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PM Borissov: Incomes Will Increase by 10% from 2020 Thanks to Strong Economy
"We have a strong economy which will allow us to increase incomes by 10 per cent from 2020 and cover all payments," said Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Monday. He spoke during the opening of a manufacturing facility of a beverage making company in the western town of Kostinbrod...
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Wholesale Food Prices Index Down to 1.348 Points in a Week
August 25 (BTA) - The index of wholesale food prices dropped to 1.348 points this past week, the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Wholesale Markets said on Sunday. The index's baseline of 1 point was established in 2005. In August 2018, the index dropped to 1.311 po...
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Prime Minister Voices Expectation for Swift Start of Repairs of Su-25 Aircraft
August 24 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Saturday visited Bezmer Air Base to familiarize himself with the condition of Su-25 jet aircraft stationed there. In a Facebook post Borissov wrote that the government has honoured its commitment and has allocated 82.5 million...
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President Radev Takes Swipe at Prime Minister Borissov
, August 24 (BTA) - "Mt Shipka is not the place to comment on the insinuations of the Prime Minister because here is resurrected Bulgaria which his government has dragged to the bottom in Europe," said President Rumen Radev on Saturday. He spoke after he attended the observances ...
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New Gold Mine Opens Near Krumovgrad
August 23 (BTA) - A new gold mine opened on Friday at Ada Tepe, approximately 3 km south of the town of Krumovgrad in southeastern Bulgaria. The mine is the first greenfield mine in Bulgaria opening in over 40 years, according to investor Dundee Precious Metals Krumovgrad, a daug...
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Bulgaria's Irini Jambonas Wins Best Actress Award at Sarajevo Film Festival
August 23 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Irini Jambonas took the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress at the Sarajevo Film Festival, August 16-23. She won the competition for her part in "Rounds", the second installment of a planned Bulgarian-Serbian co-produced trilogy directed by Bulgarian d...
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Head of State Joins Mountain Rescuers' Expedition to New Mt. Pirin Shelter
August 23 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev joined Thursday mountain rescuers, guides and volunteers on their expedition to deliver materials and equipment for a new high-mountain shelter at Koncheto Ridge in Mt. Pirin, said the President's Press Secretariat. In this way the Presiden...
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President Urges Government to Check Carefully Potential Belene N-plant Investors
August 23 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev urged the government to check carefully the potential investors in the Belene N-plant construction project, their capacity and plans, and make sure no state financing is committed. "Having so many [potential] investors [in Belene] is a good...
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Specialized Prosecution Office Indicts Controversial Businessman Nikolay Banev, Wife and Mother
August 22 (BTA) - The Specialized Prosecution Office said on Thursday that it had presented an indictment against Nikolay, Evgenia and Maria Banev to the Specialized Criminal Court. They are charged with participation in an organized crime group, tax offences, money laundering an...
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Economy Ministry Secretary General Paying Working Visit to Germany
August 22 (BTA) - The Secretary General of Bulgaria's Economy Ministry Vladimir Tudjarov is paying a working visit to Germany, his Ministry said in a press release on Thursday. Tudjarov took part in a working meeting with the leadership of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce ...
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Bulgarians Log 12.4% More Tourist Trips in Q2 of 2019, Year on Year
August 22 (BTA) - A total of 1,219,800 residents of Bulgaria aged 15 and over made tourist trips in the second quarter of 2019, according to preliminary data released by the National Statistical Institute on Thursday. The majority (75.7 per cent) travelled only within the country...
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Gallup International: Nearly Half of Bulgarians Tend to Blame State for their Problems
August 21 (BTA) - As many as 46 per cent of Bulgarians are inclined to blame the State for their own problems, Gallup International found in a survey conducted among 839 persons aged over 18 between August 2 and 9, 2019. Those who disagreed with this statement were 42 per cent...
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Bulgaria Records Highest Fatal Road Accident Rate in EU for Passenger Cars - Eurostat
August 21 (BTA) - In the EU Member States, Bulgaria ranks highest in the passenger car category with 64 deaths in road traffic accidents per million inhabitants (2016 data), which is almost six times the lowest rate, that of Malta (11, also 2016 data), Eurostat reported in an ana...
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Bulgarian Regional Development Ministry, Macedonian Local Self-Government Ministry Sign Memorandum of Understanding
August 20 (BTA) - Bulgarian Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Petya Avramova and Macedonian Minister of Local Self-Government Goran Milevski signed here a memorandum of understanding between the two ministries, Avramova's press centre said Tuesday. Petya A...
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Meeting Jordan's Top Diplomat, PM Borissov Backs Aqaba Process
August 20 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov met with visiting Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, the Bulgarian government press office reported on Tuesday. During the talks, Borissov said Jordan is an important partner to Bulgaria in the Middle East and North Africa reg...
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Thirteen Offers Submitted for Belene N-Plant Project
Petkova said two applicants suggest to supply equipment and to participate in the project's financial structuring. The remaining four applicants want to buy minority stakes in the project and to sign electricity purchase contracts. The 90-day deadline for entering bids exp...
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Farmers to Receive Lv 84 Mln as Reduced Excise Duty on Gas Oil
August 19 (BTA) - Farmers will be paid up to 84 million leva under the State aid scheme "Reduced Excise Duty on Gas Oil Used in Primary Agricultural Production", the Agriculture, Food and Forestry Ministry said Monday. The decision was taken at a regular sitting of State Fund Agr...
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President Radev Appoints Kaloyan Metodiev Chief of Cabinet
August 19 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev Monday decreed the appointment of Kaloyan Metodiev as Chief of Cabinet to the President, the head of State's press secretariat said. Metodiev was born in Sofia on April 24, 1976. In 2001, he obtained a Master's degree in political...
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July Annual Inflation Rises to 2.6% in Bulgaria, Falls to 1.4% in EU
August 19 (BTA) - Bulgaria's July annual inflation stood at 2.6 per cent, up from 2.3 per cent in June and down from 3.per cent in July 2018. The EU annual inflation rate was 1.4 per cent in July 2019, down from 1.6 per cent in June, Eurostat reported. The euro area a...
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VMRO Calls for Scrapping Summary Proceedings for Serious Crimes
August 18 (BTA) - The VMRO party is seeking the abolition of summary proceedings, which lead to a reduction in convictions for serious crimes and urges introduction of chemical castration for sex offenders. They put out their position after a recent brutal murder of a 7-year-old ...
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