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Finance Minister Porozhanov: "We Must Try to Keep Annual Budget Deficit to 3 Per Cent of GDP"
August 20 (BTA) - "Budget expenditures this year have increased by some 1,200 million leva compared to 2013, but they have not been offset because revenues are overplanned. This, along with the suspended payments under Operational Programmes Environment and Regional Development, ...
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Supreme Judicial Council's Voting System Confirmed as Flawed
August 20 (BTA) - The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) failed in its attempt Wednesday to show that its electronic system of voting for election of top administrative staff in the judiciary works well. Experts who watched a demonstration of the voting system confirmed earlier suspi...
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Movement for Rights and Freedoms, BSP - Left Bulgaria Coalition Register for October 5 Early General Elections Hours bef...
August 20 (BTA) - The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) and the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) - Left Bulgaria Coalition submitted documents for registration for the early parliamentary elections on October 5 with the Central Election Commission (CEC) on Wednesday, hours be...
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Occurrence of Anthrax Suspected in Shoumen Village
August 20 (BTA) - An instance of anthrax is suspected in the village of Zagoriche, near Shoumen, Dr Katya Raikinska, head of the Regional Directorate of Food Safety in Shoumen, said on Wednesday. Samples from a deceased animal have sent to the National Reference Laboratory back o...
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Caretaker Government Appoints New Regional Governors in Stara Zagora, Varna and Pernik
August 20 (BTA) - The caretaker government relieved Wednesday Zhivka Aladzhova, Ivan Velikov and Mihail Mihailov of their duties as regional governors of Stara Zagora, Varna and Pernik, the government information service said. Dimitrinka Petrounova, Stoyan Passev and Boyka Petrov...
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More than 16 Million Leva Made Available to Cope with Natural Disasters
August 20 (BTA) - The caretaker cabinet Wednesday approved additional expenditure and transfers of 16.204 million leva for activities in the aftermath of the devastating floods in late June and early August, the government's information service said.
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MRF Registers for October 5 Early General Elections on Last Possible Day before Deadline Expiry
August 20 (BTA) - The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) submitted documents for registration for the early parliamentary elections on October 5 with the Central Election Commission (CEC) on Wednesday. The MRF lists will be publicized by the week's end.
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European Commission Welcomes Sofia's Decision to Freeze South Stream Gas Pipeline Project
August 20 (BTA) - The European Commission (EC) welcomes the BulgariaÒs decision to freeze the South Stream project until it is brought in line with the requirements of the EU legislation, Marlene Holzner, a spokesperson of Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger, said on Tuesday.
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Foreign Minister Mitov Confers with EU Member States' Ambassadors
August 19 (BTA) - "The caretaker Cabinet's principal task is to guarantee the stability of the State until the conduct of parliamentary elections and the formation of the next government," Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said at a working meeting with the EU Member States...
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Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Wants Compensation for Indirect as Well as Direct Damages Caused by Russian Embargo
August 19 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Caretaker Minister of Agriculture and Food, Vassil Groudev, said on Tuesday he will insist that the country's farmers should receive compensation not only for the direct damages caused by the Russian embargo, but also for the indirect damages.
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Deputy Prime Minister Zaharieva, Energy Minister Shtonov Depart on Visit to Brussels
August 19 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister in charge of economy Ekaterina Zaharieva and Economy and Energy Minister Vassil Shtonov on Tuesday are departing on a visit to Brussels, said the Regional Development Ministry.
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Agriculture Minister:3 Mln Lv Will be Allocated for Bluetongue Vaccines
August 19 (BTA) - The authorities will allocate three million leva for bluetongue vaccines, said Tuesday Agriculture Minister Vassil Groudev in the village of Mokren, Southeastern Bulgaria. He said that 1,500 animals and 230 areas across the country have been affected by the dise...
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PM Bliznashki, Interior Ministry Leadership Discuss Preparations for October Elections
August 19 (BTA) - The leadership of the Ministry of Interior discussed Tuesday the organization and maintenance of order during the forthcoming elections. The National Meeting of the ministerial leadership was attended by Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki who expressed full suppor...
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Authorities Ease Tensions Apparently Sparked by Roma Families in Byala Cherkva
August 19 (BTA) - Police and gendarmerie took control of the situation in Byala Cherkva after four local Roma families apparently sparked tensions in the town, Veliko Turnovo District Prosecutor Emil Denev told BTA on Tuesday.
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Bulgaria Ranked in the Middle According to NGO Sustainability Index
August 19 (BTA) - Bulgaria ranks in the middle, according to the NGO Sustainability Index for 2013, Lyuben Panov of the Bulgarian Center for Not-for-profit Law said at the BTA Press Club on Tuesday. Bulgaria is ranked 9th among 29 countries.
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South Stream Bulgaria Increases Capital, Ministry of Economy and Energy Protests
August 19 (BTA) - In spite of the measures undertaken by the caretaker government to suspend all activities in the South Stream gas pipeline project, a capital increase up to 397.6 million leva of the project company, South Stream Bulgaria AD, was entered in the Commercial Regist...
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Bulgaria Issues 300,000th Visa to Russian Traveller This Year
August 19 (BTA) - The 300,000th Bulgarian visa issued this year to a Russian traveller was granted to 27-year-old Anastasia Chernishova from Moscow, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Bulk Prices of Fruit, Vegetables Continue to Fall
August 19 (BTA) - The wholesale food price index dropped last week to 1.249 points, the lowest level this year, the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Wholesale Markets reported. In August 2013 the index fell to 1.304 points.
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New Energy Minister Orders Suspension of All Activities in South Stream Project
August 18 (BTA) - Bulgaria's newly appointed Caretaker Minister of Economy and Energy, Vassil Shtonov, ordered the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) to suspend all activities in the South Stream gas pipeline project until the project is brought in line with EU standards, Shtonov's M...
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Prosecutors Terminate Investigation into Borissov-Tanov Case
August 18 (BTA) - The Sofia City Prosecution Office said on Monday it has terminated an investigation into leaked conversations between former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and the then Customs Agency Director Vanyo Tanov.
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