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Nationalists Demand Hearing of Foreign Minister to Clarify Home Affairs Intervention Attempt
March 29 (BTA) - On Thursday, the press centre of the VMRO party from the power-sharing United Patriots coalition said the party will demand a Parliament hearing of Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva to clarify whether there was any diplomatic attempt to intervene in Bu...
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Parliament Enables Religious Denominations to Defer Payment of Debts to Exchequer for up to Ten Years
March 28 (BTA) - On Thursday, Bulgaria's Parliament passed conclusively revisions to the Religious Denominations Act allowing the denominations to defer the payment of the their obligations to the Exchequer for a period of up to ten years. At the request of religious deno...
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Prime Minister Borissov: We Expect to be Invited to Euro Area Waiting Room in July
March 28 (BTA) - At a Bulgarian-German economy forum here Thursday, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said he expects Bulgaria to be invited to the euro area "waiting room" in July. He noted the country has to fulfil three more requirements, but that the infrastructure is being devel...
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Daniela Daritkova Becomes GERB Floor Leader after Resignation of Predecessor Tsvetanov
March 28 (BTA) - Daniela Daritkova becomes the floor leader of the GERB ruling party after Tsvetan Tsvetanov resigned from the post and quit Parliament on Wednesday amid a scandal over purchase of allegedly underpriced property. Daritkova's appointment was announced by Prime Mini...
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GERB Floor Leader Tsvetan Tsvetanov Quits Parliament
March 27 (BTA) - Tsvetan Tsvetanov Wednesday resigned as GERB Floor Leader and quit Parliament. He told a briefing in Parliament that he would keep his position as GERB Deputy Chairman and head of the party's election campaign headquarters. Tsvetanov also said there was nothing ...
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Deputy Economy Minister Manolev: Bulgaria-Egypt Trade Hit Record High of USD 1 Bln in 2017
March 27 (BTA) - Trade between Bulgaria and Egypt hit a record high of over one billion US dollars in 2017, with a surplus for Bulgaria of nearly 630 million dollars, it emerged from a meeting between Bulgarian Deputy Economy Minister Alexander Manolev and Egypt' Investment and I...
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President Radev: Bulgaria, Egypt Are on Either Side of Troubled Region, Joint Efforts Can Make It Stable
March 26 (BTA Special Correspondent Assen Boyadzhiev) Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and his wife Dessislava Radeva Tuesday were welcomed with an official ceremony at the Al Ittihadia Palace by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and his wife Entesar al-Sisi. The two head...
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Vice President Iotova Comments Mobility Package, Bulgarian Development
March 26 (BTA) - There is a chance to ask for the Mobility Package to be dropped from the agenda of the MEP debate on Wednesday, Vice President Iliana Iotova told journalists before a "Bulgaria 2019 - New horizons: doubts, hopes, perspectives" discussion here Tuesday.
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Conference on Bulgarian Persons and Memorial Sites in Moldova Opens in Chisinau
March 26 (BTA cor. Irina Bogoeva) - A conference on renowned Bulgarian persons and memorial sites in Moldova took place Tuesday in the Bulgarian library in Chisinau. The event was organized by the Society for Bulgarian Studies (SBS) in Moldova and by the Bulgarian association "Vu...
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Tsvetan Tsvetanov's Meetings in Washington
March 26 (BTA) - On Day Two of the 2019 American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Chairman of the Bulgarian National Assembly Internal Security and Public Order Committee and GERB Floor Leader, met with Romanian Prime Mi...
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Deputy Energy Minister Krassimir Purvanov Resigns over Apartment Controversy
March 26 (BTA) - Deputy Energy Minister Krassimir Purvanov has tendered his resignation on Tuesday, the Energy Ministry said. He was one of the ministers and deputy ministers of Boyko Borissov's government who bought apartments at below-market prices.
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"NATO Membership: A Key to EU" Conference Marks Alliance's 70th Anniversary
March 25 (BTA) - A conference on "NATO Membership: A Key to EU" took place in Sofia on Monday. The forum was organized by the Atlantic Council of Bulgaria to mark the Alliance's 70th anniversary and the 15th anniversary of Bulgaria's accession to NATO.
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Vice President Iotova Meets with Representatives of China's National Supervisory Commission
March 25 (BTA) - Vice President Iliana Iotova Monday met here with representatives of China's National Supervisory Commission, the main function of which is to fight corruption, the President's Press Secretariat reported.
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President Radev Opens Visit to Egypt
March 25 (BTA special correspondent Assen Boyadzhiev) - President Rumen Radev and a business delegation led by him arrived Monday on an official visit to Egypt. During the visit, which continues until March 27, Radev will meet with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Prime Minister M...
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Parliamentary Internal Security and Public Order Committee Chairman Tsvetanov Attends AIPAC Policy Conference in Washin...
March 25 (BTA) - Bulgarian National Assembly Internal Security and Public Order Committee Chairman and GERB Floor Leader Tsvetan Tsvetanov is participating in the 2019 American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., the GERB Party said in ...
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Bulgarian PM Borissov Confers with Turkey's General Prosecutor Akarca
March 25 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov conferred here with the General Prosecutor of Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeal Mehmet Akarca, who is visiting Sofia at the invitation of Bulgarian Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov, the Government Information Service said ...
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Socialists Oppose Public Procurement Procedure for Construction of Refugee Centres
March 24 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) demands the cancellation of a recently launched public procurement procedure for the construction of refugee centres in the southwestern towns of Lyubimets, Elhovo and Malko Turnovo, BSP Spokesperson Elena Yoncheva told a news ...
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Bulgarian Representative Elected Vice-President of International Federation of Liberal Youth
March 24 (BTA) - Suleyman Suleyman, member of the leadership of the Youth Organization of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), was elected Vice-President of the International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) at its 45th General Assembly, held in Sofia from March 22 to 2...
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UDF National Council to Finalize Negotiations with GERB on European Elections
March 23 (BTA) - The Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) National Council mandated the party's Chairman Roumen Hristov to finalize the negotiations with GERB and to sign a political agreement on joint entry in the May 26 European Parliament Elections.
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United Social Democrats to Coalesce with Volya and Four More Parties for European Elections
March 23 (BTA) - At a national meeting in Veliko Turnovo on Saturday, the United Social Democrats Party discussed its participation in the Volya - Bulgarian Patriots coalition format. It was decided at the meeting that economist Kolyo Paramov, who is a member of the United Social...