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Hundreds Protest against Green Certificate in front of Parliament Building in Sofia
January 12 (BTA) - Hundreds of people filled the square in front of Parliament building in central Sofia Wednesday demanding full repeal of the COVID-19 green certificate. The protest was organized on Facebook by the smallest party in Parliament, Vazrazhdane, after the legislatur...
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Cabinet to Help Businesses Cope with High Energy Prices, Covid Crisis, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov Says
January 12 (BTA) - Prime Minister Kiril Petkov held an online meeting on January 11with the leaders of the five nationally representative employers' organizations: the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA), the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA), the Bulgarian Chamb...
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Bulgaria's Main Social Problems Are Inequalities, Unfair Tax System, Demographic Crisis, CITUB Chief Economist Lyuboslav...
January 12 (BTA) - The biggest problem of Bulgarian society is that there is a lack of social consensus on our main problems, which are inequalities, the unfair tax system and the lack of a tax-free minimum, as well as the demographic crisis, said Lyuboslav Kostov, director of th...
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COVID-19 Update: 7,062 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 18.6%
January 12 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 794,240, after 37,952 tests identified 7,062 new infections on Tuesday, 74 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate n...
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Miladinov Brothers' Death Anniversary Commemorated with BTA-Hosted Book Launch
January 11 (BTA) - The 160th anniversary of the Miladinov brothers' death was commemorated at BTA headquarters on Tuesday. Dimitar Miladinov died on January 11, 1862, and Konstantin Miladinov on January 7, 1862. A phototype edition of their 1861 collection of works, "Bulgarian Fo...
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Companies Not Ready to Handle High Energy Costs Alone, Survey Shows
January 11 (BTA) - No company is ready to handle the high energy costs on its own, a Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) express survey shows. Only 1 per cent of the BCCI member companies have progressed since the sharp increase of electricity and natural gas pri...
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Artist Who Paints Dust Wins Competition to Represent Bulgaria at 2022 Venice Biennale
Sofia, January 11 (BTA) - Michail Michailov has won a competition to represent Bulgaria at the 2022 Venice Biennale. His project entitled Here You Are and curated by Irina Batkova, was chosen among 17 other projects in the competition. The winning project was presented at the ...
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PM Petkov's Visit Date to Skopje Yet to Be Specified
January 11 (BTA) - A Bulgarian Government delegation, headed by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, will visit the Republic of North Macedonia as planned but the date is yet to be specified, the Council of Ministers' press office told BTA here on Tuesday. Initially, Petkov said he wi...
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Three Agencies No Longer with Ministry of Agriculture, State Fund Agriculture Remains, Minister Ivan Ivanov Says
January 11 (BTA) - The Executive Agency Certification Audit of European Agriculture Funds (CAAF EA), which is responsible for the accuracy of the financial statements and the established control system in the Paying Agency of Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) and ...
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Bulgaria's Leaders, Politicians Condole on Loss of European Parliament President David Sassoli
January 11 (BTA) - Bulgaria's leaders and politicians offered their condolences on the passing of European Parliament President David Sassoli. Messages of condolences were sent by National Assembly Chair Nikola Minchev, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, President Rumen Radev and polit...
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Health Minister Serbezova Terminates Procedure for Purchasing COVID-19 Tests for Students
January 11 (BTA) - Minister of Health Asena Serbezova has terminated the ongoing procedure for purchasing some 12.5 million non-invasive COVID-19 tests for students, the Health Ministry said in a press release here on Tuesday. The move comes following an investigation of the I...
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Bulgaria Reduces COVID-19 Quarantine Time
January 11 (BTA) - Health Minister Asena Serbezova has issued an order, effective January 11, which reduces the mandatory isolation period for people infected with COVID-19 from 14 to 10 days. The quarantine time starts on the date the person tests positive for the virus. Those w...
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Trade Union Argues for Minimum Wage of Lv 730 in 2022
January 11 (BTA) - Plamen Dimitrov, President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB), said it is fully attainable to raise the minimum monthly wage to 730 leva in 2022. Addressing Tuesday's discussion on "A Worthy Minimum Wage to Curb Cheap Labour", ...
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More than 14kg of Heroin Found in Car at Danube Bridge - Vidin Border Checkpoint
January 11 (BTA) - Customs officers at the Danube Bridge - Vidin border checkpoint found 14.685 kg of heroin hidden in a car, the Customs Agency said on Tuesday. The arrest took place on January 9, when the car was traveling from Bulgaria to Germany, and the driver stated ...
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Supreme Court of Cassation Plenum Unanimously Supports Galina Zaharova as Court President
January 11 (BTA) - The Plenum of the Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) strongly supports the candidate for president of the court Galina Zaharova, the SCC press centre said on Tuesday. The Plenum heard Judge Zaharova on January 10 and expressed the opinion that she possessed...
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Parliament Leader Tests Positive for COVID-19 after Monday Meeting of National Security Council, Sending PM, President, ...
January 11 (BTA) - After a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security (CCNS) on Monday, National Assembly Chair Nikola Minchev felt unwell, took a COVID-19 and it came out positive, the Parliament's press office said said. That sends into quarantine the participants...
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COVID-19 Update: 6,761 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 16%
January 11 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 787,178, after 41,983 tests identified 6,761 new infections on Monday, 75.65 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate...
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Consultative Council National Security: Greenlighting North Macedonia's EU Membership Talks Should Not Be Tied to Deadli...
January 10 (BTA) – Following a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security (CCNS) that lasted over five hours on Monday, President Rumen Radev said in a statement that there is consensus among the parties in Parliament on the Bulgarian position regarding the EU prosp...
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Sofia Halts Planned Hospital Admission and Surgery amid Worsening COVID Metrics
January 10 (BTA) - Planned hospital admissions and surgery in Sofia will be suspended as of January 12 amid worsening COVID metrics in the city and most of the rest of the country. An order to that effect was published Monday on the website of Sofia Regional Health Inspectorate. ...
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Direct Flights between Bulgaria, Seychelles Start in January
January 10 (BTA) - The first charter flight for 2022 from Bulgaria to the Seychelles will be made in January with the assistance of the largest Seychelles tour operator 7South, the Bulgarian travel agency Luxutour and the Honorary Consulate General of the Republic of Seychelles i...
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