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Outgoing Government Looks Back on Its Term in Office
July 30 (BTA) - Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski and other members of the outgoing cabinet on Wednesday reported on the performance of the government during its 14 months in office. They spoke to the media after the Council of Ministers held its last meeting earlier in the day.
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MRF Declines Government-formation Mandate
July 30 (BTA) - The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) declined a mandate for forming a government within the 42nd National Assembly, which President Rosen Plevneliev handed to MRF leader Lyutvi Mestan on Wednesday.
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Outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Zlatanova: 19% of EU Funds Absorbed in 14 Months
July 30 (BTA) - In 14 months, Bulgaria absorbed 19 per cent of all EU funds against 36 per cent in all preceding years, outgoing Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Zinaida Zlatanova told a news conference after the last meeting of the cabinet on Wednesday.
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Regulator Imposes Multi-million Fine on Bulgargaz for Dominance Abuse
July 30 (BTA) - The Commission for Protection of Competition has imposed a nearly 23.5 million leva fine on gas supplier Bulgargaz for abuse of its dominant position in the market. The gas supplier imposed unfair contractual terms for public gas supplies between August 2 2010 and...
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GERB Walks out of Parliament, Gives Up Budget Update
July 30 (BTA) - GERB leaves Parliament and is not going to participate in the second-reading debates and vote on updates of the national budget and the budget of the National Health Insurance Fund, the leader of the party, Boyko Borissov, told reporters in the corridors of Parlia...
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Finance Minister: Early Elections May Cause 2014 Economic Growth to Halve
July 30 (BTA) - The early elections may cause Bulgaria's economic growth in 2014 to halve, said Finance Minister Petar Chobanov during Tuesday's debate on the budget update in Parliament. The businesses stopped working once it became clear that there would be early elections, whi...
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Parliamentary Sitting Fails Due to Absence of Quorum
Sofia, July 30 (BTA) - Wednesday's parliamentary sitting failed due to absence of quorum.
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Parliament Updates 2014 National Budget on First Reading
July 29 (BTA) - Voting 117-61 late on Tuesday, Parliament adopted on first reading an update of the 2014 national budget moved by the outgoing government of Plamen Oresharski. GERB and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) voted in favour, the Coalition for Bulgaria voted a...
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Parliament Debates Update of 2014 National Budget on First Reading
July 29 (BTA) - Parliament is debating on first reading a draft update of the 2014 national budget, moved by the outgoing government of Plamen Oresharski. The outgoing cabinet proposes an increase by 725 million leva of the budget deficit under the consolidated fiscal programme ...
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Outgoing PM Oresharski: Consistency Needed Regarding Project for Kozloduy N-plant's Unit 7
July 29 (BTA) - The outgoing cabinet supports the project for the Kozloduy N-plant's Unit 7 as this is a national project and there should be consistency between the governments on the matter, outgoing Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski said during a meeting, held at the Council of...
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Bulgarian Embassy in Tripoli Evacuated from Libya
July 29 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Embassy in Tripoli has been evacuated from Libya due to the complicated situation in that country, said the Foreign Ministry Tuesday.
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Crime Rate Drops 9.1% in First Half of 2014
July 29 (BTA) - The total crime rate has dropped by around 9.1 per cent in the first half of 2014, compared to the same period last year, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday.
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Parliament Adopts at First Reading Update of National Health Insurance Fund's Budget by Mln 225 Lv
July 29 (BTA) - Parliament Tuesday adopted at first reading an update of the 2014 budget of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) by 225 million leva. The update was supported by 184 MPs of GERB, Coalition for Bulgaria (CfB) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms. A MP of C...
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MP Dimiter Avramov Leaves Ataka Party to Join Bulgaria without Censorship
July 29 (BTA) - Dimiter Avramov MP of Ataka has requested to leave his parliamentary group, Bulgaria without Censorship (BwC) leader Nikolai Barekov said at a briefing in Parliament Tuesday. He specified that Avramov will join BwC and offered him to head the party's candidate lis...
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Health Insurance Legislation Fails to Ensure Representation of All Stakeholders - Regulator
July 29 (BTA) - The Commission for the Protection of Competition Tuesday said that the Health Insurance Act fails to ensure the representation of all stakeholders in the preparation of statutory acts which determine the scope of, and prices in, the universal health insurance syst...
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Bulgaria Gets First Ever Nomination for European Enterprise Promotion Awards
July 29 (BTA) - The Brandiko project of the Bulgarian Economy and Energy Ministry has been nominated by the European Commission for the European Enterprise Promotion Awards, the Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Environmental and Social Impact Assessment: South Stream Offshore Pipeline Not Expected to Have Significant Impact on Bu...
July 29 (BTA) - South Stream Transport has completed the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Bulgarian sector of the South Stream offshore pipeline and it confirms earlier findings that the construction and operation of the pipeline is not expected to have a...
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Environmental and Social Impact Assessment: South Stream Offshore Pipeline Not Expected to Have Significant Impact on Bu...
July 29 (BTA) - South Stream Transport has completed the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Bulgarian sector of the South Stream offshore pipeline and it confirms earlier findings that the construction and operation of the pipeline is not expected to have a...
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Protesting Roma Block Train Traffic between Sofia and Pernik
July 29 (BTA) - Four passenger train services between Sofia and Pernik were suspended for nearly two hours on Tuesday as the tracks were blocked by residents of Sofia's Roma-inhabited Fakulteta Quarter, the Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) said.
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One Person Killed, One Missing after Torrential Rains in Gabrovo Area Monday Evening
July 29 (BTA) - A woman from the Village of Vranilovtsi was killed, and a man from the same village is missing after torrential rains that hit the Gabrovo area on Monday morning. The municipality experienced rain of more than 200 litres per square metre between 8 p.m. on July 28 ...
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