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Bulgarian President Radev Addresses Students at Toyo University in Tokyo
October 23 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev gave a speech to the students of Toyo University in Tokyo about the role of students in global processes and the prospects for the promotion of Bulgarian-Japanese relations, the President's Press Secretariat said on Wednesday. La...
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Bulgartransgaz Obtains EUR 200 Million Bank Loan for Balkan Stream Pipeline
October 23 (BTA) - Bulgartransgaz has obtained a bank loan for 200 million euros for constructions works of the Balkan Stream pipeline, the company said Tuesday, reporting the successful completion of the borrowing procedure. The money will be used for advance payments to the ...
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Nessebur Mayor Charged with Heading Criminal Group for Vote Buying
October 23 (BTA) - The mayor of the seaside town of Nessebur, Nikolai Dimitrov, has been charged with masterminding a criminal group for vote buying and with breach of citizens' voting rights, Dimitrov's lawyer, Peter Atanassov, told BTA. Dimitrov has already been taken in remand...
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ЕC Expects Decision on Lifting Bulgaria Monitoring to Be Made This Year
October 23 (BTA) - European Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova on Wednesday expressed her expectation that a decision on lifting the monitoring of Bulgaria under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) will be made by the end of this year. A day earlier, the European Comm...
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CVM Report: Bulgaria Meets Commitments Made upon EU Accession for Reforming Judiciary and Fighting Organized Crime and C...
October 22 (BTA) - Releasing Tuesday the latest report on Bulgaria's efforts to reform the judiciary and fight organized crime and corruption, the European Commission said the country's progress is sufficient to meet the commitments made upon its accession to the EU. Issued under...
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PM Borissov Meets with New US Ambassador Mustafa
October 22 (BTA) - Meeting with the new US Ambassador to Bulgaria, Herro Mustafa, on Tuesday, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said Bulgaria and the US are allies and strategic partners. The two countries have established a steady political dialogue at all levels, the government inf...
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PM Borissov: Bulgaria, Serbia Should Complete Balkan Stream Pipeline Construction Simultaneously
October 21 (BTA) - "We would like to be ready with the construction of the Bulgarian section of the so called Balkan Stream together with the Serbs," said here on Monday Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. He was inspecting the progress of Bulgargatransgaz's pipeline extensi...
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PM Borissov, Energy Minister Petkova Open Balkan Stream Gas Pipeline Extension Near Border with Turkey
October 21 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova attended here the opening of the Balkan Stream gas pipeline extension from the Bulgarian-Turkish border to the Strandja compressor station. According to Borissov, the project woul...
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister Zaharieva Confers with Russian Counterpart Lavrov in Moscow
October 21 (BTA) - Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva conferred here on Monday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Both Foreign Ministers were hopeful to intensify bilateral relations in energy and trade. At a joint news conferenc...
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Defence Minister Karakachanov: Current Situation in Syria Won't Lead to Migrant Pressure Increase
October 20 (BTA) - There are no reasons to expect migrant pressure on Bulgaria to increase after the recent escalation of tensions in Syria, said here on Sunday Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Krassimir Karakachanov, who attended a charity event organized by his VMR...
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Bulgarian Vice President Iotova Confers with Secretaries General of Council of Europe, PACE
October 19 (BTA) - Bulgarian Vice President Iliyana Iotova conferred in Strasbourg with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejcinovic Buric and with Wojciech Sawicki, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the press office ...
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Football Union Executive Board and National Team Manager Resign
October 18 (BTA) - The members of the Executive Board of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) resigned en masse amid a racism scandal following a Bulgaria-England Euro 2020 qualifier in Sofia last Monday. The manager of the national football tean, Krassimir Balakov, also resigned. ...
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FM Zaharieva Glad to See Croatian EU Presidency Continue Focusing on Western Balkans
October 18 (BTA) - Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, who is paying an official visit to Croatia, told her Croatian counterpart Gordan Grlic Radman here on Friday that Bulgaria welcomes the fact that the Western Balkans have been placed among the priorities of the Croa...
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Five More Persons Detained over Indecent Actions at Bulgaria-England Euro 2020 Qualifier
October 18 (BTA) - Five more men have been detained for indecent actions during Monday's Euro 2020 qualifier between Bulgaria and England in Sofia, the Interior Ministry said. Additional actions will be taken for the search and arrest of another five persons, bringing to 16 the t...
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PM Borissov: "It Would Be a Historic Mistake Not to Admit Skopje and Tirana to EU Accession Talks Today"
October 17 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told reporters before the European Council meeting on Thursday: "It would be a historic mistake not to approve today the start of EU accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania." Comm...
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National Radio Chief Sacked after Unprecedented Broadcast Stoppage
October 17 (BTA) - The Council for Electronic Media (CEM) on Thursday terminated the mandate of Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) Director General Svetoslav Kostov. The decision was adopted unanimously by five votes in favour during a CEM meeting. CEM elected BNR Archive Director...
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Foreign Ministry in Sofia Issues Travel Advisory for Catalonia amid Clashes
October 17 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry issued a travel advisory for Catalonia on Thursday. It warns that the tensions are expected to escalate in the coming days between protestors and law enforcers in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia and its capital Barce...
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Bulgaria Ups Its Offer in Effort to Sway VW Decision about Location of New Car Factory
Sofia, October 16 (BTA) - Bulgaria has improved its offer to carmaker Volkswagen in a bid to sway its decision about the location of a new car factory, the honorary chairman of the Bulgarian automobile cluster and former President Rosen Plevneliev (2012-2017) told the Bulgarian N...
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President Radev: Bulgarian Football Managed the Same Way as the State
October 16 (BTA) - Approached for comment on Tuesday's resignation of Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) President Borislav Minaylov under pressure from the Prime Minister amid a racism scandal following a Euro 2020 qualifier between Bulgaria and England, President Rumen Radev told j...
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Eurostat: Bulgaria with Largest Share of Population at Risk of Poverty and Biggest Decrease of This Share
October 16 (BTA) - Bulgaria has the largest share of the population at risk of poverty in the EU, 32.8 per cent or over 2.32 million people, according to new Eurostat figures made public Wednesday. Also, it has the biggest decrease in this share, by 121 percentage points ...
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