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Businesses Expect Subsidy Cut to Make Political Parties More Efficient
July 29 (BTA) - A public opinion poll conducted on the eve of a July 4 slashing of party subsidies in Bulgaria shows that 75 per cent of the member companies of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) believed that if state subsidies for political parties were aboli...
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President Radev: Transport Connectivity Between China, Europe Is Most Important Factor for Developing Joint Initiatives
July 29 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev Monday said that Bulgaria actively supports the One Belt, One Road initiative and the 17+1 platform for cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries. Transport connectivity between China and Europe is the most importan...
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Ivan Geshev Remains Only Candidate for New Prosecutor General
July 29 (BTA) - At Monday's plenum of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), Justice Minister Danail Kirilov did not nominate a candidate for new prosecutor general. This was the last JSC meeting where the Justice Minister could make a nomination. This leaves Deputy Prosecutor Gener...
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20-km Sanitary Zone Determined for All Industrial Pig-breeding Farms
July 29 (BTA) - Twenty-kilometre sanitary zones are determined for all industrial pig-breeding farms in Bulgaria, Agriculture, Food and Forestry Minister Dessislava Taneva said on Monday, emerging from a meeting of the Central Epizootic Council with the government in the wake of ...
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Business Climate Improves in Services Sector, Stays Unchanged in Retail Trade, Worsens in Industry and Construction
July 29 (BTA) - In July 2019, the total business climate indicator remains more or less unchanged from the previous month, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said Monday. It shows some decline in industry and construction, remains at the June level in retail trade and incre...
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Bulgaria Begins Construction of New Research Labon Antarctica
July 29 (BTA) - This year, Bulgaria begins the construction of a new modern research laboratory at the Bulgarian base on Antarctica, Prof. Hristo Pimpirev, head of the National Centre for Polar Studies, told journalists here on Monday. The architectural design competition has alr...
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Dobrich Agricultural Fair to Highlight EU Funding Opportunities
July 28 (BTA) - An international farming exhibition called Agriculture and Everything for It, opening in Dobrich on July 30, will highlight EU funding opportunities for projects in the sector, the Regional Information Centre (RIC) said on Sunday. In a special reception office and...
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Association of Bulgarian Schools Abroad Holds Annual Conference in Plovdiv
July 27 (BTA) - The Association of Bulgarian Schools Abroad held its annual conference in Plovdiv (South Central Bulgaria) on Saturday. Addressing the participants in the forum, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov thanked Bulgarian teachers abroad for their patriotism and efforts, the ...
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Socialist Leader Ninova: "Our Political Opponent Is GERB, But Our Enemy Is Fear"
July 27 (BTA) - Addressing 40,000 supporters and members of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) during the party's annual gathering at Bouzloudja Peak, BSP leader Kornelia Ninova Saturday expressed the hope that the party will begin energized its new battle for the loc...
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Minister Marinov Pays First Visit of Bulgarian Interior Minister to Montenegro Since 2006
July 26 (BTA) - During a working visit to Montenegro on Friday, Bulgarian Interior Minister Mladen Marinov expressed his country's support for the European integration of Montenegro and readiness to cooperate in all matters of mutual interest. This is the first visit of a Bulgari...
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Bulgarian MEP Ivo Hristov and Romanian Colleague Ask from EU Additional EUR 70 Mln to Fight African Swine Fever
July 26 (BTA) - MEPs Ivo Hristov (Bulgaria) and Carmen Avram (Romania), who are also members of the European Parliament's Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, have asked that an additional 70 million euro be included in next year's EU budget to fight African Swine Fever (...
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Socialists Urge Government to Waive Fee on ID Card Replacement after Data Breach
July 26 (BTA) - The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party demanded that the government waived fees for the replacement of ID cards of those who wish to do so in the wake of a massive personal data breach on July 15. The BSP for Bulgaria will submit a draft resolution in Parlia...
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Parliament Overrides Presidential Veto of F-16 Deal
July 26 (BTA) - Bulgaria's National Assembly on Friday overrode a presidential veto and approved without changes a bill ratifying 2.1 billion leva worth of agreements with the United States on the purchase of eight F-16 Block 70 fighter aircraft for the Bulgarian Air Force and th...
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Coalition Government of GERB and United Patriots Will Carry On - Senior MP
July 26 (BTA) - The coalition government of GERB and the United Patriots will continue to exist without any changes to the governance formula, United Patriots co-floor leader Iskren Vesselinov told journalists in Parliament on Friday. He spoke after Thursday's expulsion of three ...
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Ataka Party Expelled from United Patriots Coalition
July 25 (BTA) - The Ataka party was expelled from the United Patriots power-sharing coalition on Thursday. The decision was made by the other two members of the three-party coalition: the National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB) and VMRO. The news comes after a Unit...
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Judicial Council Has No New Prosecutor General Nominee at Last but One Meeting
July 25 (BTA) - The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) did not name a second candidate for prosecutor general at its last but one meeting on Thursday. Justice Minister Danail Kirilov can still nominate a candidate at the last meeting on July 29. However, he stated earlier this year t...
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Junior Coalition Partners from United Patriots May Sign Separate Agreements with GERB
July 25 (BTA) - VMRO leader Krassimir Karakachanov did not rule out a possibility for parties in the power sharing United Patriots coalition to sign separate agreements with GERB for support of the government. He spoke to journalists after a meeting of the National Council for Co...
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Three Charged with Revenue Agency Hack
July 25 (BTA) - The Specialized Prosecution Office Thursday charged three men with hacking the National Revenue Agency (NRA) in mid-July, which compromised data of about 4 million Bulgarians. Kristian Boikov was charged with a crime against the Republic aimed to cause confusio...
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Defence Committee Proposes to Parliament to Override President's Veto of F-16 Deal
July 24 (BTA) - After a debate on Wednesday, which lasted more than an hour and a half, the Defence Committee in the National Assembly proposed to the full legislature to overthrow a presidential veto and approve again the law ratifying the Bulgaria-US agreements on the purchase ...
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Marketing Director and Employee of Cyber-security Firm Are Charged with Terrorism over Revenue Agency Data Leak
July 24 (BTA) – Kristiyan Boykov, an employee at cyber security firm TAD Group, who was the first suspect in a major personal data breach at the National Revenue Agency (NRA) has been charged with terrorism along with his trade director, Georgi Yankov. The information was confirm...