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Old Age Social Pension Becomes Lv 170 as of December 25
November 17 (BTA) - As a fair approach in updating the incomes of all pensioners, a draft decree of the Council of Ministers proposes social pensions for old age to be raised from 148.71 leva to 170 leva per month, as of December 25 2021. The draft decree has been released for pu...
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International Conference Discusses NATO's Approach to Climate Change
November 17 (BTA) - Climate change multiplies crises and this should be taken account of, caretaker Defence Minister Georgi Panayotov said, addressing an online international conference on Addressing global challenges: NATO's approach to climate change on Wednesday. The hybr...
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Dragomir Winery Estate Receives Grand Prize in Bulgarian Architecture Awards 2021
November 17 (BTA) - The Dragomir winery estate, designed by arch. Todor Obreshkov and Zoom Studio, received the grand prize in the third edition of the Bulgarian Architecture Awards competition, organized by the Chamber of Architects in Bulgaria, the Chamber said on Wednesday. ...
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Premature Infants Recover with No Parental Love During the Pandemic, Experts Say
November 17 (BTA) - While November 17 marks World Prematurity Day, public buildings and cultural monuments are traditionally illuminated purple. On this occasion, the Bulgarian "Our Premature Infants" foundation informed that family access to neonatology units has been severel...
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COVID-19 Update: 3,869 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 9.38%
(BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 662,739, after 41,242 tests identified 3,869 new infections on Tuesday, some 85 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now sta...
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Presidential Candidates Radev, Gerdjikov Go to Run-off Election
November 16 (BTA) - The Rumen Radev - Iliana Iotova presidential ticket won 49.41 per cent of the vote (1,322,128 votes), while the Anastas Gerdjikov - Nevyana Miteva ticket won 22.82 per cent (610,710 votes) in the November 14 elections, the Central Election Commission said late...
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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals against Counting All Paper Records Printed by Voting Machines
November 16 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) on Tuesday dismissed an appeal lodged by two coalitions against a Central Election Commission (CEC) decision on counting 100 per cent of the voter-verified paper records printed out by the voting machines at Bulgar...
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Bulgarian Socialist Party Leader Kornelia Ninova Resigns
November 16 (BTA) - Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Kornelia Ninova is resigning in the wake of the November 14 elections, after which her party slipped from third to the fourth place in Parliament. She announced her resignation in a statement to journalists after a meetin...
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Bulgaria Supports Request for Urgent EU Measures in Support of Pigmeat Sector - Deputy Agriculture Minister Sabev
November 16 (BTA) - Bulgaria supports the request for urgent EU exceptional measures in the pigmeat sector. Producers are in an exceedingly difficult market situation in view of the impact of restrictions related to African swine fever, higher fodder costs COVID requirements, as ...
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Court Stays Borislav Mihaylov's Re-election as Bulgarian Football Union President
(BTA) - Two Sofia City Court panels stayed the registration of the decisions of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) Extraordinary Congress of October 12, the team of Dimitar Berbatov, who was runner up in the elections, said. At an Extraordinary Congress on October 12, Borislav...
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Pavlina Panova Is Elected Chair of Bulgaria's Constitutional Court
November 16 (BTA) - Judge Pavlina Panova is the new chair of the country's Constitutional Court. She was elected at a meeting on Tuesday and is the first woman to chair the country's highest court, the Court said. The meeting was attended by 11 constitutional judges. Panova...
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Election Winners Continue the Change Will Propose Coalition Agreement
November 16 (BTA) - The election-winning party Continue the Change will propose a coalition agreement which will include all issues that are important to the country, said co-leader Kiril Petkov in a Nova TV interview on Tuesday. Petkov said that after the elections he talke...
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COVID-19 Update: 3,223 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 10.05%
November 16 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 658,870, after 32,054 tests identified 3,223 new infections on Monday, 83.09 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rat...
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Podcast Explores Fundamentals of Success for Young People in Bulgaria
(Desislava Toncheva, BTA) - A podcast titled Road To Success explores the fundamentals of success in Bulgaria. The team behind the podcast provide a platform where young Bulgarians, who are somewhere along their journey to success in a variety of fields, can share their stories a...
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Finance Ministry Auctions Off Lv 500 Mln T-Bonds
November 15 (BTA) - The Finance Ministry Monday auctioned off an issue of 500 million leva's worth of 3.5-year Treasury bonds. The maturity date of the issue is May 17, 2025. The auction resulted in successful placement of government securities with an aggregate nominal...
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PACE Delegation Observing November 14 Elections in Bulgaria Says Elections Were Competitive, Fundamental Freedoms Respec...
November 15 (BTA corr. Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The presidential and early parliamentary elections held in Bulgaria on 14 November were competitive and fundamental freedoms were respected. However, public interest and trust in the electoral process is undermined by the long-s...
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November 14 Elections: Early Returns Give Continue the Change 25.46%, Radev Leads for President with 49.39%, Voting Abro...
November 15 (BTA) - Based on 93.28 per cent of tally sheets processed by the constituency election commissions, Continue the Change won 25.46 per cent of all votes in the November 14 parliamentary elections and the Rumen Radev - Iliana Iotova ticket leads with 49.39 per c...
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Socialist Party Campaign Manager Kristian Vigenin Resigns
November 15 (BTA) - Kristian Vigenin announced his resignation from his position as Head of Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) National Election Headquarters. "We didn't achieve our goals", Vigenin said on his Facebook profile on Monday. He thanked his colleagues at the headquar...
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Democratic Bulgaria Co-leaders Ivanov, Atanassov Resign after Election Disappointment
November 15 (BTA) - The co-leader of the Democratic Bulgaria (DB) coalition, Hristo Ivanov, resigned Monday along with the entire leadership of his DB-affiliated Yes, Bulgaria! party after disappointing elections Sunday. In a Facebook post, he wrote that everybody in his party's ...
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President Radev: Parliament Will Be Convened as Soon as Possible
(BTA) - The Bulgarian Parliament will be convened as soon as possible following the promulgation of the list of the new MPs, President Rumen Radev, who is seeking re-election, told journalists here on Monday. He congratulated Continue the Change for what he called a "compelling v...
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