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Technical Glitch Forces Government's Falcon to Land Manually
November 15 (BTA) - The director of the government's Air Squad 28, Todor Kodzheykov, confirmed to reporters on Friday that there were problems landing a Falcon aircraft on Friday morning. There were nine people aboard the plane, including Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, who was re...
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Bulgaria, Greece Transport Ministers Confirm Interest in New Railway Corridor
November 15 (BTA) - Bulgarian Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Rosen Zhelyazkov ,and the Greek Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Kostas Karamanlis expressed mutual interest in the continuation of the project for the creation of a "Thessalon...
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Bulgarian Sports Academy Joins Regional Network for Sports Education
November 14 (BTA) - Rectors and deans of twelve sports universities in eight Balkan countries gathered at the National Sports Academy (NSA) Friday to sign a framework agreement for cooperation between sports universities and departments and for establishing a regional net...
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Bulgarian PM at Thessaloniki Summit: Balkans Have Big Future
November 15 (BTA) - Addressing the participants in the Fourth Summit in Thessaloniki on Thursday evening, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said that the efforts of North Macedonia and Albania towards their EU accession should be huge and clear, and he would continue helpin...
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Supreme Judicial Council Elects Conclusively Ivan Geshev as Prosecutor General
November 14 (BTA) - The 25-member Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Plenum Thursday voted, 20-4, to elect conclusively Ivan Geshev as Bulgaria's new Prosecutor General. This was the second vote that the Council took on Geshev's nomination, following President Rumen Radev's refusa...
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Pernik Water Supply to Be Rationed as from November 18
November 14 (BTA) - Water supply in Pernik Municipality will be rationed as from November 18 because the area's principal water source, the Studena Dam, has been critically drained by a long-drawn draught. Rationing is inevitable at this point, Mayor Stanislav Vladimirov ...
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Parliament Adopts 2020 State Budget Bill on First Reading
November 13 (BTA) - Parliament Wednesday adopted on first reading the 2020 State Budget Bill proposed by the Finance Ministry with 126 votes in favour and 92 against. The Bill sets the expenditures and revenues at 46,826.5 million leva each. Next year the GDP growth i...
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Namibian President Invites Bulgarian Business to Invest in His Country
November 13 (BTA) - Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva started a two-day official visit to Namibia, at the invitation of the country's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Zaharieva's Ministry said in a ...
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Government Reports Improving System for Management and Monitoring of EU Funding in Bulgaria
November 12 (BTA) - The system for management and monitoring of EU funding in Bulgaria has been upgraded to allow greater transparency and more detailed reports. Details about th upgrade were made public by Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev Tuesday together with representati...
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Defence Ministry Extends Deadline for Submission of Updated Offers for Two Multi-Role Patrol Ships
November 12 (BTA) - Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov told reporters Tuesday that he has just signed an order to extend by 15 days the deadline for submission of offers for two mulri-role patrol ships for the Bulgarian Navy. The purchase of the patrol ships is one...
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Socialist-Backed Independent Candidate for Sofia Mayor Seeks Nullification of Elections that She Lost
November 11 (BTA) - The Socialist-backed independent candidate for Sofia mayor, Maya Manolova, has filed an application for nullification of the local elections which she lost, over multiple violations. Speaking to reporters outside the local election commission on Monday...
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PM Borissov: Bulgaria Will Be Able to Declare Full Gas Independence in 2020
November 11 (BTA) - Inspecting the progress of construction of the Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) on Monday, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said that next year Bulgaria would be entitled to say it has achieved gas independence. The route will be completed ahead o...
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Research Lab to Be Built on Bulgarian Antarctic Base
November 11 (BTA) - Construction of a research laboratory on the Bulgarian St. Kliment Ohridski Antarctic base will start as part of the 28th Bulgarian Antarctic expedition. The lab is expected to be completed in three years and will allow scientists to study valuable geological ...
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Bulgaria Marks Anniversary of End of Communist Regime
Sofia - Thirty years ago today, Bulgaria saw the ouster of its long-serving communist leader Todor Zhivkov which practically started the transition to democracy and a free market economy. The country's leaders commented on the magnitude of the events of 30 years ago and the signi...
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Borissov Attends Opening of Last Stretch of Serbia Motorway to Bulgarian Border
November 9 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov Saturday attended the official opening of the last stretch of the Serbian motorway to the Bulgarian border, which is part of Pan-European Corridor 10. "We can say, as the Germans, that the Berlin Wall between Bulgaria and former Yu...
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PM: Due to Communism, ex-Eastern Bloc Countries Still Lag Behind the West
November 9m (BTA) - In a Facebook post on the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov wrote that because of communism, the former Eastern Bloc countries still lag behind and yet they have chosen the right direction. "Communism left behi...
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Nearly 400 Illegal Migrants Arrested at EU's External Border in Ten Months
November 8 (BTA) - Between January and October, border guards arrested 206 illegal migrants on Bulgaria's border with Turkey and 184 on the border with Greece, said the Interior Ministry approached by BTA. Most of the illegal migrants come from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan a...
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President Radev Refuses to Appoint Ivan Geshev as Prosecutor General
November 7 (BTA) - In a special address on Thursday, President Rumen Radev said he would not sign a decree appointing Ivan Geshev as prosecutor general, and returned his nomination to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC).
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Parliamentary Defence Committee Chief Sees No Reason to Talk of Common European Armed Force Now
November 7 (BTA) - The Chair of the parliamentary defence committee, Konstantin Popov, believes that there is no particular reason now to talk of common European Armed Forces. He was speaking at an international conference on European defence held Thursday in Sofia. "This...
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Venice Commission Holds Meetings in Sofia ahead of Opinion on Legislative Revisions Concerning Prosecutor General, Top J...
November 7 (BTA) - A delegation of the Venice Commission is visiting Sofia November 7 and 8 to discuss with the authorities and other stakeholders proposed revisions to the effective legislation concerning criminal prosecutions against the Prosecutor General and the count...
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