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Supreme Administrative Court Closes Case against Selection of Contractor in Bulgaria Extension of TurkStream
September 16 (BTA) - The Supreme Administrative Court Monday said that it has closed a case against a decision by the competition protection regulator concerning the selection of a contractor for the construction of a Bulgaria extension of the TurkStream gas pipeline project. The...
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Foreign Ministers of Bulgaria, Norway Agree to Support Western Balkan Countries
September 16 (BTA) - The Foreign Ministers of Bulgaria and Norway, Ekaterina Zaharieva and Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide, agreed to work in support of Western Balkan countries, they said after their meeting here on Monday. Soreide is paying a visit to Bulgaria, the first of a...
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Foreign Minister Zaharieva, PM Borissov: Bulgaria Views Indonesia as High-priority Partner in Southeast Asia
September 16 (BTA) - Bulgaria values its friendly relations with Indonesia, which is Bulgaria's high-priority partner in Southeast Asia, said here on Monday Prime Minister Boyko Borissov during his meeting with visiting Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, the Government's ...
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August Inflation at 0.1% - Statistics
September 16 (BTA) - The consumer price index (CPI) in August 2019 stood at 100.1 per cent, compared to July, meaning that the monthly inflation in August was 0.1 per cent, the National Statistical Institute reported here on Monday. The inflation rate since the beginni...
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Socialists Unanimously Approve Maya Manolova's Bid to Run for Sofia Mayor
September 15 (BTA) - Former national ombudsman Maya Manolova's bid to run for Sofia mayor has been approved unanimously by the Bulgarian Socialist Party's (BSP) National Council here on Sunday, the Socialists' deputy leader, Kiril Dobrev, told journalists. "I am sure this model w...
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Parliament Speaker Karayancheva Suffers Minor Injuries in Car Accident
National Assembly Chair Tsveta Karayancheva has been involved in a car accident and suffered a broken collarbone, Parliament's press centre told BTA on Sunday. She is to undergo further medical examinations in Sofia. Karayancheva was travelling in a National Service for Protec...
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Russophiles National Movement Chairman Malinov, Who Has Been Charged with Espionage, Speaks at Movement's National Gathe...
September 14 (BTA) - The Russophiles National Movement opened its 16th national gathering here on Saturday. The event is mottoed "Europe is Stronger with Russia" and is held several days after on September 10 the Movement's Chairman, Nikolai Malinov, was charged with espionage in...
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Vehicular Protest March Demanding Clean Air Blocks Danube Bridge
September 14 (BTA) - Rousse residents staged a vehicular protest march on Saturday demanding clean air in the city. The march blocked a roundabout on the road to the Danube Bridge connecting Rousse and Giurgiu in Romania, and caused long waiting lines. The protesters had face ...
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Bulgaria-North Macedonia Multidisciplinary Expert Commission Co-Chairs Describe Meeting as Unfruitful
September 13 (BTA) - The seventh meeting of the Joint Bulgaria-North Macedonia Multidisciplinary Expert Commission on historical and educational issues was described as the "least fruitful" one so far by Commission Co-chair Prof. Angel Dimitrov. "Yesterday and today we...
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Europe Can Achieve Prosperous Climate Neutral Economy - DG CLIMA Head Petriccione
September 13 (BTA) - Meeting with the heads of several parliamentary committees in Sofia on Friday, Raffaele Mauro Petriccione, head of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Climate Action, said Europe can develop a prosperous climate neutral economy. The m...
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Civil Committee Nominates Ataka Leader Siderov for Mayor of Sofia
September 13 (BTA) - A civil committee has nominated Ataka party leader Volen Siderov for mayor of Sofia to run in the October 27 local elections, the party's press centre said Friday. Following media publications about Ataka supporting GERB's mayoral candidate, Yordanka Fandakov...
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National Assembly Approves 2018 National Security Report
September 12 (BTA) - Bulgaria's National Assembly Thursday approved the Report on the State of National Security for 2018 by a vote of 154-47 with 10 abstentions. The report says that the measures taken in 2018 for the development of strategic energy projects made it pos...
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PM Borissov Promises Quick Construction of Ring Road to Ease Traffic through Bozhourishte Industrial Zone Near Sofia
September 12 (BTA) - A ring road will be built round the Bozhourishte housing estate and the industrial zone of the same name near Sofia, so as to ease traffic, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said on Thursday, speaking at an opening ceremony for a big distribution facility...
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Prime Minister Borissov Meets with Lower Austria Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner
September 12 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov met with the governor of Lower Austria, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, the Council of Ministers' press centre said on Thursday. Borissov praised the excellent relations between the two countries. "Johanna and I have been friends...
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President Radev Meets with UNICEF Representative for Bulgaria Muita
September 12 (BTA) - Meeting here on Wednesday, President Rumen Radev and the UNICEF Representative for Bulgaria, Dr. Jane Muita, agreed that the institutions' efforts should be focused on supporting parents, improving the social environment, increasing incomes and improv...
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Foreign Minister Zaharieva, PM Borissov Confer with Visiting Greek Foreign Minister Dendias
September 11 (BTA) - Energy projects and the European perspective of the Western Balkans figured on the agenda of Wednesday' talks here between Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva and Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Dendias. "Bulgar...
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Prime Minister Reaffirms Bulgaria's Euro-Atlantic Orientation amid Spy Scandal
September 11 (BTA) - Bulgaria is geostrategically oriented towards the EU and NATO, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told journalists before the Council of Ministers weekly meeting on Wednesday, commenting on a spy scandal which broke out two days earlier. Borissov said the accusati...
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Eight Arrested in Spy Scandal; Money Laundering Scheme Uncovered
September 11 (BTA) - Eight people were taken into 24-hour custody and were handed over to investigators working on a spy scandal which broke out on Monday, Interior Minister Mladen Marinov said in the National Assembly on Wednesday. Upon a request from the Specialized Prosecution...
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Russophiles National Movement Chair Malinov Charged with Espionage, General Reshetnikov Barred from Entering Bulgaria fo...
September 10 (BTA) - Russophiles National Movement Chairman Nikolai Malinov has been charged with espionage, and the State Agency for National Security (SANS) has imposed a ten-year ban on retired Russian intelligence General Leonid Reshetnikov's entering Bulgaria, it emerged fro...
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EC President von der Leyen Assigns Innovation and Youth Portfolio to Bulgarian Commissioner-Designate Gabriel
September 10 (BTA) - European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday presented her team and the new structure of the next European Commission, the Commission said in a press release. "Mariya Gabriel (Bulgaria) is a current European Commissioner. She worked ...