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PM Borissov Denies Spanish Daily's Allegations Linking Him to Barcelona House, Money Laundering
February 21 (BTA) - Talking to Bulgarian reporters in Brussels on Friday, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov denied allegations linking him to a house in Barcelona and money laundering published in the Barcelona-based El Periodico daily. The article was discussed in the Bulgarian Parl...
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EC Vice President Dombrovskis Says Bulgaria Continues Work towards ERM II, Dismisses Speculations on Risk to Bulgarian L...
February 21 (BTA) - EU Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Friday said that Bulgaria continues to work towards ERM II, the waiting room for the euro zone, and dismissed fears of risks for the Bulgarian lev. This transpired from Dombrovskis's remarks for the...
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European Parliament Ends Monitoring of Radioactive Waste Repository Construction in Bulgaria
February 20 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The Petitions Committee in the European Parliament decided to end the monitoring of the construction of a radioactive waste repository at Bulgaria's Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant. The decision was explained with the fact that the...
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New National Health Strategy Being Elaborated
February 20 (BTA) - A new National Health Strategy is being elaborated because the current one expires at the end of 2020, parliamentary Healthcare Committee Chair Daniela Daritkova said during a forum on the future of the healthcare system, held here on Thursday. An electronic p...
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President Radev Addresses Event Marking Anniversary of Revolutionary Vassil Levski
February 19 (BTA) - On Thursday Bulgaria marked the 147th death anniversary of its Apostle of Liberty, revolutionary Vassil Levski.
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President Radev Holds Consultations on Constitutional Amendments with Judicial Council Members
February 19 (BTA) - As part of his initiative for consultations on the need of amendments to the Constitution, President Rumen Radev Wednesday met with representatives of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), his press secretariat said. The SJC's status and functions, the r...
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Bulgaria's Vine and Wine Sector Will Be Promoted Internationally
February 19 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Wednesday conferred with Pau Roca, Director General of the International Organization of Wine and Vine (OIV), the government information service said. In Borissov's presence Agriculture Minister Dessislava Taneva and Ro...
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President Radev to Attend Moscow Victory Day Parade at Russian President's Invitation
February 18 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has accepted an invitation by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to attend the May 9 observances in Moscow, his press secretariat said on Tuesday. President Radev initiated a phone conversation with Russian President Puti...
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Number of Intercepted Cars Without е-Vignettes Tripples after Start of Road Camera System
February 18 (BTA) - The number of vehicles intercepted without e-vignettes has tripled after the launch of the video control of the future toll system. In just one day, the toll system cameras caught 805 cars without a vignette, Georgi Balabanov, an expert at the National...
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Bird Flu Outbreak Registered in Southern Bulgaria
February 17 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) has registered on Monday the first avian influenza outbreak this year in Bulgaria. The National Reference Laboratory has confirmed an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 influenza virus on a poultry farm in the southe...
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President Radev: Prime Minister Borissov Uses Services for His Political Purposes
February 17 (BTA) - Taking a question on Monday, President Rumen Radev told journalists that Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is using the services for his own political purposes. In Radev's words, Borissov instructs the prosecution service who to crush and even the police hav...
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Bulgaria Has Not Been Notified by UAE of Gambling Magnate's Reported Release
February 16 (BTA) - The Foreign Ministry Sunday said Bulgaria has not been informed by the UAE about a release from custody of gambling magnate Vassil Bojkov. Ambassador Bogdan Kolarov has sent an urgent enquiry to the UAE authorities to confirm or deny earlier Bulgarian media...
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PM Borissov's Meetings at 56th Munich Security Conference
February 16 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov held a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the 56th Munich Security Conference, the Government Information Service said. Meeting with American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO David Harris on Saturday, Borisso...
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Deputy PM Nikolova Stresses Importance of UAE as Bulgaria's Trading Partner
February 16 (BTA) - Meeting with UAE Economy Minister Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori in Dubai on Sunday, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Demographic Policy Mariyana Nikolova said the UAE is an important and promising trading partner to Bulgaria among the Persian Gulf states....
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54 Containers With Italian Waste Will Be Re-exported By Sea
February 15 (BTA) Loading started on Saturday evening of 54 containers with Italian waste which will be re-exported by sea, Environment and Water Minister Emil Dimitrov said in Varna, on the Black Sea. The containers are part of a total of 127 containers of waste from Italy fou...
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Foreign Minister Zaharieva Attends 56th Munich Security Conference
February 15 (BTA) - At the sidelines of the 56th Munich Security Conference, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva conferred with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Ayman Safadi, Zaharieva's Ministry said in a press release. The situation...
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Bulgarian Trade Unions Declare Readiness to Protests against European Green Deal
February 14 (BTA) - The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) and the Podkrepa Confederation of Labour declared readiness to start a series of protests against the so called European Green Deal, the two trade unions' presidents, Plamen Dimitrov and...
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PM Borissov Attends 56th Munich Security Conference
February 14 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva arrived in Munich on Friday to take part in the 56th Munich Security Conference (MSC), the government's information service said. Upon arrival Borissov was met by a team of the You Tube cha...
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RSF Condemns Verbal Attacks against Journalists by Senior Bulgarian Politicians
February 14 (BTA) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Bulgarian authorities to stop trying to intimidate the country's journalists. In a statement on Thursday the organization said that journalists have been subjected to a series of verbal attacks and threats...
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Prosecutor General Geshev: Pre-Trial Proceedings Found Coal-Mixed Waste Being Burned at Bobov Dol TPP
February 13 (BTA) - After meeting with Bobov Dol regional administration, Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev said that pre-trial proceedings have established the illegal burning of waste mixed with coal at the Bobov Dol TPP. Investigations revealed that the permit for test waste b...