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Green Movement Party Launches Election Campaign
At the opening of the election campaign of the Green Movement Party on Sunday, Borislav Sandov said it was time Bulgaria to have its first green MEP and first green parliamentary group. Sandov is the party's top MEP candidate and tops its lists for
PM Glavchev and Delegation Visit Church of Saint Demetrios in Thessaloniki
Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev and his delegation visited the Church of Saint Demetrios in Thessaloniki, Glavchev said in a Facebook post. The Bulgarian delegation met with Metropolitan Philotheos of Thessaloniki.
Movement for Rights and Freedoms Aims to Overcome Disparities
Addressing a traditional gathering in memory of the so-called "Revival Process" (the forcible assimilation of ethnic Turks in Bulgaria in 1988-1989) near the village of Karamantsi (South Central Bulgaria), Dzhevdet Chakarov, one of the two leaders of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), said that citizens stand at the centre of MRF’s policies.
Rumen Petkov of The Left! Coalition Launches Campaign in Burgas
Meeting with sympathizers in Burgas on Sunday, Rumen Petkov, leader of the ABV party of The Left! Coalition, focused on the Lukoil Neftochim oil refinery based in that city. He said the refinery was operating at a loss.
Economy
Upcoming Bulgarian-Moroccan Business Forum to Take Place in Sofia on May 15
The Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) is organising a Bulgarian-Moroccan Business Forum at its headquarters in downtown Sofia at 10 a.m. on May 15, BCCI said in a press release on Friday. The event is organized in cooperation with Bulgaria’s the Office of Trade and Economic Affairs in Morocco and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services for the Rabat-Sale-Kenitra Region in Morocco.
EU Needs European Deal to Boost Competitiveness, SGI Europe Vice-President Angelova Says
Addressing a high-level conference in Madrid on Europe Day, Milena Angelova, Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA) Secretary General and Vice-President of SGI Europe (European association representing enterprises which carry out services of general interest), said that Europe needs a strategy to promote competitiveness as it is steadily losing ground in the new geopolitical environment. The conference was attended by labour and social policy ministers from Spain, Poland, Slovakia and by European Economic and Social Committee President Oliver Roepke, BICA said on Thursday.
Competition Protection Commission Challenges Transport Ministry's Decision to Buy 20 Trains
The Commission on Protection of Competition (CPC) has initiated proceedings under the Public Procurement Act following a complaint by the Spanish company Patentes Talgo Sl, the CPC said on its website on Thursday
Council of Ministers decisions Government Adopts National Employment Action Plan 2024
The Government adopted the National Employment Action Plan 2024, the Cabinet's press centre said here on Wednesday. It provides for 9,926 unemployed people to be put to work through programmes, projects and measures, and over 9,000 people to be involved in training to become more competitive in the labour market.
Culture
Trade Union of Bulgarian Teachers Presents Its Annual Prizes
For the twenty-seventh consecutive year the Trade Union of Bulgarian Teachers presented the awards of the national competition "Teacher of the Year"
Culture Ministry to Fund Bulgarian Libraries with BGN 2 Mln
Projects to encourage reading, media literacy and Bulgarian libraries' capacity will be financed with nearly BGN 2 million from the State budget, Deputy Culture Minister Amelia Gesheva told journalists at a Children's Book National Festival in Sliven on Friday.
Academia Gallery Displays Watercolour Portraits by Kiril Bozhkov
The Academia Gallery will display watercolour portraits by Kiril Bozhkov on the occasion of his 60th anniversary. This is Bozhkov's first exhibition of watercolour works entirely and will be on between May 15 and 31, the National Academy of Art
Photo Exhibition "Perfect Bodies" Shows Imperfections as Driving Force in Dance
The way dance artists view and evaluate their own bodies is the focus of the photographic exhibition "Perfect Bodies". It is a joint project of choreographer and visual artist Kosta Karakashyan and photographer Alexander Kostadinov
The Balkans
UPDATED President Radev: It Will Soon Become Clear whether North Macedonia Wants to Stay on European Course
Bulgaria’s head of State Rumen Radev Thursday said that it will soon become clear whether North Macedonia’s newly elected president Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova and the party that held a strong lead in Wednesday’s parliamentary elections will stay on the European course or take a different direction.
Former Romanian Prime Minister Nastase on Romanian-Bulgarian Relations
A book by former Romanian prime minister Adrian Nastase on Romanian-Bulgarian relations was presented in Bucharest on Wednesday. Among the special guests at the event were Bulgaria's Ambassador to Romania Radko Vlaykov and Nikolay Vassilev, an economist and former deputy prime minister of Bulgaria, the diplomatic mission of Bulgaria in the Romanian capital told BTA.
Belgian EU Council Presidency Sends Mediator to North Macedonia to Facilitate Constitutional Changes
An old friend of North Macedonia, Belgian Peter Vanhoutte, is back in the country, this time as a mediator for the constitutional changes that should pave the way for the country's EU accession, the website "Nezavisim.mk" reports
Romanian Border Authorities Ban 7.5-Tonne-Plus Trucks Through Durankulak/Vama Veche in Time Slots on April 30 to May 6
The Romanian border authorities have imposed restrictions on trucks over 7.5 tonnes crossing the border with Bulgaria at the Durankulak/Vama Veche checkpoint, Bulgaria's Border Police Service said Tuesday.