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State of Epidemic Emergency Extended until 31 March 2022
November 24 (BTA) - The caretaker Cabinet decided during its regular Wednesday meeting here to extend the state of epidemic emergency from December 1, 2021 until March 31, 2022, the Government information service reported.
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President Radev to Announce Date for Convening Parliament by End of Week
November 23 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev will announce when he will convene the 47th National Assembly by the end of this week, he told journalists here on Tuesday. "The parliamentary parties have two important tasks ahead of them - to form a majority-based stable g...
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Bulgarian, Polish President Radev and Duda: Only United EU Can Tackle Migrant Crisis
November 23 (BTA) - The European Union can tackle the migrant crisis only if it is united and solidary, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda concurred in a telephone call on Tuesday. The call was initiated by the Polish president, Radev's press ...
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Finance Ministry Reopens 7.5-Year Government Securities
November 23 (BTA) - The Finance Ministry announced Monday the reopening of an issue of 7.5-year lev-denominated government securities maturing on May 24, 2029. The auction resulted in successful placement of government securities with an aggregate nominal value of 500 million ...
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Continue the Change Opens Talks on Economy, Energy with Potential Coalition Partners
November 23 (BTA) - The winner in the November 14 general elections, Continue the Change, opened talks on economy and energy with its potential partners in the future Parliament: There Is Such a People (TISP), the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and Democratic Bulgaria (DB). The ...
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Skopje-bound Bus Crashes and Catches Fire Near Sofia, Killing at Least 45
November 23 (BTA) - A bus crashed and caught fire on Strouma motorway near Sofia shortly after 2:00 am on Tuesday, killing at least 45 people. The bus was returning to Skopje from a tourist trip to Istanbul. All passengers were presumed to be citizens of the Republic of North Mac...
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COVID-19 Update: 3,462 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 9.2%
November 23 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 676,750, after 37,593 tests identified 3,462 new infections on Monday, 81.31 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/ early on Tuesday. The te...
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North Macedonia-bound Bus Crashes and Catches Fire Near Sofia, Killing 45
November 23 (BTA) - A bus crashed and caught fire near Sofia shortly after 2:00 am on Tuesday, killing 46 people. The bus was travelling from Turkey to North Macedonia and caught fire after crashing in to the guard rail on Strouma motorway, near the western village of Bosnek. Sev...
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Nine Die in Nursing Home Fire Near Varna
November 22 (BTA) - Nine people have died in a nursing home fire in the northeastern village of Royak, near Varna. Two others are in critical condition. The fire was reported around 6:00 pm on Monday. Six fire trucks have managed to extinguish the fire, which started from the bui...
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Bulgarian Tennis Chief Stefan Tzvetkov Elected Member of Tournament Council of Association of Tennis Professionals
November 22 (BTA) - Bulgarian Tennis Federation (BTF) President and Sofia Open Tournament Chairman, Stefan Tzvetkov, was elected European Group member of the Tournament Council of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), BTF said Monday. The newly elected European Group ...
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President's Press Secretariat Points to Rumen Radev's Acknowledgement that Crimea Was Annexed in Violation of Internatio...
November 22 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev's Press Secretariat said on Monday that the President has stated on more than one occasion that Crimea's annexation violated international law. "This is a position which Bulgaria has expressed clearly in all international organizations," ...
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Bulgaria Speeds Up Landfill Recultivation to Comply with EU Directive
November 22 (BTA) - Bulgaria accelerated the process of recultivating municipal landfills within projects financed under Operational Programme Environment 2014-2020 and with resources of the Enterprise for Management of Environmental Protection Activities, the Environment and Wat...
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Bulgaria's Presidential Institution: Functions and Powers
Bulgaria is one of the few parliamentary countries with a directly elected head of State. Since both President and Parliament are elected by popular vote, the former enjoys a democratic legitimacy on a par with the latter. On the other hand, few presidential powers are discretion...
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Migrant Accommodation Facilities Almost at Full Capacity, Interior Ministry Says
November 22 (BTA) - The Interior Ministry's migrant accommodation facilities are already 90 per cent full, the regular ministry report released on Monday shows. Compared to September, when 76.8 per cent of the capacity was full, authorities have registered another rise in the ...
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Presidential Runoffs: With 100% of Tally Sheets Processed, Radev Wins 66.72% of Vote and Gerdjikov 31.80%
November 22 (BTA) - Based on 100 per cent of tally sheets from the Sunday presidential runoffs, processed by the constituency election commissions, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said the Rumen Radev - Iliana Iotova presidential ticket won 66.72 per cent (1,539,650 votes);...
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U.S. Embassy in Sofia Concerned by Recent Statements of Bulgarian President Radev on Crimea
November 22 (BTA) - In a Facebook post on Monday the US Embassy in Sofia said that the United States is deeply concerned by the recent statements of Bulgarian President Rumen Radev in which he referred to Crimea as "Russian". "The United States, G7, European Union, and NATO ha...
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COVID-19 Update: 733 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 5.2%
November 22 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 673,288, after 13,936 tests identified 733 new infections on Sunday, 85.27 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate ...
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Incumbent President Radev Re-elected
November 22 (BTA) - Rumen Radev won Bulgaria's presidential runoff on Sunday on about two-thirds of the vote based on parallel vote counts by three polling agencies. He is Bulgaria's sixth President and the second after Georgi Purvanov (2002-2012) to win a second term. ...
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Parallel Counts Show Radev Wins Presidential Runoff
November 21 (BTA) - According to parallel vote counts conducted by polling agencies, the incumbent Rumen Radev was re-elected for a second term in Bulgaria's presidential runoff on Sunday. Alpha Research: Rumen Radev 66 per cent Anastas Gerdjikov 31 per cent. Gallup International...
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Presidential Runoff Winner Radev: Comeback of Status Quo Did Not Happen
November 21 (BTA) - Rumen Radev, who was re-elected for another five-year term on about 66 per cent of the vote in Sunday's presidential runoff, said: "The status quo failed to stage a comeback despite fake news and attempts to dissuade people from voting." He offered thanks t...
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