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109 ECONOMY - CIGARETTES - ILLEGAL TRADE
July 3 (BTA) - Since the beginning of the year, the Bulgarian border police have seized 11.5 tonnes of chopped tobacco, said Prime Minister Boyko Borissov during a report on combating illegal cigarette trade on Wednesday. Data gathered by collecting and analyzing empty cigarette ...
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PM Borissov Hails Agreement on Top EU Jobs
July 3 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov expressed satisfaction after the European Council picked its candidates for the top EU jobs on Tuesday - especially because his European People's Party preserves the European Commission Preside...
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Start of Finnish EU Presidency Discussed at Sofia Meeting
July 2 (BTA) - Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva Tuesday expressed hope that the launch of EU accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia is not postponed again in October. "Reaching a compromise is not easy, but I hope that, for the sake of the EU's rep...
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International Expedition to Prove Ancient Trade Connection Between Black Sea, Egypt
July 2 (BTA) - An international expedition will leave from the coastal city of Varna in July on a voyage to prove Herodotus' claim that there was a trade connection between the people of Ancient Egypt and the Black Sea, and more specifically that the Egyptian pyramids con...
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Bulgaria-Montenegro Working Group to Promote Cooperation between Electricity System Operators
July 1 (BTA) - Bulgaria and Montenegro are establishing a bilateral working group for cooperation in the field of energy, Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova and Montenegrin Economy Minister Dragica Sekulic agreed during talks in the capital city of Podgorica. T...
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President Radev Pays State Visit to China
July 1 (BTA special correspondent Assen Boyadjiev) - Meeting with China's Premier Li Keqiang at the start of a state visit to China on Monday, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said that China is "a key partner of topmost significance" for Bulgaria and that the two countrie...
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Bulgarian Economy Gradually Comes to Light - Analysis
July 1 (BTA) - The Bulgarian economy is gradually coming to light, Prof. Dr Stefan Petranov said here on Monday. Petranov, who heads the team that developed the Business to the Rules Composite Index, presented an analysis of the situation and tendencies of rolling back the inform...
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Prime Minister Borissov Confers with Frans Timmermans in Brussels
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov conferred with Frans Timmermans, the leading candidate of the Party of European Socialists to the European Commission's top job in Brussels late on Sunday. The beginning of the meeting was streamed on Borissov's Facebook page.
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President Radev Pays State Visit to China
July 1 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev is paying a state visit to China between July 1 and 5 at the invitation of his counterpart Xi Jinping. Promoting Bulgaria's relations with China to a strategic level and setting guidelines for their future development will be in the ...
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Socialists Elect Campaign Team for Local Elections, Enlarge Party's Executive Bureau
June 30 (BTA) - The National Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) elected a campaign team for this autumn's local elections and enlarged the party's decision-making Executive Bureau by seven members to 21, the BSP press office reported on Sunday. The new Executive Bu...
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President Radev Urges Cabinet to Ensure New Fighter Jets' Capabilities
June 29 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev urged the Government to make sure that the new fighter jets that Bulgaria is to purchase from the US have capabilities, his Press Secretariat reported Saturday. "The American partners are still here and the Government should not just note...
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Ministers of Interior, Regional Development Attend Road Safety International Conference
June 29 (BTA) - Interior Minister Mladen Marinov and Regional Development and Public Works Minister Petya Avramova attended here Saturday an international conference, titled "Effective Models and Tools for Enchancing Safety of the Transport System". The forum was held on June 29,...
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EU Enlargement, Western Balkans in Focus of Vice President Iotova's Meetings in Montenegro
June 28 (BTA Special Correspondent Nelli Zheleva) - EU enlargement and the Western Balkans were in the focus of Vice President Iliana Iotova's series of meetings held in the Montenegrin capital on Friday. After meeting with Montenegro's President Milo Djukanovic, Iotova said t...
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Energy Regulator Lowers Natural Gas Price by 0.6% in Q3
June 28 (BTA) - The Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) decided to reduce the natural gas price by 0.6 per cent in the third quarter (Q3) of 2019, the regulator said here on Friday. The natural gas price for Q3 is set at 44.90 lv/MWh, exclusive of charges for access,...
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Ombudsman: People, Not Machines, Err in Reporting Machine-cast Votes
June 28 (BTA) - National Ombudsman Maya Manolova warned that people in the district election commissions, not machines, make mistakes in the counting and reporting of machine-cast votes. Speaking to reporters in Parliament on Friday Manolova commented the claims of the Central El...
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Prosecutor General Moves for Revoking Bulgarian Citizenship of Four Foreigners
June 28 (BTA) - Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov have asked the Justice Minister to strip of Bulgarian citizenship of four foreigners, said Tsatsarov's office Friday. The move follows as alert by the State Agency for National Security about violations in the course of the citiz...
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Bulgaria's BSEC Chairmanship-in-Office Focused on Transport, Environment, Culture - Foreign Minister Zaharieva
June 28 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva highlighted cooperation in transport, environmental protection and culture as the priorities of Bulgaria's Chairmanship-in-Office of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). On Friday, Zaharieva o...
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Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System Launched at Sofia's Maychin Dom Maternity Hospital
June 27 (BTA) - A da Vinci robotic surgical system was launched at Sofia's Maychin Dom Maternity Hospital on Thursday. Bulgarian Health Minister Kiril Ananiev told journalists that the system costs 6 million leva, of which 2 million were provided by the Health Ministry, 2 million...
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PM Borissov Confers with OLAF Director General Ville Itala
June 27 (BTA) - Meeting with Ville Itala, Director General of the European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF), Prime Minister Boyko Borissov Thursday said partnership with OLAF is exceptionally important to Bulgaria. This is Itala's first official visit to Bulgaria since he was appointed i...
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Bulgarians' Trips Abroad Up 4.6% in May 2019, Y/Y
June 27 (BTA) - In May 2019, Bulgarians made 762,100 trips abroad, increasing by 4.6 per cent compared with May of 2018, the National Statistical Institute reported on Thursday. During the same month, foreigners made 946,700 trips to Bulgaria, up by 0.9 per cent, year-on-year.
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