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Bulgaria's Military Medical Academy (MMA) celebrated its 130th birthday on Wednesday. Floral tribute was paid at a monument to military medics who died in service. The Chief of Defence, Admiral Emil Eftimov (pictured saluting in black uniform), reviewed a guard of honour i...
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Bulgaria to Help North Macedonia Draft Labour Legislation Meeting EU Requirements
Sofia, December 1 (BTA) - Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Labour and Social Policy Minister Galab Donev conferred here on Wednesday with North Macedonia's Labour and Social Policy Minister Jagoda Shahpaska. "Bulgaria will provide expert assistance to the Republic of N...
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Migrants wait in line to register for tickets to attend an outdoor Mass Pope Francis will celebrate on the second day of a three-day trip to Cyprus, outside the Holy Cross Catholic Church that lies along a United Nations controlled buffer zone cutting across ethnically divided...
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Weather - Forecast
Sofia, December 1 (BTA) - December 2: Mostly sunny. Wind moderate (at times strong in mountains), southwesterly. Lows: minus 2 - 3 C. Highs: 9-14 C. Black Sea coast: Mostly sunny. Wind moderate (at time strong), south-southwesterly. Highs: 13-15 C. Mountains: Mostly sunny. G...
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Bulgaria Takes Mobility Package I to European Court of Justice
Sofia, December 1 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved a draft position of Bulgaria on one of three actions brought by this country before the EU Court of Justice, challenging a requirement to return a road transport vehicle to the Member State of establishme...
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Three Bulgarian Companies among Finalists in of Deloitte Ranking for Fastest Growing Technology Companies in 2021
Sofia, November 30 (BTA) - Deloitte Central Europe has announced the ranking results of the fastest growing technology companies for 2021, Technology Fast 50. This year the competition had a record total number of participants, including three Bulgarian companies which were am...
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Trips of Foreigners to Bulgaria Up 35.4% in October 2021, Y/Y
November 29 (BTA) - In October 2021, foreigners made 567,600 trips to Bulgaria, which is by 35.4 per cent more than in the same month of 2020, show data published by the National Statistics Institute on Monday. Just over half of these trips were transit ones (53.3 per cen...
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Bulgaria Fourth out of 8 CEE Countries for Vulnerability to Foreing Influence - Study
November 28 (BTA) - With a total score of 42, Bulgaria ranks fourth out of eight countries in Central and Eastern Europe for vulnerability to foreign influence, according to a pilot Vulnerability Index 2021 study conducted by the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD), coordinat...
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Bulgaria Fourth out of 8 CEE Countries for Vulnerability to Foreing Influence - Study
Sofia, November 28 (BTA) - With a total score of 42, Bulgaria ranks fourth out of eight countries in Central and Eastern Europe for vulnerability to foreign influence, according to a pilot Vulnerability Index 2021 study conducted by the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD),...
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More Weddings, Fewer Divorces in Bulgaria Amid Pandemic
November 27 (BTA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has led to fewer divorces and more weddings in Bulgaria, shows a check by BTA correspondents across the country. In Kyustendil, for example, the number of divorces dropped to 78 in 2020 from 118 in 2019. In Turgovishte, divorces number...
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Krichim Palace: A Hidden Gem for Botany and History Lovers
November 26 (Dimitrina Solakova of BTA) - Nestled amid some 140 ha of lush deciduous forest along the Vucha river and built for Bulgaria's rulers in the first half of the 20th century, the Krichim Palace is a must-see tourist site for botany and history lovers alike. Located next...
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Continue the Change Continues Consultations on Government Coalition Agreement
Sofia, November 26 (BTA) - Consultations held by the Continue the Change party with experts of BSP for Bulgaria, There Is Such a People and Democratic Bulgaria, intended to reach an agreement on Bulgaria's future coalition governance, went into their fourth day on Friday. ...
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The National Institute of Justice on Friday held a roundtable on "e-Justice: a Challenge to the Judicial Authorities" under the auspices of Education and Science Minister Nikolai Denkov and Justice Minister Ivan Demerdjiev. Addressing the event, Demerdjiev said that the Recove...
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COVID-19 Update: 2,370 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 7.7%
Sofia, November 26 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 684,922, after 30,737 tests identified 2,370 new infections on Thursday, 79.83 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test po...
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Deputy Prosecutor General Pironeva Participates in 16th Plenary Meeting of Consultative Council of European Prosecutors
Sofia, November 26 (BTA) - Bulgarian Deputy Prosecutor General Desislava Pironeva took part in the 16th Plenary Meeting of the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE) in Strasbourg, France, Pironeva's service said in a press release on Friday. "We backed the s...
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One More Victim of November 23 Bus Crash Found
Sofia, November 26 (BTA) - One more victim of the November 23 bus crash on the Struma Motorway has been found, National Investigation Service Director Borislav Sarafov confirmed to BTA. This brings the death toll to 45. At a news conference on Thursday, the number was put at ...
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In-house Public Procurement Must Be Limited to Certain Conditions, Criteria - Justice Minister
Sofia, November 26 (BTA) - Meeting on Friday, the Expert Council on the Public Procurement Act discussed in-house public procurement awards, the Finance Ministry said in a press release. In in-house procurement, the contracting authority is not required to invite competitive ...
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Sofia Children's Hospital Receives Donation from Germany
November 26 (BTA) - The Prof. Ivan Mitev Children's Hospital in Sofia has received medical equipment as a donation from a clinic in the German town of Murnaum Staffelsee, the Hospital reported here on Friday. The donation includes 40 modular hospital beds, a defibrilato...
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