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After Carriers' Meeting with PM, Toll System to Start with Lower Rates
January 10 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov Friday morning met with road carriers of passengers and cargo protesting at the impending launch of a road toll system. The result of the talks is that the toll system will start as planned in March but with lower-than-planned toll...
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Environment Minister Dimov Resigns
January 10 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has accepted the resignation of Environment and Waters Minister Neno Dimov, the government information service said on Friday. The news comes a day after Dimov was arrested and taken into 24-hour custody amid a severe water crisis...
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Four Government Services Investigate Pernik Water Crisis and Waste Disposal Scandal, Environment Minister Questioned in ...
January 9 (BTA) - It transpired Thursday that four government services have started probing a water shortage that has led to draconian water rationing in the western town of Pernik, as well as a scandal over the storage and disposal of huge amount of imported waste across th...
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World Bank Upgrades Economic Growth Projections for Bulgaria
January 9 (BTA) - In a report published on Wednesday, the World Bank revised up its projections for Bulgaria's economic growth in 2019-2021. The World Bank has projected a 3.6 per cent growth for 2019 after its June forecast for 3 per cent growth. This will be an increase from...
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Consultative Council on National Security Discusses Risks and Threats from Crisis in Middle East
January 9 (BTA) - The Consultative Council on National Security with President Rumen Radev convened on Thursday to look into potential national security risks and threats in the context of the complicated security environment in the Middle East. Participating were Parliament l...
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Prime Minister Borissov Attends Launch of TurkStream Pipeline
He briefed Russian President Putin on the progress made in connection with the implementation of Balkan Stream, the 474-km Bulgarian section of TurkStream. Also he thanked President Erdogan for the invitation. He discussed with the Turkish leader broadening bilateral pol...
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Bulgaria-US Strategic Dialogue Held in Sofia
January 8 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and US Ambassador to Bulgaria Herro Mustafa opened a high-level Bulgaria-US Strategic Dialogue in Sofia on Wednesday. Participating was a US delegation led by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central European Affair...
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Bulgaria-US Roadmap for 2020-2030 Being Elaborated in Area of Defence
January 7 (BTA) - Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov, US Ambassador to Bulgaria Herro Mustafa, and officials from the US Department of Defense and the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence Tuesday attended a lunch meeting aimed at advancing the development of a 10-Year Bilateral...
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Entire Transport Branch to Protest against Road Toll System on January 13
January 7 (BTA) - On January 13, representatives of passenger, freight, international and taxi transport branches will stage a national protest against what they consider a road toll system with unfair coverage and prices, as well as against unregulated transport operations....
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Prosecutor General Orders Checks of Waste Holders' Compliance with Laws on Waste Management, Environmental Protection
January 6 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Monday ordered the Interior Minister and the Chairperson of the State Agency for National Security to conduct joint checks of local waste holders' compliance with the Waste Management Act and the Environmental Pr...
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Bulgarian PM Borissov Meets with US Ambassador Mustafa
January 6 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov Monday met with US Ambassador to Bulgaria Herro Mustafa, the Government Information Service said. Their talks focused on the forthcoming first session of the Bulgaria-US strategic dialogue, which will be held in Bulgaria ...
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Eurostat: Bulgaria Had Largest Share of Population without Adequate Heating in 2018
January 6 (BTA) - In 2018, seven per cent of the population of the European Union said that they could not afford to heat their home sufficiently, Eurostat reported on Monday. This share peaked in 2012 (11 per cent), and has fallen continuously in subsequent years. At 34 per c...
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Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry, Deputy PM Karakachanov React to Statement by Serbian Foreign Minister
January 5 (BTA) - In a position published on Sunday, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry says that the Bulgarian government defends and will continue to defend the rights of Bulgarian communities abroad, and not just in Serbia. This is also one of the priorities of the Foreign Min...
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Central Government Officials Check Water Infrastructure Repairs in Pernik
January 4 (BTA) - Economy Minister Emil Karanikolov and Deputy Regional Development and Public Works Minister Nikolai Nankov on Saturday inspected water supply network repairs in the Tsurkva neighbourhood in the water-crisis-hit town of Pernik, just west of Sofia, Nankov's m...
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Another Hotspot of African Swine Fever Detected
January 3 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) has detected yet another hotspot of African swine fever in the country. It is an industrial farm in Nikola Kozlevo, Shoumen Region (Northeastern Bulgaria). The test result was confirmed by the national reference labo...
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Prime Minister Borissov Inspects Construction of Balkan Stream Gas Pipeline
January 3 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov inspected construction of the Balkan Stream gas pipeline from Selanovtsi to Gorni Dubnik on Friday and work on the pipeline is progressing on schedule and at full capacity. Responding to a journalist's question about US sanctions...
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Electricity Traded during IBEX Day Ahead Auction Session Hits Absolute Record
January 2 (BTA) - The amount of electricity traded in the last Day Ahead auction session of the Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX) for 2019 set an absolute record, reaching 35,865.20 MWh for the delivery date 01.01.2020. The average load is 1,494.4 MW, IBEX reported...
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Natural Gas Price Down 1.8% for Q1, Electricity, Heat Prices Not to Change
January 1 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) said it has approved an almost 2 per cent cut of the natural gas price for the first quarter of 2020 compared to the last quarter of 2019. The selling price, applicable to end providers of natural gas and ...
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In New Year Address, President Urges Bulgarians to Pool Their Efforts to Achieve Prosperity
In his New Year address to the nation, broadcast in the last minutes of 2019, President Rumen Radev said that Bulgaria will prosper when all Bulgarians pool their efforts for the sake of their dignity and well-being. The nation will prosper "when education, science and culture ar...
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Banking System Profit Reaches Lv 1.5 Bln by November 30, Central Bank Reports
December 31 (BTA) - As of November 30, 2019, the profit of the banking system was 1.5 billion leva or by 4.0 per cent (59 million leva) more than in January-November 2018, the Bulgarian National Bank reported on Tuesday. Over the month, the total equity on the balance sheet of...
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