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Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Discusses with Bulgarian Officials Bilateral Relations and Issues from Europe's Agenda
November 7 (BTA) - The visiting Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, met with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, and President Rumen Radev here Thursday and discussed with them the constructive bilateral relations and their shared wish...
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Local Run-offs: Voter Turnout Ended at 42.1%
November 6 (BTA) - Voter turnout stood at 42.1 per cent at 8 p.m. in the November 3 local run-offs, Central Election Commission (CEC) Spokesperson Alexander Andreev told reporters on Wednesday. This figure is based on 1,674,147 voters. The turnout was highest at 83.33 pe...
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Trade Unions Demand Maximum Pension of 1,350 Lv as of July 1, 2020
November 6 (BTA) - The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) insists that the maximum pension be raised next year, despite the fact that the level of the maximum insurance contribution will not be increased, the CITUB's press centre reported Wednes...
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Parliament Approves Rules of Procedure for Electing New Counter-corruption Commission Chairperson
November 6 (BTA) - The National Assembly on Wednesday approved rules of procedure for electing a new chairperson of the Counter-corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Commission (CUAAFC). The election became necessary after Plamen Georgiev resigned as CUAAFC Chai...
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Deputy PM Nikolova Presents in China Investment Opportunities in Bulgaria
November 5 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister in charge of economic and demographic policy Mariyana Nikolova attended the official opening of the 2nd China International Import Expo in Shanghai, during which Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a welcome speech, the Governme...
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Bulgarian PM Speaks at Cohesion Summit in Prague
November 5 (BTA) - Addressing a high-level meeting of the Friends of Cohesion Group in Prague on Tuesday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said that the EU ambitions of being a global leader should be backed by sufficient funding. This means adequate financing for ...
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Czech Foreign Minister Petricek Discusses Bilateral Cooperation with Bulgarian Statespersons
November 5 (BTA) - During his visit to Bulgaria on Tuesday, Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek discussed bilateral cooperation with his Bulgarian counterpart Ekaterina Zaharieva, with President Rumen Radev, and with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. Petricek was accompanied by a ...
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Final Local Elections Outcome: Ruling GERB Party Wins Nine Regional Capitals, Opposition Socialists Wins Four, Coalition...
November 4 (BTA) - Pursuant to 100 per cent processed tally sheets from the November 3 local election run-offs by the Central Election Commission, the ruling GERB party wins nine regional capitals, the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), four, and coalitions and i...
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Steering Committee of Sofia Mayor Candidate Manolova Demand Election Nullification
November 4 (BTA) - Once all tally sheets from the second round of local elections in Sofia have been processed, the steering committee which nominated Maya Manolova as independent candidate for mayor of Sofia will demand that the election results be nullified. This transp...
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GERB Wins Capital, Loses at Least Three Regional Cities in Second Round of Local Elections, Show Early Results
November 3 (BTA) - GERB's candidate for Sofia mayor, Yordanka Fandakova, was re-elected to the post for a fourth term, show early results of the second round of local elections held across Bulgaria on Sunday. The incumbents won the second and third biggest cities of Plovdiv and V...
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Local Elections Run-off: Voter Turnout Is 35.80% at 5:30 PM
Sofia, November 3 (BTA) - The country-wide voter turnout at 5.30 pm in Sunday's second round of local elections was 35.80 per cent, said Alexander Andreev, a member and spokesman for the Central Election Commission (CEC). The CEC received 110 complaints and alerts by 6 pm on Sund...
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President Radev Will Call Meeting to Discuss Election Process Flaws
November 3 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev will convene a meeting to discuss omissions during the elections and the rejection of fairness during the election process. This emerged from his remarks to journalists after he cast his vote in Sunday's second round of local ele...
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Bulgaria to Hand Note of Protest to French Foreign Ministry over Statement by President Macron
November 3 (BTA) - Following a statement by French President Emmanuel Macron, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva has ordered Bulgarian Ambassador in Paris Angel Cholakov to present a note of protest to the French Foreign Ministry, her ministry said on Saturday. Also, ...
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18 Regional Capitals in Bulgaria Vote for Mayors in Second Round of Elections
November 3 (BTA) - On Sunday, the residents of 18 regional capitals in Bulgaria, including Sofia, are electing municipality mayors in a second round of voting. The run-off is limited to the top two vote getters in municipalities, mayoralties and boroughs where none of the contest...
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Archangel's All Souls Day: Bulgaria Commemorates Fallen Soldiers
November 2 (BTA) - On Saturday, Archangel's All Souls Day, Bulgaria commemorated its fallen soldiers with memorial services across the country. President and Commander-in-Chief Rumen Radev attended a memorial service conducted by Bishop Polycarp of Belogradchik in front of the Mi...
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Grigor Dimitrov Makes It to Paris Masters Semifinals for the First Time
November 1 (BTA) - The most successful Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov qualified for the first time in his career for the hard court semifinals of the 2019 ATP Paris Masters 1000 in, with a prize fund of 5.21 million euro. The 28-year-old won a match against Chilean Ch...
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Bulgaria's Budget Shows Lv 1,264.5 Mln Surplus in September 2019
November 1 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Finance Ministry released Friday data on the performance of the Consolidated Fiscal Programme (CFP) as of September 30, 2019. Based on the monthly reports of budget authorizers by delegation, the CFP balance on a cash basis as of Septembe...
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Government Approves 2020 State Budget, Public Social Insurance Budget and National Health Insurance Fund Budget Bills
October 31 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Council of Ministers Thursday approved the 2020 State Budget of the Republic of Bulgaria Bill, the 2020 Public Social Insurance Budget Bill and the 2020 National Health Insurance Fund Budget Bill. The Cabinet also approved an updated medium-term b...
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Prime Minister Borissov: "Bulgaria Has EU's Third Lowest External Debt"
October 31 (BTA) - "Bulgaria now has the third lowest external debt in the European Union," Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told journalists before the start of the Cabinet meeting here on Thursday. He added that since his Government took office, the external deb...
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Social Partners Discuss 2020 Budget Bills
October 30 (BTA) - The government, trade unions and nationally representative employer organizations held a meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation on Wednesday to discuss the 2020 budget bills - for national budget, social insurance budget and National...
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