Free English Service
Купуването и продаването на гласове са престъпления!9asd-
Foreign Ministers of Bulgaria, North Macedonia Discuss Joint Governmental Sitting Scheduled for January 25
January 18 (BTA) - Meeting here on Tuesday, the foreign affairs ministers of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia, Teodora Genchovska and Bujar Osmani, welcomed the renewed dialogue between their countries' governments, as well as the importance of continuing the ...
-
Bulgaria Agrees to Use "North Macedonia" Name
January 18 (BTA special correspondent Ivan Lazarov) - At a joint news conference with Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov in Skopje on Tuesday, the Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia, Dimitar Kovacevski, said that Bulgaria has agreed to use the name "Nor...
-
Prime Ministers of Bulgaria, North Macedonia First Guests at BTA Club in Skopje
January 18 (BTA special correspondent Ivan Lazarov) - The Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia, Kiril Petkov and Dimitar Kovacevski, were the first guests of BTA's press club in Skopje on Tuesday. The club will be officially unveiled on February 4. ...
-
Education Minister Denkov Outlines Priorities in 2022
(BTA) – Higher quality education at all levels in Bulgaria will be the main focus of efforts this year, Education and Science Minister Nikolay Denkov said, speaking at Tuesday’s presentation of the Ministry’s priorities in 2022. The state will increase the coverage of chi...
-
Slovakia's Foreign Minister Rewards Bulgarian Scientist
January 18 (BTA) - Bulgarian scientist Assoc. Prof. Dr. Daniela Konstantinova receives the silver plaque of the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, the Slovak embassy here said on Tuesday. The award for contribution to the promotion and dissemination o...
-
Second Inauguration of President Rumen Radev to Be Held on January 22
January 18 (BTA) - The second inauguration of Rumen Radev and Iliana Iotova as President and Vice President of Bulgaria will be held in Sofia's Sveti Alexander Nevsky Square, starting at 11:00 a.m. on January 22, the Head of State's Press Secretariat said here on Tuesday. Rade...
-
PM Kovacevksi: Bulgaria Agrees to Use "North Macedonia" Name
January 18 (BTA special correspondent Ivan Lazarov) - At a joint news conference with Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov here on Tuesday, Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia Dimitar Kovacevski said that Bulgaria has agreed to use the name "North Macedonia" inste...
-
Updated Judicial Reform Strategy, Roadmap Implemented at 33.99% Study Shows
January 18 (BTA) - The implementation of the updated judicial reform strategy for 2014-2020 and the roadmap to it was 33.99 per cent as of December 2020, according to a study by the Economika 2000 Club in partnership with the Agency for Economic Development Kostinbrod. The result...
-
Project Raises Awareness of Sustainable Approaches to Food Production, Consumption
January 18 (BTA) - Food production and consumption is responsible for up to 30 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, which are directly related to climate change. It is necessary for people to "find their own recipe to fight climate change," project manager Blazhka Dimitro...
-
COVID-19 Update: 9,996 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 22.3%
January 18 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 830,604, after 44,772 tests identified 9,996 new infections on Monday, 78.8 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate ...
-
Hospital Associations Demand Sharp Increase of Healthcare Funding
January 17 (BTA) - Hospital associations on Monday demanded "a sharp and rapid change" of the total amount of healthcare funding. They had a meeting with the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) leadership over fears of hospital budget cuts. Bulgarian Hospital Association D...
-
Goethe Institut Bulgaria Organizes Philosophical Evenings
January 17 (BTA) - Goethe Institut in Sofia continues organizing a series of discussions, titled "Philosophical Evenings at the Library" in 2022. The first discussion this year will take place on January 27 on the topic of Weberian social diagnosis. The first meeting of the se...
-
Culture Minister Presents Team
January 17 (BTA) - Culture Minister Atanas Atanasov introduced his team on Monday. He said he would rely above all on "the contagious good", as well as on common sense, and the ability of each member of his team "to conquer their ego in the name of the greater common cause". "...
-
Winter Tourist Season to End If Non-EU Citizens of Red Zone Countries Are Banned on January 19 from Entering Bulgaria, A...
Winter Tourist Season to End If Non-EU Citizens of Red Zone Countries Are Banned on January 19 from Entering Bulgaria, Association Warns
-
Head of Counter-Corruption Commission Tsatsarov Resigns
January 17 (BTA) - Sotir Tsatsarov resigned as Chairman of the Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Commission (CCUAAFC) on Monday morning, the commission told BTA. He submitted his resignation to the National Assembly. On January 13, Tsatsarov announce...
-
COVID-19 Update: 2,379 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 15.8%
January 17 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 820,608, after 15,035 tests identified 2,379 new infections on Sunday, 77.30 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate...
-
Unless Natgas Interconnector with Greece Is Operational by Mid-2022, Bulgaria May Incur Substantial Penalties from Azeri...
Unless the ICGB pipeline is commissioned by June 20, 2022, the Azeri company may trigger a penalty clause in the agreement and draw down on a substantial guarantee furnished by Bulgargaz and the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) (in the amount of tens of millions of dollars monthly)...
-
Some 3.3 Million Passengers Serviced by Sofia Airport in 2021, Traffic Slowly Recovering from COVID-19 Crisis
January 16 (BTA) - Sofia Airport has serviced a total of 3,364,151 passengers in 2021, which is 14.5 per cent more compared to a year earlier, but still 52.7 per cent less than during the pre-pandemic 2019, the Airport said in a press release here on Sunday.
-
COVID-19 Update: 4,389 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 16.2%
January 15 (BTA) - A total of 4,389 COVID-19 cases were identified by 27,171 tests on Saturday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 16.2%. Seventy-six per cent of new cases were unvaccinated.
-
"We Are Obliged to Bring Back the Climate of Understanding Between Us," PM Petkov Says in Statement about Republic of No...
January 15 (BTA) - "Today marks the 30th anniversary of the recognition of the then Republic of North Macedonia's independence. On January 15, 1992 Filip Dimitrov's government was the first one to defend the right of our Macedonian friends to have their own State," reads a statem...
Weather for 23 November 2024
Currency Rates
EUR 1.9558
USD 1.724
CHF 1.8657