Free English Service
Купуването и продаването на гласове са престъпления!9asd-
Bulgaria, Croatia to Cooperatein Enhancing Airforce Capacity
December 11 (BTA) - Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov participated Wednesday in the official opening of the Multinational Special Aviation Programme training centre at Zemunik Air Base in Zadar, Croatia. Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia are among the founder countrie...
-
Bulgargaz Proposes 1.94 Per Cent Natural Gas Price Reduction for First Quarter of 2020
December 11 (BTA) - Bulgargaz EAD has proposed to the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission to approve a price of natural gas for the first quarter of 2020 amounting to 43.98 leva/MWh (excluding the prices of access and transmission, excise duty and value added tax), the...
-
Outgoing Prosecutor General Tsatsarov Elected to HeadCounter-Corruption Commission
Emil Dimitrov MP of United Patriots: Previous experience, achievements in his capacity as prosecutor general and fine interaction between the prosecution service and the Counter-Corruption Commission are among Tsatsarov's assets. Kroum Zarkov MP of BSP for Bulgaria: The ...
-
Prime Minister Talks with Experts from US Department of State and Department of Energy
December 10 (BTA) Prime Minister Boyko Borissov met with experts from the US Department of State and Department of Energy in Sofia on Tuesday, the Bulgarian government information service said. The US delegation's visit comes in implementation of agreements reached during...
-
Education Minister Slams Universities for Failing in Teacher Training
December 10 (BTA) - Speaking at a conference on the prospects and challenges before teacher training in Bulgaria on Tuesday, Education and Science Minister Krasimir Vulchev slammed universities for failing in this department and said they are inadequate and cater to the s...
-
October Average Contributory Income at Lv 1,002.75
December 10 (BTA) - Bulgaria's average contributory income in October stood at 1,002.75 leva, said the National Social Security Institute. The average monthly contributory income for the period between November 1, 2018 and October 31, 2019 was 969.47 leva. Under the Social Ins...
-
President Favours Machine Voting, Wants More Severe Punishments for Vote Buying
December 9 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev on Monday urged the adoption of machine voting in Bulgarian political elections and called for more severe punishments for the buying of votes. Radev hosted a meeting with officials from the Central Election Commission (CEC) and other inst...
-
Ministers, Unionists Discuss Ways to Curb Undeclared Work
December 9 (BTA) - Bulgarian Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov, Labour and Social Policy Minister Denitsa Sacheva and Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) President Plamen Dimitrov discussed ways to curb undeclared work at a forum here on Monday....
-
International Conference Discusses European Integration of Western Balkans
December 8 (BTA) - A New Direction Western Balkans Summit was held in Sofia on December 6-8, organized by the New Direction Foundation for European Reform and The International Republican Institute. The start of EU accession negotiations with the Republic of North Macedonia an...
-
Sofia Apostolic Exarchate Promoted to Eparchy Rank by Vatican
Sofia, December 7 (BTA) - Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Saturday officiated at a service to raise the canonic rank of Sofia's Apostolic Exarchate to an Eparchy. The mass at the Dormition of the Virgin Catholic Cathedral of Sof...
-
Government Creates New Prosecution Office to Investigate a Chief Prosecutor
December 7 (BTA) – At an extraordinary meeting on Saturday morning, the government adopted changes in two laws to create a new prosecutorial office which will have powers to conduct independent investigation of Bulgaria’s chief prosecutor. The new legislation is adopted less than...
-
Venice Commission Urges Bulgaria to Come up with New Proposal for Guaranteeing Independent Investigation of Chief Prosec...
December 6 (BTA) - The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission has found that a legislative proposal by the Bulgarian government, which is expected to remedy the lack of mechanisms for independent and effective investigation of the chief prosecutor, ac...
-
PM Borissov Confers with Russian Ambassador Makarov
December 6 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov Friday conferred with Russian Ambassador in Sofia Anatoly Makarov, the Government Information Service reported. They discussed bilateral relations and agreed that there are no prerequisites impeding their further ...
-
President Radev Hosts Meeting of Bulgarian and German Business Representatives
December 6 (BTA) - Support for business startups encourages many young people to seek a career in Bulgaria, said President Rumen Radev in an address Friday at a meeting of representatives of Bulgarian startups and German businesses operating in Bulgaria. The meeting takes pla...
-
MPs Continue Adopting 2020 State Budget Act, Surprise Turn over Party Subsidy
December 5 (BTA) - The National Assembly continued adopting the 2020 State Budget Act conclusively on Thursday. It passed the budget of the Education and Agriculture Ministry, the budgets of municipalities, the public media and for social payments. There was a surprise turn over ...
-
Minister Sacheva Backs Postponement of Social Services Act
December 5 (BTA) - In a Facebook post, Minister of Labour and Social Policy Denitsa Sacheva said that social policy ought to bring people together, not drive them apart which is why she is supportive of a postponement of the entry into force of a controversial Social Services Act...
-
Russia Declares Bulgarian Diplomat Persona Non Grata
December 5 (BTA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry Thursday served a note to Bulgarian Ambassador in Moscow Atanas Krastin, which declared a diplomat at the Bulgarian Embassy persona non grata quoting the reciprocity principle. The Bulgarian diplomat's rank is equivalent to that of ...
-
President Radev Does Not Imagine NATO as Alliance of Manufacturers and Clients
December 4 (BTA special correspondent Asen Boyadjiev) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev told leaders of NATO countries on Wednesday that he does not see the bloc's future as an alliance of manufacturers and clients. "Rather, it should be an alliance of partners working to...
-
S&P Global Ratings Upgrades Sofia's Long-Term Credit Rating
December 4 (BTA) The Standard & Poor's Global Ratings agency has increased from 'BBB-' to 'BBB+' its long-term credit rating on the city of Sofia with a positive outlook, Sofia Municipality said Wednesday.
-
President Radev Attends NATO LeadersMeeting
London, December 4 (BTA Special Correspondent Asen Boyadjiev) - Arriving for the North Atlantic Council working session at Watford near London, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said that in 2014 the NATO Member States committed to increase their defence spending, which should ...
Weather for 25 June 2025
Currency Rates
EUR 1.9558
USD 1.7284
CHF 1.8677