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Demonstrations, Games and Workshops to Be Organized Across Dozen Bulgarian Cities during European Researchers' Night
September 27 (BTA) - Demonstrations, games and workshops will be the highlights of this year's European Researchers' Night, the organizers of the event said in a BTA-hosted news conference. Around a dozen cities across the country will take part in the European Researchers...
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Court Orders Former Energy Minister's Asset Freeze
September 26 (BTA) - Acting on a motion by the Commission for Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture (CCCUAAF), the Sofia City Court (SCC) has imposed a preventive attachment on nearly 2.4 million leva worth of assets owned by former economy and energy minis...
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Prosecutors General of Bulgaria, Albania Sign Memorandum of Cooperation
September 26 (BTA) - The Prosecutors General of Bulgaria and Albania, Sotir Tsatsarov and Arta Marku, Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation between the two prosecution offices. The document envisages interaction in the area of international legal aid and ...
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Foreign Minister Zaharieva Meets with Top Diplomats of Afghanistan, Qatar and Nepal
September 26 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva met with her counterparts from Afghanistan, Qatar and Nepal in New York. Zaharieva is on the Bulgarian delegation to the UN General Assembly, led by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. Afghan Foreig...
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PM Borissov Confers with OECD Secretary General, Turkish President in New York
106 POLITICS-UN-BULGARIA-PM-MEETINGS PM Borissov Confers with OECD Secretary General, Turkish President in New York New York, September 26 (BTA) - Bulgaria will step up preparations for membership of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and ...
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Natural Gas Supplier Seeks 14% Price Increase, Regulator Says Price for End-Users Will Be 8% Max
September 25 (BTA) - Natural gas supplier Bulgargaz plans to increase the price of natural gas by 14 per cent for end-suppliers but the regulator intends to keep the increase below 8 per cent for end-users. This transpired Tuesday at a meeting of the Energy and Water Regulatory C...
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Trade Union Puts Share of Bulgaria's Grey Economy at 30%
September 25 (BTA) - Bulgaria's grey economy generates about 30 per cent of GDP, Plamen Dimitrov, President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB), told a conference on "Informal Economy and Unreported Work: International, European and National Dimen...
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74th International Technical Fair Opens in Plovdiv
September 24 (BTA) - The 74th edition of the International Technical Fair opened Sunday in Plovdiv. It brings together 550 companies from 35 countries in Europe, Asia and North America which are showing state-of-the-art products, technologies and services in a wide variety of are...
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Foreign Minister Holds Meetings in Canada
September 23 (BTA) - Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, who was in the Canadian city of Montreal for the first formal Women Foreign Ministers' Meeting, talked with Canada's Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie, Melanie Joly, on September 22, Za...
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GERB, Socialists Clash over Whose MEPs Voted How in EP on Hungary Sanctions
September 23 (BTA) - The ruling GERB party and the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) continued their clash Sunday over whose members of the European Parliament voted how on the proposed EU sanctions against Hungary. Each accuses the other of lying and the recriminations ...
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PM Borissov Heads Bulgarian Delegation to UN General Assembly Session
September 22 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov will lead the Bulgarian delegation to the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly in New York between September 23 and 29, Cabinet's Press Service reported Saturday. Borissov is scheduled to deliver a speech related to the mai...
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Bulgaria Celebrates Independence Day
Sofia, September 22 (BTA) - On Saturday, Bulgaria celebrates the 110th anniversary of the declaration of its independence on September 22. On September 22, 1908, Bulgaria joined the family of independent states. After a prayer service at Turnovo's historic Church of the Forty ...
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New Interior Minister Holds Get-to-Know Meeting with Trade Unions
September 21 (BTA) - Interior Minister Mladen Marinov had a get-to-know meeting with trade unions on Friday, a day after taking office. Marinov told the press that the unions are important for checking and assisting the work of the Interior Ministry leadership and for protecting ...
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Minister Zaharieva Attends Women Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Montreal
September 21 (BTA) - Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva is in Montreal, Quebec, to attend the first formal Women Foreign Ministers' Meeting on September 21 and 22, her ministry said in a press release Friday. The forum is co-hosted by Canadian Foreign Minister Chry...
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National Assembly Chair Karayancheva Meets with President of Azerbaijan
September 21 (BTA) - National Assembly Chair Tsveta Karayancheva met with President of Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev in Baku, Parliament's press centre said Friday. Karayancheva heads a Bulgarian parliamentary delegation to Azerbaijan on the occasion of the Milli Majlis' 10...
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Bulgarian Defence Industry Encouraged to Share in Armed Forces Upgrading
September 20 (BTA) - Deputy Defence Minister Anatolii Velichkov opened a national conference with international participants entitled "The Defence Industry as a Leader of Innovation in Bulgaria," the Defence Ministry reported on Thursday. The conference was organized by the Bulga...
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Parliaments of Bulgaria, Azerbaijan Ready to Work towards Broader Bilateral Cooperation
September 20 (BTA) - The parliaments of Bulgaria and Azerbaijan are ready to work together and assist each other so as to broaden the bilateral cooperation in various areas. They play a significant role in the implementation of the declaration on strategic partnership signed by B...
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Bulgarian Ambassador in Belgrade Hands Note of Protest to Serbian Foreign Ministry over Desecration of Bulgarian Monumen...
September 20 (BTA) - Acting on orders of Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, Bulgaria's Ambassador in Belgrade Radko Vlaykov has handed a protest note to Serbia's Foreign Ministry over the desecration of the Ledena Stena military monument and ossuary near the Serbian city of Ni...
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Northern Coast Tourism Sector Reports Lv 34 Mln Revenue Increase for Summer of 2018, Y/Y
September 20 (BTA) - The tourism sector along the northern Bulgarian Black Sea coast reported a 34 million leva increase in revenue this summer compared to last year's season, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov, said here on Thursday. He took part in an enlarged meet...
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Bulgarian PM Borissov Attends Informal EU Summit in Salzburg
September 20 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is taking part in an informal meeting of EU heads of State or government that opened in Salzburg, Austria, on Thursday, the Government Information Service said in a press release. The leaders of the Twenty-Eight are ...