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Bird Flu Outbreak Confirmed in Two Farms in Haskovo Region
December 31 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) has confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza type A in birds in the Haskovo region. The virus was found in two breeding facilities for laying hens in the village of Krivo Pole, Haskovo municipality, the BFSA press office...
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COVID-19 Update: 3,616 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 10.85%
December 31 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 744,298, after 33,334 tests identified 3,616 new infections on Thursday, 75.8 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity ra...
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Bulgaria Reduces Time between Second and Booster Vaccine Shot
December 30 (BTA) - Bulgaria reduces the time between the second dose of the COVID vaccines and the booster shot to three months from six months. The announcement was made by Chief Health Inspector Dr Angel Kunchev at a news briefing on Thursday. For single-dose vaccin...
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PM Says Government's Top Priority Is to Tackle Energy Crisis, Additional Financing Is Provided
December 30 (BTA) - The government's top priority is to tackle the energy crisis, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said here on Thursday on his way into the final meeting of the Council of Ministers for 2021 where a decision was made to provide an additional 860 million leva for deali...
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Vessela Dimitrova Named Bulgarian Coach of the Year for Third Time
December 30 (BTA) - Vessela Dimitrova was named Bulgarian Coach of 2021 in the 38th annual poll organized by the Trud daily. Dimitrova, who took the Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics ensemble to the country's first Olympic title in this sport, won 168 points in the poll. She was rank...
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Employer Organizations Meet with President to Discuss Soaring Energy Prices
December 30 (BTA) - Nationally representative employer organizations met with President Rumen Radev here Thursday to discuss ways of helping businesses weather the spike in electricity prices. They considered specific scenarios of compensating businesses for the sky-rocketing ene...
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General Business Climate Index Grows by 2.6 Points in December, M/M
December 30 (BTA) - The general business climate index grew by 2.6 points in December 2021 compared with November 2021, the National Statistical Institute reported on Thursday. The index rose in the sectors of construction, retail trade, and services. A decline was registered ...
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IN THE PALACE International Short-Film Festival May Secure Oscar Nods
The IN THE PALACE International Short-Film Festival will give entrants the chance to win Academy Award nominations. The event's 19th edition will take place in Pernik between April 2 and 9, 2022, said the organizers.
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Outgoing Apostolic Nuncio Receives High Bulgarian State Honour
December 30 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev on Thursday presented the Order of the Madara Horseman, First Class, to the outgoing Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria, Archbishop Anselmo Guido Pecorari. The diplomat was honoured for his remarkable contribution to the development of relation...
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Judicial Reform Should Focus on Increasing System's Accountability, Transparency, NGO Head Tells BTA
Small changes can achieve a lot in the judicial reform, with a focus on increasing the accountability and transparency in the judicial system, Bulgarian Lawyers for Human Rights (BLHR) Executive Director Stoyan Madin said in a BTA interview.
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COVID-19 Update: 3,449 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 9.5%
December 30 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 740,682, after 36,449 tests identified 3,449 new infections on Wednesday, 79.44 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity ...
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Bulgarian Development Bank Expects Bulgaria's GDP to Grow by 4% in 2021, 4.6% in 2022
December 29 (BTA) - Bulgaria's GDP growth for this year is expected to be 4 per cent, and in 2022 the rate could reach 4.6 per cent, according to the December bulletin of the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB), which was published on Wednesday, and based on the updated forecast of ...
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Novak Djokovic Tops BTA Balkan Athlete of the Year Poll for Record Seventh Time
December 29 (BTA) - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has been named Balkan Athlete of the Year in a traditional BTA poll. Participating in the 48th edition of the poll in 2021 were the national news agencies from the region: BTA (Bulgaria), ANA-MPA (Greece), AGERPRES (Roma...
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Gas Price May Rise by More than 14% as of January 1
December 29 (BTA) - At an open-door meeting on Wednesday, the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) discussed a report concerning a December 10 proposal by state-owned natural gas company Bulgargaz about the price at which it will sell natural gas to end-suppliers...
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Prosecution Magistracy to Question Interior Minister Rashkov as Witness in Hemus Motorway Investigation
December 29 (BTA) - The Prosecution Magistracy will call Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov as a witness in the investigation over the construction of Hemus motorway, Sofia City Prosecution Office Spokesperson Desislava Petrova said here on Wednesday. A 42-year-old man, Borislav ...
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University Research in Bulgaria on the Rise - Report
December 29 (BTA) - Research at a number of Bulgarian higher educational establishments improved in 2020, ranking the Medical University in Plovdiv and the Technical University in Sofia next to such major centres as the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), the St Kliment ...
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COVID-19 Update: 1,235 New Cases Confirmed, Test Positivity Rate at 5.46%
December 29 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 737,233 after 22,622 tests identified 1,235 new infections on Tuesday, December 28, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate for the day was 5.46 per cent. ...
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2021: Political Highlights
December 28 (BTA) - Four parliaments, three parliamentary elections (the last of which combined with presidential), two caretaker cabinets and, finally, a regular government at the end of the year: that was BulgariaТs political 2021 in short. Nearly seven months of political i...
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Bulgarian Antarctic Base Opens for New Polar Season
December 28 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Antarctic base "St. Kliment Ohridski" was opened for the new polar season with a 20-day delay, Prof. Hristo Pimpirev, head of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, told BTA.
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Employers' Organizations Demand Urgent Convening of National Security Advisory Council, Meeting with Prime Minister on P...
December 28 (BTA) - Representatives of employers' organizations at the national level demanded an urgent convening of the National Security Advisory Council and a meeting with Prime Minister Kiril Petkov due to the extremely difficult situation with electricity prices, said the B...
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