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Three Successful Organ Transplants Done on the Cusp of 2020
December 31 (BTA) - Two successful kidney transplants and one liver transplant were performed at the Lozenetz University Hospital and the Military Medical Academy ahead of New Year's Eve. The transplants became possible following a donor situation in the northern town of Pleven o...
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October Industrial Production Index Up 9.4% in Mining, Quarrying Industry Y/Y
December 31 (BTA) - Year on year, the October 2019 Industrial Production Index rose in the mining and quarrying industry by 9.4 per cent and in manufacturing by 2.5 per cent. Production fell in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply by 6.8 per cent, the Natio...
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Socialists Move for No Confidence in Government over Environment, Water Policy
December 30 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) announced Monday that it is moving for a vote of no confidence in the government over what it sees as a failure of the environment and water policy. BSP leader Kornelia Ninova broke the news after the party's decision-making...
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Sofia Increases Taxes for the Most Polluting and Largest Engined Cars
December 30 (BTA) - At an extraordinary meeting on Monday the Sofia Municipal Council endorsed a proposal by Mayor Yordanka Fandakova to increase the taxes on the most polluting and largest engined cars in Sofia and the tax due on property transactions. Councillors increased t...
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Water Emergency Plan Launched in Pernik in Prime Minister's Presence
December 30 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov observed the launch of a water emergency plan in Pernik on Monday. The plan involves building a principal water pipeline as an alternative to one of the branches of the local water supply system, repairing the existing water treat...
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Residents of Pernik Hold Protest Rally over Water Crisis
December 29 (BTA) - Several hundred residents of Pernik, western Bulgaria, held a protest march over the water crisis in the city and nearby villages on Sunday. The protest was organized by the Save Pernik initiative committee. Protesters urged that those who are responsible for ...
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Three-day Germanwings Strike Will Affect Flights from Sofia Airport
December 28 (BTA) - A three-day strike of cabin crew at Lufthansa subsidiary Germanwings will affect flights out of Sofia airport, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said. An effective strike will begin at midnight on December 30. Germanwings operates flights for Eurowings from So...
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Gross External Debt of General Government Sector at End of October 2019 Amounts to Mln 5,400.6 Euro Or 9.1 Per Cent of G...
December 27 (BTA) - The gross external debt as of the end of October 2019 amounts to 34,469.5 euro, or 58.3 per cent of the GDP, the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said on Friday. Year on year, the debt has increased by 86.5 million euro, or 0.3 per cent. At the end of...
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Istanbul Marked Iron Church Patron Saint's Day
December 27 (BTA exclusive by Nahide Deniz) - The St Stephen's Bulgarian Iron Church in Istanbul marked its patron saint's day on Friday. On the initiative of the church board of the Bulgarian community in Istanbul, a liturgy was celebrated in the morning, led by Metropolit...
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Economy Minister Comments on Government's Economic Policy in 2019
December 27 (BTA) - Interviewed by BTA, Economy Minister Emil Karanikolov said over 1,200 million leva were invested in new plants and extensions to existing ones this year, and more than 8,000 jobs are expected to be created in them. He noted that most investments were made ...
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Five Oldest Bulgarian Monasteries to Be Restored with European Funds
December 26 (BTA) - Five of the oldest monasteries in Bulgaria, including the Bachkovo, Troyan, Kremikovtsi, Kilifarevo and Plakovo monasteries, which are declared cultural value monuments, as well as three churches, are expected to be restored with European funds with th...
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Economic Police to Inspect Pernik Water Crisis
December 26 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has requested that National Police General Directorate head, Hristo Terziyski, commission an economic police check on the water crisis in Pernik, the government press center said on Thursday. Borissov personally inspected...
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Bulgarian Officials Extend Christmas Greetings
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Prime Minister Borissov Meets with Representatives of Pernik Crisis Headquarters
December 24 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov met with representatives of the Pernik crisis headquarters formed in connection with the state of emergency in the municipality on account of its water shortage, the Council of Ministers press centre said Tuesday. The meeting w...
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Christmas Traditions In Bulgaria
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Many Natura 2000 Protected Zones Lack Conservation Rules, Audit Office Finds
December 23 (BTA) - The Bulgarian part of Europe's Natura 2000 network of protected areas is inefficiently managed, the National Audit Office (NAO) found after a probe covering the period from 2016 to 2018.
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State of Disaster Declared in Pernik Municipality
December 21 (BTA) - At a meeting here on Saturday, the Crisis Headquarters decided to declare a seven-day state of disaster in Pernik Municipality so as to implement emergency activities before the dead storage capacity of the Studena Dam is reached, Pernik Mayor Stanisla...
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Hourly Labour Costs Increase by 10% in Third Quarter, Y/Y
December 20 (BTA) - In the third quarter of 2019, total hourly labour costs paid by employers in Bulgaria increased by 10 per cent compared with the third quarter of 2018, according to early estimates published by the National Statistical Institute on Friday. In indust...
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Bulgarian PM Borissov Confers with INTERPOL Secretary General Stock
December 20 (BTA) - "I am convinced that INTERPOL is a key player in security worldwide. We are resolutely pressing ahead with our active and fruitful cooperation," Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said here on Friday, conferring with Jurgen Stock, Secretary Genera...
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President: Consultations Do Not Aim to Destroy Prosecution Service
December 19 (BTA) - The consultations with President Radev on the need for revisions in the Constitution related to the judiciary continued on Thursday with representatives of NGO's and professional magistrates associations. At the start of the meeting, President Radev po...
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