform issued an appeal Thursday saying that political influences on the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) should be curbed by radically changing the mechanism of electing this highest judicial authority which is in charge of appointments...
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New Regional Governor in Razgrad Takes Office
September 11 (BTA) - Newly appointed Regional Governor of Razgrad Ilian Dramaliev took office on Thursday. His predecessor, Stoyan Nenchev, was relieved of his post by a Council of Ministers' decision. Dramaliev said that his primary task at the moment is the conduct of c...
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Bulgaria Expects Resumption of Suspended Payments under European Programmes in October
September 11 (BTA corr. Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister in charge of EU funds management Iliana Tsanova and Environment and Water Minister Svetlana Zhekova conferred late on Wednesday with European Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn. Speak...
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Prime Minister Urges Corpbank Majority Owner to Cooperate with Judicial Authorities
September 10 (BTA) - Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki on Wednesday urged Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank) majority owner Tsvetan Vassilev to return to Bulgaria and cooperate with the judicial authorities in uncovering the truth about the ailing bank "in which he himself h...
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Bulgaria Officially Bids to Join Germany-Led Group within NATO's "Framework Nations" Concept
September 10 (BTA) - Bulgarian Defence Minister Velizar Shalamanov sent an official letter to German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen expressing Bulgaria's willingness to join a group of countries led by Germany within NATO's "framework nations" concept, Shalamanov's Min...
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Bulgargaz Requests 1.59 % Increase of Natural Gas Price as of October 1
September 10 (BTA) - The public supplier, Bulgargaz, has submitted an application to the State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission for approval of natural gas prices of 611.23 leva per 1,000 cu m without excise duty and VAT for the fourth quarter of 2014, Bulgargaz said.
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Kristalina Georgieva Appointed European Commission Vice President for Budget and Human Resources
September 10 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgaria's Kristalina Georgieva will be Vice President of the next European Commission and will be responsible for Budget and Human Resources in the Commission. The full list of members of the next European Commission was ...
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Central Election Commission Denies Media Allegations that Independent Candidates Stand No Chance of Being Elected to Par...
September 10 (BTA) - The Central Election Commission (CEC) Wednesday categorically denied allegations by print media, online news publications and electronic media "insinuating" that it had expressed an opinion that independent candidates stand no chance of being elected at t...
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Caretaker Government Reports 30 out of 66 Priorities Fulfilled after One Month in Office - PM Bliznashki
September 10 (BTA) - A month after it came into office the caretaker government reported that 30 out of a total of 66 priority tasks have been carried out, Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki told a news conference on Wednesday.
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PM Bliznashki: "In Next European Commission, Kristalina Georgieva Will Be Europe's Financial Minister"
September 10 (BTA) - "In the next European Commission, the Bulgarian Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva will be Europe's finance minister," Bulgarian Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki told journalists on Wednesday. He reacted to the news that Georgieva will be Vice President ...
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Total Revenues from Nights Spent at Accommodation Establishments Up 9.2 Per Cent in July, Year on Year
September 10 (BTA) - The total revenues from nights spent at accommodation establishments in July 2014 reached 227.9 million leva or 9.2 per cent up from July 2013. An increase was registered in the revenues from both Bulgarians (20.9 per cent) and foreigners (6.8 per cent).
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Bulgarian Court to Decide on Russian Extradition Request for Putin Critic on October 21 at the Earliest
September 10 (BTA) - The Sofia City Court (SCC) Wednesday adjourned its hearing on an extradition request from Russia for Nicolay Koblyakov. The Court gave Russia 30 days to provide further details and clear up ambiguities in the documents sent. Thus, the earliest date on whi...
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Low Deposit Rate Triggers Increased Demand for Investment-intended Real Estate
September 10 (BTA) - The demand for real estate for the purpose of investment is increasing because of the low interest rate on bank deposits and concerns about the situation involving Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank), which was placed under special supervision in late Ju...
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