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Vice President Iotova Meets with Frankfurt Mayor Feldmann, Bulgarian Community
May 29 (BTA) - Frankfurt-am-Main Mayor Peter Feldmann welcomed Bulgarian Vice President Iliana Iotova with a message to Bulgaria. "Frankfurt is the place where Bulgarians are welcome to live and to develop their career. We are proud of our Bulgarian fellow-citizens. They are har...
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Gross External Debt Stands at 57.1% of Projected GDP at End-March
May 29 (BTA) - Bulgaria's gross external debt totalled 33,740.3 million euro (57.1 per cent of the projected GDP) at the end of March 2019, the Bulgarian National Bank said. Year on year, the gross external debt grew by 100.9 million euro (0.3 per cent).
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Opposition Socialists Return to Parliament, Will Press for Finance Minister's Resignation
May 29 (BTA) - The opposition BSP for Bulgaria Parliamentary Group will be back in the National Assembly for the plenary sitting on Thursday, and as from Wednesday its members will resume their attendance of standing committee meetings, BSP for Bulgaria Deputy Floor Leader Dragom...
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Parliament Rejects Presidential Veto on Revisions to State Property Act
May 29 (BTA) - On Wednesday, Parliament unanimously rejected President Radev's veto on revisions to the State Property Act, with 143 MPs in favour for adopting the amendments again. The ruling party GERB, the United Patriots and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) ...
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Peevski and Karadayi Give Up European Parliament Seats
May 29 (BTA) - Controversial politician and businessman Delyan Peevski is giving up his seat in the new European Parliament, which he won as a candidate of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) in Sunday's European elections, MRF leader Mustafa Karadayi told journali...
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Vice President Iotova Discusses Problems Facing EU with Hessian Minister of European and Federal Affairs Puttrich
May 28 (BTA) - Vice President Iliana Iotova and Hessen's Minister of European and Federal Affairs Lucia Puttrich discussed the challenges facing the EU and the results of the European Parliament election, the President's Press Secretariat reported Tuesday. "We discuss...
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Bulgartransgaz Selects New Contractor for Gas Pipeline between Provadia and Serbian Border
May 28 (BTA) - Bulgartransgaz EAD has selected a new contractor for the construction of the gas pipeline between Provadia (Northeastern Bulgaria) and the border with Serbia, Bulgartransgaz Executive Director Vladimir Malinov told journalists on Tuesday. The pipeline will...
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Socialist Leader Resigns after Loss of European Elections
May 28 (BTA) - Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Chair Kornelia Ninova submitted her resignation to the BSP's policy-making National Council on Tuesday, participants in a National Council meeting said. Ninova called for a snap congress of the party to launch a procedure for the ele...
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No Cyber Attacks Occurred during the Bulgarian Elections for EU Parliament
May 28 (BTA) - Interior Minister Mladen Marinov said Tuesday that there have been no cyber attacks during the Bulgarian elections for EU Parliament. He noted that elections security was well organized. Marinov participated in the opening of a roundtable on "Cyber Security Challen...
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Some 4% of Bulgarians in Temp Jobs in 2018 - Eurostat
May 28 (BTA) - At 4 per cent, Bulgaria had the EU's fifth lowest share of temporary employment in 2018, Eurostat data show.The EU average for temporary employees aged 15-64 was 14.1 per cent of the total number of employees in this age group.
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Opposition BSP Leader Comments European Election Performance, Suggests Formation Should Elect New Leader
May 27 (BTA) - The leader of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), Kornelia Ninova, has suggested to the party that after the Socialists' poor performance in the May 26 European Parliament (EP) elections, BSP should start a procedure for electing a new chairperson. Nino...
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PM Borissov Comments on Election Results
May 27 (BTA) - Approached by journalists here on Monday, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said that what comes after Sunday's European Parliament elections is "daily work, work and more work so that we can leave what we have done to the next generations."
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Democratic Bulgaria Leads оn Votes Cast Abroad in European Elections
May 27 (BTA) - As at Monday noon, based on 100 per cent of the tally sheets of the district election commissions abroad, Democratic Bulgaria leads with 28.76 per cent of the votes cast in the European elections, followed by GERB with 22.16 per cent and the Bulgarian Soci...
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President Radev: European Elections Cannot Serve as Exoneration for Corruption Scandals
May 27 (BTA) - Commenting on Sunday's European Parliament elections in Bulgaria, President Rumen Radev Monday said that the record-low voter turnout is a slap in the political class' face and a sign that Bulgaria is receding further and further from Europe and its process...
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Cabinet Fixes Party Subsidy at 11 Leva per Valid Vote Won at Latest Parliamentary Elections
May 27 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers has approved a decision on a bill amending the Political Parties Act which lays down precise rules for the calculation and allocation of the state subsidy paid to parties, the government's information service said. After passage, th...
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President Vetoes Revisions to State Property Act
May 27 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev vetoed the revisions to the State Property Act, his press service said on Monday. On May 15, Parliament passed conclusively revisions to the State Property Act streamlining the procedure for expropriation of private immovables for sta...
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GERB Wins European Elections with 30.77% of Votes after 75% of Ballots Counted
May 27 (BTA) - The ruling GERB party garnered 30.62 per cent, BSP for Bulgaria 24.59 per cent, and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms 13.73 per cent of the votes in Sunday's European Parliament elections in Bulgaria, the Central Election Commission reported after 74.92 per ...
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Parallel Tabulations: Ruling GERB Wins European Elections by Landslide
Parallel vote tabulations give the ruling GERB party a landslide victory in the European elections on Sunday and three or four more parties will have seats. Following are preliminary results of the elections, based on 100 per cent parallel vote tabulations carried out by sociolog...
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Small Airplane Crashes near Ihtiman, Killing Two on Board
May 26 (BTA) - A small airplane has crashed near the western town of Ihtiman, killing the pilot and a female passenger, the Interior Ministry reported Sunday. The crash was reported shortly after 11:00 am. The plane departed from the Chernevo flying field (near Ihtima...
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CEC Reports on Problems during Election Day
May 26 (BTA) - Addressing journalists here after the start of Sunday's European Parliament elections, Central Election Commission (CEC) member and Spokesperson Alexander Andreev said that machine voting has been cancelled in voting section 18 in the western city of Pernik...