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Ukrainian Accused of Acid Attack on Anticorruption Campaigner Kateryna Handziuk Detained in Bulgaria
January 27 (BTA) - At a briefing here on Monday, the prosecuting magistracy said that a Ukrainian national was detained in Bulgaria on January 24. He is on an Interpol Red Notice with charges for an acid attack which caused death of the victim, the chief secretary of the Executiv...
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Protest over Pernik Water Crisis Leads to Clashes with Police, Two More Officials Arrested
January 27 (BTA) - During the second day of protests in Sofia over a severe water crisis in the western town of Pernik on Monday, protestors tried to break through the police cordon and storm the building of the Regional Development and Public Works Ministry, leading to clashes w...
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Prosecutor General Asks Constitutional Court to Interpret Issues Concerning Immunity, Investigability of President
January 27 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev has petitioned the Constitutional Court to interpret the constitutional provision on the immunity of the President and the Vice President of the Republic, the prosecution service reported on its website on Monday. Ar...
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Huge Amount of Dead Fish Reported in Maritsa River Near Pazardzhik
January 26 (BTA) - The Plovdiv Appellate Prosecution Office is probing what has caused a pollution that killed a huge amount of fish in Maritsa River on Saturday. Multiple reports of dead fish floating along a stretch of the river between the southern village of Ognyanovo and Plo...
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Moscow Blasts Sofia for Expelling Two Russian Embassy Officers, US, UK Embassies Commend Bulgaria's Action
January 25 (BTA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry Saturday blasted Bulgaria for expelling two Russian embassy officers for espionage the previous day, and called the move provocative. On the opposite pole, the embassies of the US and the UK commended Sofia's actions. The Russian...
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Pernik Residents Move to Sofia Protest over Water Crisis
January 25 (BTA) - Residents of Pernik held a protest rally in central Sofia at noon on Saturday over the water crisis in the city and demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Regional Development Minister Petya Avramova, the Bulgarian National Television sai...
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Employers' Association Expects GDP Increase of Close to Lv 130 Bln in 2020
January 24 (BTA) - The Association of Organizations of Bulgarian Employers (AOBE) said during a BTA-hosted news conference here on Friday that they expect Bulgaria's GDP to increase by around 127 billion leva this year. AOBE is made up of the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Assoc...
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Parliament Debates on Socialists' Motion of No Confidence in Government
January 24 (BTA) - At its regular sitting on Friday, the National Assembly held a debate on the Socialists' motion of no confidence in the Government over its environment and water policy. The motion will be put to the vote on January 29. Presenting the reasons for her p...
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Prime Minister Borissov Meets with Cyprus Foreign Minister Christodulidis
January 24 (BTA) Prime Minister Boyko Borissov met with Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodulidis. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva also attended the meeting at the Council of Ministers, the government press centre said on Friday. During the m...
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Deputy PM Nikolova Confers with China's Ambassador in Sofia
January 23 (BTA) - "Bulgaria supports and highly appreciates the 17+1 Initiative for Cooperation between China and the Central and East European Countries. We regard it as a very important mechanism for catalyzing the investment, trade, economic and cultural contacts betw...
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President Radev: Bulgaria Did Not Allow Even a Single Bulgarian Jew to be Sent to the Death Camps
January 23 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev Thursday attended a memorial ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Israel, marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland during World War II and International Holoca...
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PM Borissov Reacts to Recent Developments in Gambling Industry
January 23 (BTA) - At the start of Thursday's Cabinet meeting, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov commented on recent developments concerning the gambling industry. Borissov pointed out that many people will face problems if a watchdog report on private lottery oper...
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Bulgaria Is Lowest Performing EU Country on 2019 Corruption Perception Index
January 23 (BTA) - In 2019 Bulgaria was the lowest performer among EU countries on the Corruption Perception Index, according to the latest report. It was presented at a BTA-hosted news conference on Thursday by Transparency International Bulgaria. Since 2012 Bulgaria has been...
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Flu Incidence across Bulgaria on the Rise
January 22 (BTA) - The healthcare authorities have warned about a rise in flu cases across the country. The Sliven Regional Health Inspectorate reported Wednesday it is on the verge of declaring an epidemic, as the number of recently registered flu cases have increased in the ...
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Deputy PM Zaharieva Confers with EU Commissioners Jourova, Reynders, Varhelyi
January 22 (BTA) - Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva conferred in Brussels with European Commission Vice-President Vera Jourova (in charge of Values and Transparency), Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders and Neighbourhood and Enlargement Co...
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Environmentalists Urge Discontinuation of Procedures for Struma Motorway Kresna Gorge Section
January 21 (BTA) - Environmental organizations on Tuesday urged the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) to discontinue the contract award procedures for building Lot 3.2 of the Struma Motorway via the Kresna Gorge. Speaking at a BTA-hosted news conference, Petko Kovachev of...
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PM Borissov in Davos: Bulgaria Consistently Supports Western Balkans' Efforts to Join EU
January 21 (BTA) - Bulgaria consistently supports the efforts of the countries from the Western Balkans on their path towards EU membership, said here Tuesday Prime Minister Boyko Borissov during the "Diplomatic Dialogue on the Western Balkans" session, held as part of the 50th W...
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Socialists Table No Confidence Motion over Cabinet's "Failure in Environment, Water Policy"
January 20 (BTA) The BSP for Bulgaria parliamentary group tabled in Parliament a motion of no confidence in the Government over what they perceive as failure of the environment and water policy. The motion was signed by 78 Socialist MPs. "We submitted 40 pages of reasons for t...
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Over Lv 30 Mln Needed for 15% Wage Increase in Water Supply Sector
January 20 (BTA) - Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) President Plamen Dimitrov told journalists here Monday that there is no alternative to the wage increase in the water and sewerage sector, because the whole system is on the verge of its func...
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GERB MPs to Move Legislation Scrapping Mandatory Sentence Cut for Underage Murderers, Rapists
January 20 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB Party leader Boyko Borissov Monday ordered the GERB MPs to draft urgently legislative amendments abolishing the mandatory reduction of the sentences that underage offenders get for serious offences against the person, G...
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