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National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology to Work on Sofia Air Quality
January 3 (BTA) - The Bulgarian National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) continues to function at full capacity in the new year. From January 1, 2019, NIMH, along with its tangible assets and financial allocations, is no longer part of the Bulgarian Academy of Scien...
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World Rankings Give Bulgaria Stable Position in Economic Freedom, Prosperity, Competitiveness
January 3 (BTA) - An annual review of world rankings by the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) concluded that in 2018 Bulgaria held stable ground in terms of economic freedom, prosperity and competitiveness.
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Employers Who Have Hired Workers without Employment Contract Forfeit Right to Compete for Public Procurements
January 2 (BTA) - Any employers who have admitted employees to work for them without a written employment contract concluded with them and registered with the National Revenue Agency forfeit their right to participate in public procurement award procedures for three years, the Ge...
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Council of Ministers' Decisions
January 2 (BTA) - At its regular meeting on Wednesday, the Council of Ministers adopted the following decisions as reported by the Government Information Service:
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Bulgaria Takes Over Rotating Chairmanship-in-Office of Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation
January 2 (BTA) - Bulgaria takes over the rotating Chairmanship-in-Office of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) in the first half of 2019, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said in a press release Wednesday. The motto of the Bulgarian Chairmanship-in-Offic...
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Bulgarian Company Working with Foreign Partners Implements European Model for Sustainable Employment and Development
Northern Bulgaria, December 31 (BTA) - A Bulgarian company working with partners in Italy, Germany and Austria has implemented a European model for sustainable employment and development, Elena Kiritsova, President of the Personal and Community Development Association, told a BTA...
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Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition Will Celebrate a Multinational New Year's Eve
December 31 (BTA) - Leader of the 27th Bulgarian Antarctic expedition Prof. Hristo Pimpirev said that this year they had to reserve more champagne to keep all New Year's Eve traditions, as the team includes Columbian, Cypriot and Mongolian scientists.
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119 Km of Roads Will Be Built in 2019
December 30 (Ekaterina Toteva and Valeria Dimitrova of BTA) - Nearly 119 km of new roads will be built in 2019, says Regional Development Minister Petya Avramova in a BTA interview. They will be funded through budget allocations and the EU-backed Operational Programme Transport a...
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Expert: Bulgaria's Labour Market Has 500,000 Workers in Reserve
December 29 (Valeria Dimitrova and Ekaterina Toteva of BTA) - Bulgaria's labour market has a reserve of 500,000 workers, however employers want to import workers from third countries, says Ivan Neikov, head of the Balkan Institute for Labour and Social Policy in a BTA interview. ...
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Sofianites to Ring In 2019 at Stage Under Stars Concert
December 29 (BTA) - The residents of Sofia and visitors will ring in the New Year at a traditional concert, called 'Stage Under the Stars', in Knyaz Alexander I Square, the Sofia Municipality said. Last year's concert was attended by over 30,000 people and was watched by over 1 ...
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Prime Minister Borissov Meets with Sofia Open Director Goran Djokovic
December 29 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Saturday met with Goran Djokovic who is the new director of the Sofia Open tennis tournament, the government information service said.
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Q1 2019 Natural Gas Price up 3.51%
December 28 (BTA) - At a meeting held behind closed doors on Friday, the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) approved a 3.51 per cent hike of the price of natural gas for the first quarter of 2019. The raise will not reflect on heating and hot water prices. The incre...
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Foreign Arrivals Up by 3.4% Y-Y in November
December 28 (BTA) - In November, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 426,300, up by 2.1 per cent year-on-year, the National Statistical Institute said on Friday. The number of foreign arrivals was 575,200 or up by 3.4 per cent year-on-year. In November, B...
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December 2018 Total Business Climate Indicator Down 0.5 Percentage Points M/M
December 28 (BTA) - The total business climate indicator in December went down by 0.5 percentage points compared to a month previously. This is due to the more unfavourable business climate in industry, the National Statistical Institute said Friday. The composite indicator 'b...
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Croatian Footballer Luka Modric Named Balkan Athlete of the Year in BTA Poll
December 27 (BTA) - Croatian football player Luka Modric was named Balkan Athlete of the Year 2018 in the 46th edition of the poll of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA). The poll was taken among national news agencies in the Balkans: Agerpres (Romania), Anatolian Agency (Turkey),...
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Socialist Mayors Threaten to Leave Municipalities Association Board over Funding
December 27 (BTA) - Mayors affiliated with the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) have threatened to leave the Management Board of the National Association of Municipalities over non-transparent funding. They will do it unless an upcoming general meeting of the Associatio...
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Survey: 22 % of Bulgarians Think 2019 Will Be Better Than 2018
December 27 (BTA) - In the end of 2018, 22 per cent of Bulgarians expect 2019 to be better than 2018, 30 per cent expect it to be worse, and 31 per cent think it will be the same, according to data released on Thursday from Gallup International's 42nd Annual Global End of...
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Parliamentary Parties Make Political Assessments, Forecasts
December 27 (BTA) - Interviewed by BTA, MPs made assessments of, and forecasts for, political developments in Bulgaria. Toma Bikov, MP of GERB: The majority in Parliament showed it is real and does not depend on the opposition. The only possible governance formula is ...
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16th Bulgarian Christmas Campaign Raises Nearly Lv 2 Mln
December 26 (BTA) - Since its launch in late November, the 16th Bulgarian Christmas charity campaign has raised nearly 2 million leva, the President's Press Secretariat said on Wednesday. The purpose of the 16-year-old initiative of the presidential institution is to promote p...
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Christmas in Bulgaria
December 25 (BTA) - In a Christmas message, read out at a festive liturgy at the St Alexander Nevsky Memorial Cathedral in Sofia on Tuesday morning, Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte and the metropolitans of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church called on Bulgarians at home ...
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