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COVID-19 Update: 4,734 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 11.8%
November 6 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 628,680 after 40,086 tests identified 4,734 new infections on Friday, according to data posted early on Saturday on the national coronavirus information platform at https://coronavirus.bg/. The test pos...
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BTA Signs Agreement for Opening of Press Club in Yambol
November 5 (BTA) - Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) Director General Kiril Valchev and Yambol Mayor Valentin Revanski Friday signed an agreement on the provision of space for a BTA press club in the southeastern town. The press club will be unveiled in early 2022 after the room, locat...
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Minister, Businessman at Odds over Bulgarian Shareholding in Sofia Airport Concession Consortium
November 5 (BTA) - In a Facebook post on Friday, businessman Kiril Domouschiev denies being part of the consortium that holds the concession on Sofia Airport, SOF Connect. The company, too, refuted the claim of Bulgarian shareholding later in the day. These reactions were trig...
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Some Lv 60 Mln for Hemus Motorway Construction Transferred to Shell Companies, Taken out in Bags
(BTA) - Most of the money for the construction of the unfinished Hemus Motorway, which is to connect Sofia and the Black Sea port of Varna, have been transferred in advance to companies, even though building permits have not been issued for some of the lots, National Police Direc...
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Bulgarian Opera Singer Sonya Yoncheva Performs at Greek National Opera
(BTA) - World-famous Bulgarian opera prima Sonya Yoncheva was welcomed in Greece with honours, said to BTA by Atanas Maev, a representative of Yancheva's management team, on the occasion of her concert on November 4 at the Greek National Opera. Maev explained that Yancheva's p...
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Prosecuting Magistracy Demands Remand in Custody for Presidential Candidate after Attack on LGBTI Community Centre
November 5 (BTA) - The prosecuting magistracy has petitioned the court with a demand to remand in custody presidential candidate Boyan Stankov, better known as Boyan Rasate, the Sofia City Court said on Friday. Rasate is the leader of the Bulgarian National Union (BNU) and is run...
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Constitutional Court Rejects Disputed Amendments to Spatial Development Act Challenged by Architects and Vetoed by Presi...
November 5 (BTA) - The Constitutional Court has rejected as anti-constitutional disputed amendments to the Spatial Development Act (SDA) passed in January 2021 which were challenged by the Chamber of Architects in Bulgaria (CAB) and vetoed by President Rumen Radev, CAB sa...
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Sova Harris: The Odds in Favour of President Radev's Reelection Are 2:1 in Runoff with Contender Gerdjikov
November 5 (BTA) - With the campaign for the two-in-one Bulgarian elections for President and Parliament on November 14 in its final stretch, support for the Establishment parties is consolidating and newcomer Continue the Change is replacing the favourite in last elections, Ther...
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30 Bulgarian Artists in the Focus of Paris' Un weekend a l`est Festival
November 5 (BTA) - Nearly 30 Bulgarian artists, musicians, writers and filmmakers will be in Paris in late November to present contemporary Bulgarian art during the Un weekend a l`est festival. For a fifth year running, the festival showcases culture capitals in Central a...
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COVID-19 Update: 4,662 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 11.85%
November 5 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 623,946 after 39,333 tests identified 4,662 new infections on Thursday, according to data posted early on Friday on the national coronavirus information platform at https://coronavirus.bg/. The ...
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US National Guard Bureau Chief Holds Talks in Sofia
November 4 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Chief of Defence, Admiral Eftim Eftimov, met with the Chief of the US National Guard Bureau, General Daniel Hokanson, in Sofia on Thursday, the Defence Ministry reported. The two discussed bilateral cooperation to enhance the capabilities of the Bulg...
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Council of Europe Accuses Bulgaria of Not Caring Properly for Mentally Ill
(BTA Corr. Nikolay Jelyazkov) - The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) issued an open statement to Bulgaria on Thursday, accusing the Bulgarian authorities of not making the necessary efforts for people with men...
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BTA, Romanian News Agency AGERPRES Further Cooperation
"For the first time, the Romanian news agency AGERPRES and BTA will sign a cooperation agreement. This we will happen in the beginning of 2022. The agreement will be specific: first, we shall provide full access to our services and, second, we shall be mutual editors of ...
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Supreme Administrative Court Revokes Part of Central Election Commission Decision Regarding Vote Counting Control Protoc...
November 4 (BTA) - The Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) on Thursday overturned part of a Central Election Commission (CEC) decision regarding manually counting control receipts from voting machines. The part in question regarded entering the data from the control count...
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Bulgaria Already a Member of All World Bank Group Institutions
November 4 (BTA) - Bulgarian Finance Minister Valery Beltchev has signed the Articles of Agreement of the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA). Bulgaria becomes the 174th member of IDA, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. The signing took place a...
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COVID-19 Update: 4,922 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 12.3%
November 4 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 619,284 after 39,957 tests identified 4,922 newly infected persons on Wednesday, of whom 86.00 per cent are unvaccinated, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate no...
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Schools Start Testing Students, In-person Classes Resume from Nov 8
November 3 (BTA) - School students can return to in-person classes from November 8 if safe environment is provided, the Bulgarian Health Ministry said Wednesday. The Ministry did not specify whether the decision concerns all school students or only those from first to fourth grad...
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Bulgaria Suspends Temporarily Planned Hospital Admission, Operations
November 3 (BTA) - As of November 4, planned admission and planned operations in the medical establishments on the territory of the country will be temporarily suspended, the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday. By order of Minister of Health Dr. Stoycho Katsarov, issued toda...
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Opera Star Named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
November 3 (BTA) - World-famous Bulgarian opera singer Sonya Yoncheva is UNICEF's new Goodwill Ambassador in Bulgaria. She will advocate for children's rights, including the right to healthcare, education, equality and protection, and will encourage social change and children's...
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Unemployment in Bulgaria Decreases from August, Increases Y/Y
November 3 (BTA) - The unemployment rate in the eurozone continued to fall in September, reaching 7.4 per cent of the economically active population compared to 7.5 per cent in August and 8.6 per cent in September 2020, Eurostat reported on Wednesday. The recovery of the economy ...