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Borissov: GERB Will Reinstate Previous Preference Voting Rules, Moves to Elect New Central Election Commission
February 18 (BTA) - Prime Minister and GERB leader Boyko Borissov told a news briefing on Monday that the members of the current Election Commission will be replaced and a previous preference threshold will be reinstated. He spoke after GERB's Executive Commission discu...
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GERB Floor Leader Tsvetanov Met with Kosovo's PM Haradinaj
February 18 (BTA) - GERB floor leader and party deputy chair Tsvetan Tsvetanov had a working meeting with Kosovo's Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Monday, the GERB press office said. Haradinaj is hosting a regional friendship breakfast that also includes American politicians i...
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Theresa May Asks Boyko Borissov to Work for Greater Flexibility on Irish Border Question
February 18 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov had a telephone conversation with his British counterpart Theresa May on Sunday at the latter's request, the government press service in Sofia reported. May asked for support for greater flexibility within the European U...
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15 Bulgarian Visa Centres to Open for Tourists in India Next Month
February 16 (BTA) - Fifteen Bulgarian visa centres will be opened in India this March to service Indian tourists wishing to visit this country, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva told journalists here after meeting on Saturday evening with In...
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Socialists to Leave Parliament Over New Election Rules
February 17 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party's (BSP) National Council decided during a meeting here on Sunday to ask the party's parliamentary group to leave the National Assembly. The proposal was made by BSP's Executive Bureau and was announced during the Council meeting b...
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GERB Floor Leader Explains Why His Party Voted to Change Preference Voting Rules
February 16 (BTA) - GERB floor leader Tsvetan Tsvetanov explained Saturday that it was important for his party to vote along with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) for changing the rules for preference voting on February 14, because political stability in the country was...
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PM Borissov Confers with US Vice President Pence in Munich
February 16 (BTA) - Trade relations with the US and the increase in US investments in Bulgaria were on the agenda of the meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told reporters in Munich where he participated in the 55th Security Conferen...
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Train Carrying LPG Derails in Plovdiv, No One Injured
February 16 (BTA) - A train carrying liquefied petroleum gas was derailed in the South Central town of Plovdiv on Saturday morning. No one was injured and the local people are not at risk. The train had 24 tank wagons, including two empty ones. After a rail broke, two engines ...
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PM Borissov, EU Commissioner Oettinger Meet, EU Budget for 2021-2027 Dominates Agenda
February 16 (BTA) - Meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and EU Budget and Human Resources Commissioner Gunther Oettinger discussed the negotiations on the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2...
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EU Provides Additional Resources for Environmental Projects in Bulgaria
February 15 (BTA) - New LIFE programme funding will unlock more than 3.2 billion euro of additional support to 12 large-scale environmental and climate projects in ten Member States to support Europe's transition to a low-carbon, circular economy, the European Commission (EC)...
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Steven Mehringer: We Fight Fake News with Facts
February 15 (BTA) - Head of the NATO Public Diplomacy Division, Communications Services section Steven Mehringer said that dealing with fake news requires a careful strategic approach, at a conference titled NATO: Setting the Record Straight on Fake News at the Central Military C...
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Bulgarian Prime Minister Receives Highest Serbian State Honour
February 15 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Friday received the highest Serbian state honour, the Order of the Republic of Serbia, the government information service in Sofia reported. The distinction was presented to him by President Aleksandar Vucic d...
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Brazil's Foreign Minister Araujo Wishes to Revive Ties with Bulgaria
February 14 (BTA) - Brazil would like to revive its ties with Europe, including Bulgaria, Brazil's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ernesto Araujo told his Bulgarian counterpart Ekaterina Zaharieva on Thursday. The two conferred within the Middle East Peace and Security Confer...
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Bulgarian Defence Minister Karakachanov Meets with German Counterpart Ursula von der Leyen
February 14 (BTA) - Bulgarian Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov met with his German counterpart Ursula von der Leyen here on Thursday. The conversation took place at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels, where a regular meeting of the Alliance's Defense Ministers is cu...
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Five Measles Cases Reported in Bulgaria as More People Skip Vaccination
February 14 (BTA) - Five cases of measles have been diagnosed in the recent days in Bulgaria as a growing number of people skip vaccination. This transpired Thursday in an interview with Prof. Todor Kantardjiev, Director of the National Centre of Communicable and Parasitic Diseas...
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President Radev: What Is Happening with Election Legislation Is Very Alarming
February 14 (BTA) - Approached by journalists here on Thursday, President Rumen Radev commented that what is happening with the election legislation is very alarming. In his words, it is evident the incumbent are not hiding that they are tempted to win by default through the amen...
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Second Stage of National Anti-AIDS Campaign Begins
February 14 (BTA) - The second stage of the National Anti-AIDS Campaign began on Thursday under the motto "Learn Your Status", the Health Ministry said. The campaign is part of the Ministry's National Programme for Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS, implemented in partnership wi...
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Bulgarian Programmers in World's Top 4 for Variety of Knowledge, Interests
February 14 (BTA) - Bulgaria is among the top four countries in the world where programmers demonstrate the widest diversity of knowledge and interests in various technologies, according to the latest ranking of the DataArt software development company. The ranking is based on st...
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Bulgaria Sends Poisoned Businessman Gebrev's Lab Test Results to UK
February 13 (BTA) - As part of a European Investigation Order, Bulgaria has sent to the United Kingdom all results from lab tests done on Bulgarian businessman Emilian Gebrev so that it can be determined whether he was poisoned with a substance from the Novichok family. Speaking ...
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Construction of Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria in Greece Gets Green-Lit
February 13 (BTA) - Greece's Minister of Environment and Energy George Stathakis has provided the Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) with an installation permit for the start of construction works on Greek territory, the ICBG company implementing the project said on Wednesd...
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