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PM Borissov Discusses Recent Migrant Pressure with Turkish President Erdogan, Who Slams EU for Failing to Share Refugee ...
Sofia, March 3 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov conferred in Ankara on Monday evening with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss opportunities for overcoming the tension caused by the increased migrant flow from Turkey to the EU in recent days and the measures fo...
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PM Borissov Leaves for Turkey to Discuss Refugee Crisis with President Erdogan
March 2 (BTA) - Before leaving for Ankara to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told journalists that he wishes to continue the good and friendly neighbourly relations. He also said that his talks with Erdogan will focus...
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Finance Ministry Expects Revenues to Outweigh Expenditures by Lv 1,495.7 Mln at End-February
March 2 (BTA) - Based on preliminary data and estimates, as of February 2020, revenues are expected to outweigh expenditures under the Consolidated Fiscal Programme (CFP) by 1,495.7 million leva (1.2 per cent of the projected GDP). The CFP revenues, grants and donations as of ...
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Social Reform Pressure Group, Nurses Start Indefinite Protests over Failure to Reform Embattled Social and Health Care S...
March 1 (BTA) - A nation-wide pressure group for reforms in the social care system, known by its motto "The System is Killing Us", started indefinite protests Sunday together with nurses over the government's failure to reform the social and the health care systems. They gathered...
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Authorities Say Bulgarian Border Is Under No Migrant Pressure
February 29 (BTA) - The Bulgarian authorities said Saturday that there is no migrant pressure on the Bulgarian border. Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said that "migration through the Bulgarian border is zero" and a similar statement was made by the head of the Border Police. Th...
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Bulgaria Prepares for Surging Migrant Wave amid Turkey-Syria Hostilities
February 28 (BTA) - Bulgaria has sent gendarmerie to its border with Turkey and strengthened its maritime security after reports of a surge of migrants fleeing military hostilities in Syria, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said Friday. "A real threat exists for Bulgaria of surgin...
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Prime Minister of Montenegro Markovic Pays Visit to Sofia
February 28 (BTA) - During a meeting with Prime Minister of Montenegro Dusko Markovic, who is paying a visit to Sofia on Friday, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, said, quoted by the government's information service, that Bulgaria highly appreciates the intensification of the...
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Chief of Defence General Botsev Passes Away
February 28 (BTA) - The Chief of Defence, General Andrey Botsev, passed away in the late evening of February 27, the Defence Ministry said in a press release Friday. Gotsev, 60, died after a short illness. "General Botsev leaves a lasting trace in the modern Bulgarian ...
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Bulgaria Supports EU Green Deal's Climate Neutrality Goal, Demands Adequate Support for Most Affected States, Regions
February 27 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers on Thursday approved Bulgaria's framework position on the Communication from the European Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of...
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Novel Coronavirus Spread to Bulgaria Inevitable, Chief Health State Inspector Says
February 27 (BTA) - There are cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) reported in almost all Balkan countries, making its spread into Bulgaria inevitable, Chief Health State Inspector Dr.Angel Kunchev said at a briefing here on Thursday. "We are focusing on the hospitalization ...
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Ruling GERB, Opposition Socialists Argue over GDP Growth Statistical Data Manipulation
February 26 (BTA) - In a declaration issued by his BSP for Bulgaria Parliamentary Group, Socialist MP Roumen Gechev demanded in Parliament here on Wednesday the Prime Minister's and the Finance Minister's resignations over key statistical data, which the Socialists believ...
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Bulgarian PM Leads Government Delegation in Alexandroupolis for Joint Meeting with Greek Cabinet
February 26 (BTA spec. corr. Hristo Vodenov) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov leads a government delegation in Greece for the fourth meeting of the Council for High-level Cooperation between the governments of Bulgaria and Greece. Arriving in Alexandroupolis on Wednesday...
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Presidents of Bulgaria, Cyprus Open Bilateral Business Forum in Sofia
February 26 (BTA) - Opening a Bulgaria-Cyprus business forum here Wednesday, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said that Cyprus is an important economic and trade partner. President Nicos Anastasiades of Cyprus was there with him at the forum, held on the second day of his Bulgaria...
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Road Toll System for Heavy-duty Vehicles to Be Officially Launched on March 1
February 25 (BTA) - The road toll system for heavy-duty vehicles will be officially launched on March 1, Deputy Regional Development and Public Works Minister Nikolay Nankov told a briefing on Tuesday, as quoted by his ministry. He added that no more compromises will be made with...
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Bulgaria's President, Prime Minister Confer with Cypriot President Anastasiades
February 25 (BTA) - Speaking at a joint news briefing after his meeting with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades here on Tuesday, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said that they had discussed the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework and the two countries's common position in...
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Bulgaria Focuses on Returnees from Italy as it Phases in Measures against Novel Coronavirus, Nobody Is Infected
February 25 (BTA) - Bulgaria focuses on returnees from Italy as it is phasing in measures against the spread of the novel coronavirus. Nobody in this country has been infected, the head of the Military Medical Academy in Sofia, Gen. Ventsislav Mutafchiiski, told journalists here ...
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Anti-Coronavirus Centre Established in Sofia
February 24 (BTA) - The Security Council with Bulgaria's Council of Ministers decided to set up a centre to fight the coronavirus outbreak and prevent the infection from spreading into Bulgaria, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told journalists on Monday. The centre will be cha...
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Bilateral Cooperation, Matters on European Agenda and Coronavirus Spread Discussed During Bavarian Interior Minister's V...
February 24 (BTA) - Interior Minister Mladen Marinov had a working meeting with Bavaria's Minister of the Interior, Sport and Integration, Joachim Herrmann, who is paying a working visit to Bulgaria at Marinov's invitation, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry reported here on Mo...
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EU Home Affairs Commissioner Johansson Pays Working Visit to Sofia
February 24 (BTA) - EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson is on a working visit to Bulgaria for talks with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Interior Minister Mladen Marinov, and other officials. Meeting Johansson, Borissov said, quoted by the government's information servi...
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Mining Company Officials Arrested for Cyanide Pollution of Two Rivers
February 22 (BTA) - Cyanide pollution in the Yugovska and Chepelarska rivers in Southern Bulgaria is 20 times the safety limit, Tsvetelina Kuneva, head of the East Aegean Region Basin Directorate (EARBD), said on Saturday. The Yugovska flows into the Chepelarska, which is...