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President Radev Hosts Meeting of Consultative Council on National Security Focusing on Relations with North Macedonia an...
January 10 (BTA) - A meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security (CCNS) has been underway in the President's Office for over four hours now on Monday, discussing the Bulgarian position on the enlargement of the EU into the Republic of North Macedonia and Albania. Par...
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Bulgarian and French Professors to Teach Architects Preservation of Cultural Heritage
January 10 (BTA) - Bulgarian and French professors will teach Bulgarian architects to preserve immovable cultural heritage in a joint course of study between the National Institute of Immovable Cultural Heritage (NIICH) and the French Institute Ecole de Chaillot, the project orga...
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November Industrial Production Up 13.2% Y/Y
January 10 (BTA) - According to the preliminary seasonally adjusted data, the industrial production index increased by 1.4 per cent in November of 2021, compared to the previous month and by 13.2 per cent compared to November of 2020, the National Statistical Institute reported h...
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The Brides of Ribnovo
January 10 (BTA) - Тhe southwestern village of Ribnovo is one of very few places in Bulgaria where weddings are not what we know them to be. They are colourful and different. This remote mountainous village is home to a community of Bulgarian Muslims, or Pomaks, who ardently obse...
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COVID-19 Update: 1,716 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 12.6%
January 10 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 780,417, after 13,567 tests identified 1,716 new infections on Sunday, 73 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate no...
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Energy Regulator Head Ivanov: PM Should Respect Regulator's Independence
Sofia, January 9 (BTA) - The head of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC), Ivan Ivanov, Sunday said that the Prime Minister should respect the regulator's independence. "It is particularly insulting that this government has not shown interest, at least to understand ...
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COVID-19 Update: 3,176 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 11.9%
January 9 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 778,701, after 26,832 tests identified 3,176 new infections on Saturday, 73.46 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rat...
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Ministers of Justice, e-Government Deny Personal Data Leak in Bulstat Register
January 8 (BTA) - At a briefing at the Justice Ministry on Saturday, Ministers Bozhidar Bozhanov of e-Government and Nadezhda Yordanova of Justice said no personal data had been leaked in the Bulstat register. The register is currently showing the permanent addresses of self-insu...
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Prime Minister Calls on Bulgarians to Get Vaccinated in Facebook Video
January 8 (BTA) - In a video published on the Facebook page of his Continue the Change party on Saturday, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov calls on Bulgarians to get vaccinated against COVID-19. "I want to assure all Bulgarians that the vaccination will not be made compulsory while I ...
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National Security Agency Detects Five Cases of Grave Violations in Obtaining Bulgarian Citizenship against Investments
January 8 (BTA) - Speaking in a TV broadcast on Saturday morning, Justice Minister Nadezhda Yordanova said that, acting on alerts from her Ministry, the State Agency for National Security (SANS) has so far established five cases of serious violations in procedures for obtaining B...
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PM Petkov to Pay Visit to Skopje on January 18
January 8 (BTA) - Prime Minister Kiril Petkov will visit Skopje on January 18, the government's information service said on Saturday. The visit is on the occasion of the 30th anniversary since the recognition by Bulgaria of the independence of the Republic of North Macedonia, as ...
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Former Supreme Administrative Court President Penchev Urges for Serious Reorganization of Existing Courts, Prosecution S...
January 8 (BTA) - Interviewed by BTA, former Former Supreme Administrative Court President and incumbent constitutional judge Konstantin Penchev says that serious reorganization is needed of the existing system of courts and prosecution services. In Penchev's words, the reorg...
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COVID-19 Update: 5,524 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at Little Over 12%
January 8 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 775,525, after 44,662 tests identified 5,524 new infections on Friday, 74.02 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate ...
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"Russia Needs to Take De-escalation Measures," Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Tells NATO Meeting
Addressing an extraordinary virtual meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs on Friday, Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Irena Dimitrova stressed that Russia needs to take measures for de-escalation of tensions, the Bulgarian Foreign Min...
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PM Says High Levels of Corruption and Poor Infrastructure in Bulgaria Repel Foreign Investors
January 7 (BTA) - The high levels of corruption and the poor infrastructure in Bulgaria are two of the main reasons for the low levels of foreign investments in Bulgaria, according to Prime Minister Kiril Petkov. He was speaking Friday during Question Time in Parliament where he ...
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Surva International Festival Cancelled over COVID-19
January 7 (BTA) - The Surva festival in Pernik, held annually in January, has been cancelled for a third year in a row. Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev Friday sent a letter to Pernik Municipality saying that the 29th Surva International Festival of Masquerade Games can...
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Ombudsman Kovacheva Asks State to Compensate Households for Natural Gas Prices Retroactively
January 7 (BTA) - Ombudsman Diana Kovacheva sent out a recommendation to Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, in which she suggested that household natural gas consumers should retroactively receive financial support from the state because of the unprecedented natural gas price increase ...
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Counter-corruption Commission Confiscates Assets Worth Lv 341,000 from Petar ''The Sumo Wrestler'' Stoyanov from "The ...
January 7 (BTA) - By a decision of the Stara Zagora Regional Court, the Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Commission (CCUAA) confiscated from Petar ''The Sumo Wrestler' Stoyanov from the "Killers" organized criminal group and from his ex-wife pr...
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Live-Fire Exercises to Be Held at Batmish Training Ground in January
January 7 (BTA) - Live-fire exercises are scheduled to be conducted at the Batmish Military Training Ground near Sliven in January, Sliven Municipality said in a press release on Friday. The drills will take place from 8 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. on January 11, 12, 13, 18, 20, 21, 25,...
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Transport Minister Sabev Proposes to Ambassador Sekizkok Equal Number of Permits for Bulgarian, Turkish Carriers
January 7 (BTA) - Transport and Communications Minister Nikolay Sabev has invited the Turkish state to hold a ministerial meeting and visit the Kapitan Andreevo-Kapikule border checkpoint, the transport ministry's press office said on Friday. The meeting is planned to take place ...
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