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Bulgarian Prime Minister Borissov Confers with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen
October 16 (BTA) - "We appreciate the significance of the relations of traditional friendship and mutually advantageous cooperation between Bulgaria and Cambodia," Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said on Wednesday as he conferred with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun ...
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President Radev: Bulgaria Cannot Cope Alone with Sudden Massive Migrant Pressure on Land Border
October 16 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev said Bulgaria has no capacity to cope alone with sudden massive migrant pressure on its land border and should use every possible EU mechanism. Radev, a former Air Force commander, was answering a question at the marking of the Day of Avia...
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PM Borissov: Bulgaria Supports EU-Turkey Deal, Not Turkey's Operation in Syria
October 15 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said that Bulgaria supports the EU-Turkey deal on refugees, not Ankara's operation in Syria, and called for an end to fighting. Borissov was answering a question after Tuesday's meeting of the Security Council, the advisory and coo...
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Football Union President Resigns under PM's Pressure amid Racism Scandal
October 15 (BTA) - The President of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU), Borislav Mihaylov, Tuesday resigned under pressure from the Prime Minister amid a racism scandal following a Euro 2020 qualifier between Bulgaria and England in Sofia on Monday evening. This development comes...
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EU's First Diplomats Discuss Syria, Eastern Mediterranean, Ukraine
October 14 (BTA) - Syria, the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean and Ukraine topped the agenda of Monday's Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg. The Bulgarian delegation was led by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, her Ministry s...
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September Inflation at 0.3% - Statistics
October 14 (BTA) - The monthly inflation in September was 0.3 per cent, the National Statistical Institute reported here on Monday. The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (September 2019 compared to December 2018) was 1.7 per cent and the annual inflation...
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Vice President Iotova Discusses Bilateral Ties With New French Ambassador in Sofia
Sofia, October 14 (BTA) - At a meeting here on Monday, Vice President Iliana Iotova and new French Ambassador to Bulgaria Florence Robine discussed the bilateral ties between their countries and the challenges facing the European Union. Ambassador Robine said that when French...
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2,000 Children at Risk Removed from Home Since January 2019, None Sent to Norway
October 14 (BTA) - Just over 3,000 children were removed into care in 2018 including 1,058 who were abandoned, the head of the Child Protection Department of the Social Assistance Agency, Emil Georgiev, told the Bulgarian National Radio on Sunday. The like number is slightly over...
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Kenya's Hosea Tuei, Ethiopia's Hayelom Shegae Win Sofia Marathon
October 13 (BTA) - Kenya's Hosea Tuei won Sofia's 36th Marathon on Sunday, clocking in at 2:15:59. Morocco's Youssef Sbaai had the same gun time as Tuei but ranked second with a slower chip time. Ethiopia's Alemayehu Lema was third with 2:16:58. Ethiopia's Hayelom Shegae fi...
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World-Famous Bulgarian Jazz Musician Milcho Leviev Dies at 81
Sofia, October 13 (BTA) - World-famous Bulgarian jazz musician Milcho Leviev has died at the age of 81 in Thessaloniki, Greece, the Bulgarian National Radio reported Sunday. Born in 1937 in the southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, Leviev graduated from the State Music Conservat...
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Bulgaria, Jordan Want to Deepen Economic Ties
October 13 (BTA special correspondent Antoan Nikolov) - After meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov here on Sunday, Jordan's Prime Minister Omar Razzaz said his country wants to deepen its economic ties and relations with Bulgaria. Razzaz said Bulgaria's high-te...
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PM Borissov Will Press Brussels to Stop "Incessant Invectives" against Turkey
October 12 (BTA) - "I will insist that the colleagues in Brussels stop these incessant invectives, because Brussels is far away but the Turkish border is here, and there are nearly four million refugees there [in Turkey]," Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said here on Satu...
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Environment Ministry Denies Reports of Talks on Import of Waste from Italy
October 11 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Environment Ministry Friday denied reports that this country is holding talks on possible import of waste from Rome or other Italian cities trying to handle a waste disposal crisis. The Ministry said in a press release that neither the government ...
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Borissov: "Many Times, when Europe Has Resented Erdogan, I Was the Only One to Go There"
October 11 (BTA) - "Our relations with Turkey are good-neighbourly. Many times, when Europe has strongly opposed Erdogan, I was the only one to go there," Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said here on Friday, asked by journalists what Bulgaria is doing and whether it is co...
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President Radev Speaks at Meeting of Arraiolos Group in Athens
October 11 (BTA) - Speaking at the summit meeting of the heads of State of the Arraiolos Group which this year takes place in Athens, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev urged Europe to tackle the causes, and not just the consequences of, migration, Radev's press secretariat ...
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Parliamentary Sitting Fails Due to Absence of Quorum, Next Meeting Scheduled for October 30
October 11 (BTA) - Parliament failed to sit on Friday due to absence of quorum. Of the 121 MPs required, 106 registered in the plenary hall. During a second attempt to achieve quorum 112 MPs registered. The next sitting has been scheduled for October 30, said Deputy Na...
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Key Contracts Signed for Greece-Bulgaria Gas Interconnector Construction
October 10 (BTA) - Key contracts for the Greece-Bulgaria Gas Interconnector were signed Thursday at the Ministry of Energy. Both parties signed a tax regime agreement for the Interconnector project, as well as other contracts connected to key commitments and activities fo...
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Parliament Supports Start of EU Accession Negotiations with North Macedonia, Albania under Certain Conditions
October 10 (BTA) - Parliament supported here on Thursday the start of EU accession talks with the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of Albania with 129 votes in favour, four against and one abstention, given that certain conditions are met. The MPs adopted a declaratio...
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Industrial Production Down 1.3% in August 2019, Y/Y
October 9 (BTA) - According to preliminary data released by the National Statistical Institute on Wednesday, the seasonally adjusted Industrial Production Index this August decreased by 0.1 per cent compared to July of 2019. The working day adjusted Industrial Production ...
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Foreign Minister Zaharieva: Bulgaria to Support Start of North Macedonia's EU Accession Negotiations Given that Goodneig...
October 9 (BTA) - Bulgaria will support the start of the Republic of North Macedonia's EU accession negotiations, but Bulgaria will demand that certain goodneighbourliness conditions are met, which are included in the framework position approved by Cabinet, Deputy Prime M...
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