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Civil Initiative Hands Out Thousands of Saplings, Works for More Beauty and Air
February 13 (BTA) - Hundreds of people passed through the central square in Blagoevgrad on Sunday to get some saplings to plant, given by the NGO Gorata.bg afforestation initiative. A total of 12,750 fruit saplings were handed out in Blagoevgrad, the initiative founder, Nikola Ra...
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Albert Popov Scores Best Bulgarian Ranking Ever in Men's Giant Slalom
February 13 (BTA special correspondent Dimitar Velyov) - Alpine skier Albert Popov ranked 17th in the men's Olympic giant slalom on Sunday, scoring Bulgaria's best ever result. He bettered Petar Popangelov's record at 21st place in Sarajevo 1984. Popov, 24, clocked a combined ...
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Magnitude 3.1 Quake Registered in SW Town of Yakoruda
February 13 (BTA) - A magnitude 3.1 earthquake was registered in the southwestern Bulgarian town of Yakoruda at 1:20 am local time on Sunday, the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences said. The Institute's Department of ...
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COVID-19 Update: 3,625 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 19%
February 13 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 1,035,285 after 18,796 tests identified 3,625 newly infected persons on Saturday, of whom 76.4 per cent are unvaccinated, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate n...
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Foreign Ministry Issues Warning to Bulgarians to Suspend All Travel to Ukraine
February 12 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has warned all Bulgarian citizens to refrain from any travel to Ukraine in view of the deteriorating situation in and around that country. "We invite Bulgarian citizens who are on the territory of Ukraine to take measures to leave t...
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Sofia Mayor Suspends Lukov March
February 12 (BTA) - Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova has suspended Lukov March on Saturday evening, City Hall said. She acted on information from the Sofia Directorate of the Interior that representatives of the organizers and their supporters were gathering in the afternoon, altho...
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BTA Opens National Press Club in Blagoevgrad
February 12 (BTA) - The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) Saturday opened a National Press Club in Blagoevgrad on the day the town marks the 144th anniversary of its initial liberation from Ottoman rule. The event at the historical Kalupchiev House was attended by Evlogi, Bishop of ...
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Three Co-Chairpersons Head VMRO Party
February 12 (BTA) - The VMRO-Bulgarian National Movement party elected three chairpersons at an extraordinary congress held here on Saturday. Leader Krassimir Karakachanov resigned after the party won just over 1 per cent of the votes at the November 14, 2021 elections. The de...
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Democrats for Strong Bulgaria Party Re-elects Leader at National Conference
February 12 (BTA) - The right-wing Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) party re-elected leader Atanas Atanassov at its 17th national conference here on Saturday. The party reaffirmed its participation in the government coalition as part of the Democratic Bulgaria coalition. At...
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PM Petkov on Nova TV: Successes and Further Steps
February 13 (BTA) - The greatest success of the incumbent government so far was probably the management of the current COVID-19 wave, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said on Saturday, speaking in an interview for Nova TV after the first 62 days in power. It managed with minimal restr...
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Tourism Minister: Lv 6 Mln Expected to Be Paid Out to Tour Operators by Mid-March
February 12 (BTA) - Tourism Minister Hristo Prodanov Friday said tour operators would be paid 6 million leva in new state aid in the form of direct grants by mid-March as the tourism industry was the worst hit by the COVID crisis, the Tourism Ministry said. Prodanov said the i...
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US Embassy: F-16 Programme Sees Delays Due to Pandemic
February 12 (BTA) - The US Embassy in Sofia said on Saturday that "the F-16 program is experiencing delays due to supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic". The press release said: "These unfortunate delays will affect all countries currently participating in t...
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COVID-19 Update: 6,531 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 19.4%
February 12 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 1,031,660 after 33,745 tests identified 6,531 newly infected persons on Friday, of whom 75.55 per cent are unvaccinated, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate no...
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Government's Security Council Meets over Russia-Ukraine Tensions
February 11 (BTA) - The government's Security Council was convoked by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov Friday over the Russia-Ukraine tensions, said the government's press office. "We must be prepared for all kinds of scenarios and make sure the national security strategy is implement...
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Foreign Ministry Expert Teams from Bulgaria and North Macedonia Hold Fourth Meeting
February 11 (BTA) - A fourth round of expert talks between the teams of the foreign ministries of Bulgaria and North Macedonia took place on Friday, said the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry. They are involved with dialogue on the package of political issues. The meeting discussed the ...
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French Companies Interested in Shifting Production from Asia to Bulgaria
February 11 (BTA) - The French EU Presidency provides a possibility for achieving a consensus solution to the Russia-West tension, the Chairman of the French-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFB), Stephane Delahaye, told BTA here on Friday. Stephane Delahaye is Ch...
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Four Spanish Air Force Fighters Land at Graf Ignatievo Air Base for Joint Air Policing
February 11 (BTA) - Four Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon II jet fighters of the Spanish Air Force landed at the Graf Ignatievo Air Base near Plovdiv (South Central Bulgaria) on Friday, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry said in a press release.
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Six Times More Men Newly Registered with HIV than Newly Registered Women in 2021
February 11 (BTA) - In the past year, the number of newly registered men living with HIV is more than six times higher than the number of newly registered women, said the press service of the Ministry of Health on Friday. In 2021, 93 per cent of newly registered people became inf...
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MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk Meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu
February 11 (BTA) - MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Deputy Foreign Minister Faruk Kaymakci, said Kyuchyuk's office on Friday. The meeting agenda included EU-Turkey bilateral relations, tackling illegal migration, and EU-Turkey connectivit...
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Ancient Helmet Returns to Bulgaria after Massive International Investigation Led by New York District Attorney
February 11 (BTA) - An ancient helmet originating from modern-day Bulgaria was returned to this country by US authorities, said the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior. That was possible thanks to the New York District Attorney's Office leading a massive international operation to neu...
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