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Transport Minister Vows to Ensure Conditions for Surge of Air Transport
December 21 (BTA) - Transport Minister Nikolay Sabev vowed to provide conditions for a surge of air transport. "We are beginning to work towards ensuring conditions for a growth of the aviation industry as part of the transport system of this country," the Minister said during a ...
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High-Profile Money Laundering Suspect Speaks to Interior Minister, Is Questioned by Prosecutors in Prosecutor General's ...
December 21 (BTA) - Borislav Koilev, the sole suspect in a high-profile money-laundering case spoke, at his request, to Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov and was questioned by prosecutors in the presence of Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday, Kolev's brother...
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Energy Minister Nikolov: Compensation for Expensive Electricity, Natural Gas Expected to Be in Place from December unti...
December 21 (BTA) - Compensation for the expensive electricity is expected to be paid from December until March 2022. In addition, compensation for natural gas consumers on the regulated market is being considered, said Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov at a news briefing on Tues...
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Minister Nikolay Denkov: Education Ministry Demands Increase of Teachers' Salaries by 13.5% in 2022 Budget
December 21 (BTA) - Education and Science Minister Nikolay Denkov said to journalists on Tuesday that his ministry has submitted its expectations for the 2022 education budget to the Ministry of Finance and has requested an increase in teachers' salaries to mach the coalition agr...
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Bulgarian Makes Costumes for World Celebrities
December 10 (BTA) - He is known as the Mad Tailor in the US. His unique pieces of art have impressed celebrities, among whom Ben Stiller, Janet Jackson, Megan Fox, Jason Momoa, Kourtney Kardashian and Sting. Milen Krastev was born in Varna in 1974 to Ginka and Varban Krastevi,...
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Labour Costs Up by 13.8% in Q3 Y/Y
December 21 (BTA) - Official statistics show that the per-hour labour cost in the third quarter of 2021 increased by 13.8 per cent from this time last year. The increase is 14.2 per cent in industry, 11.1 per cent in the services sector and 14.6 per cent in construction, said the...
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COVID-19 Vaccines for Children to Be Administered at 68 Sites across Bulgaria
December 21 (BTA) - The COVID-19 vaccines for children will be administered at 68 sites across Bulgaria, Chief Health Inspector Angel Kunchev told journalists here on Tuesday. The vaccine, which has already been delivered to Bulgaria, s designatd for children between the ages of ...
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20th Anniversary of Indigo Disco Tragedy, Where Seven Teenagers Died in Stampede
December 21 (Metodi Yordanov of BTA) - December 21 marks the 20th anniversary of the Indigo Disco tragedy. On this day in 2001, seven children aged 10 to 15 died and 12 others were injured in a stampede as some 3,000 teenagers queued at the entrance of the Indigo Disco in Sofia.
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COVID-19 Update: 2,001 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 5.45%
December 21 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 726,794, after 36,702 tests identified 2,001 new infections on Monday, some 80 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity r...
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Varna Regional Governor Stops Deal for International Plovdiv Fair Shares
December 20 (BTA) - A deal for the transfer of 29 per cent shares in the International Plovdiv Fair by the Municipality in Varna, on the Black Sea, to business owner Georgi Gergov, was put on hold by an order of Varna Regional Governor Mario Skurkov on Monday. The share transf...
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Deputy Prime Minister Ninova Discusses Business Support Measures with Employers
December 20 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister Kornelia Ninova, who is also Economy and Industry Minister, Monday discussed electricity prices, the business climate and measures to support the economy with the employers' organizations, Ninova's Ministry said. A compensatory mechani...
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Minister Sandov Attends EU Environment Council in Brussels
December 20 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Environment Minster Borislav Sandov attended a European Environment Council meeting in Brussels, said his ministry. This has been the first attendance in two years by a minister of the highest EU forum in the sector...
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Bulgaria Participates in Expo 2020 Dubai with Two Events in December
December 20 (BTA) - The Bulgarian pavilion at the world exhibition in Dubai, Expo 2020 Dubai, held two events in December so far, said the Bulgaria Expo 2020 Association under the Contracts and Obligations Act, organizer of the Bulgarian presentation. The first event was dedic...
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Gallup International Balkan Director Simeonov Discusses Bulgarian Attitudes towards the EU in BTA Discussion Bulgarian V...
December 20 (BTA) - At the discussion "Bulgarian Voices for Europe: for a Better Education", organized by BTA in its Press Club in Stara Zagora as part of the Conference on the Future of Europe, sociologist Dr. Parvan Simeonov, director of Gallup International Balkan, said that h...
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Prime Minister Petkov, President Radev Confer with Visiting Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis
December 20 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and President Rumen Radev conferred here on Monday with visiting Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Mitsotakis is on his first visit to Bulgaria and is the first guest at the government level of the newly elected...
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COVID-19 Update: 456 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 2.9%
December 20 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 724,793, after 15,637 tests identified 456 new infections in the past 24 hours, 80.48 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test posit...
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120 Years since the Birth of Composer and Pianist Dimitar Nenov: Largely Forgotten, Strikingly Modern
December 19 (Lyubomir Gigov of BTA) - Dimitar Nenov, a largely forgotten yet strikingly modern Bulgarian composer and pianist, was born 120 years ago on Sunday - on December 19, 1901, in Razgrad (Northeastern Bulgaria). He showed interest in music since early childhood, ...
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Bulgarian Liliana Zafirova Receives Award for Nationalities from Hungarian Prime Minister Orban
December 19 (BTA) - On December 17, 2021, on the eve of the Day of Nationalities in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban presented the prestigious Award for Nationalities to Bulgarian Liliana Zafirova Budy Gezane, BTA learnt from Gabriela Hadjikostova of the "Bulgarian Ne...
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Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis to Visit Bulgaria on Monday for Talks with Counterpart Petkov
Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov will confer here on Monday with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who will pay his first visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of his counterpart, the Government Information Service reported on Sunday.
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COVID-19 Update: 904 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 3.38%
December 19 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 724,337, after 26,744 tests identified 904 new infections on Saturday, 80,86 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted onhttps://coronavirus.bg/. The test positiv...