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Constitutional Court Rules Justice Minister Competent to Propose Early Dismissal of Prosecutor General, Two Supreme Cour...
February 8 (BTA) - The Constitutional Court held anonymously that the Justice Minister can propose to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) the early dismissal from office of the Prosecutor General and the presidents of the Supreme Court of Cassation and of the Supreme Administrativ...
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Wineries Doors Open Days to Take Place near Melnik on February 19 and 20
February 8 (BTA) - Traditional Wineries Doors Open Days will take place near Melnik (Southwestern Bulgaria) on February 19 and 20. The event is dedicated to the day of the patron saint of gardeners and winegrowers, St. Tryphon, the Bulgarian Association of Independent Winegrowers...
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Prosecution Service Investigates Criminal Group for "Golden Passports" at Investment Agency
February 8 (BTA) - The prosecution service is investigating a criminal group at the InvestBulgaria Agency, involved in a suspected scheme for issue of "golden passports", Specialized Prosecutor's Office spokesperson Hristo Krastev told the media on Tuesday. The announcement comes...
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Defence Minister Yanev: No One Is Imposing Decisions Related to Our Security
February 8 (BTA) - "No one, for any reason, is imposing on us decisions related to our security. Decisions are made in an alliance format after consultations and with consensus, with each member state presenting its sovereign national position," said Defence Minister Stefan Yanev...
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COVID-19 Update: 8,012 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 21.36%
February 8 (BTA) - A total of 8,012 new COVID-19 cases were identified in Bulgaria on Monday by 37,509 tests. The test positivity rate now stands at 21.36 per cent, show data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/.
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Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Skopje Sends Note Expressing Regret about Act of Vandalism after Joint Commemorat...
February 7 - Acting on an order of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry, the Bulgarian Embassy in the Republic of North Macedonia has sent a note verbale expressing its deep regret about an act of vandalism perpetrated after the joint commemoration on February 4 in Skopje of the 150th ...
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Low-interest Loans to be Available to Hotel, Restaurant Sector from Bulgarian Development Bank
February 7 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) will support hotel and restaurant owners with low-interest loans, BDB Executive Director Vladimir Georgiev said on Monday. Georgiev and the Chairman of the parliamentary Tourism Committee, Ilin Dimitrov, presented a ...
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Airports in Seaside Varna, Bourgas Handle 17,000+ Flights in 2021
February 7 (BTA) - In 2021 the airports in Varna and Bourgas, on the Black Sea, welcomed more than two million passengers and handled more than 17,000 flights of 70 Bulgarian and foreign airlines, Fraport Twin Star Airport Management, the German-Bulgarian owner of the con...
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Bulgarian Antarctic Institute and Argentina's National Directorate for Antarctic Sign Cooperation Agreement
February 7 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Antarctic Institute (BAI) and Argentina's National Directorate for Antarctic concluded a cooperation agreement at the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia on Monday. The document was signed by Prof. Hristo Pimpirev, Head of the Bulgarian Antar...
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Bulgarian Communities Abroad Want to Open 21 New Bulgarian Language Schools
February 7 (BTA) - Twenty-one organizations of Bulgarian migrants in 11 countries are applying for government funding to open Sunday schools to teach Bulgarian language, literature, geography and history to children. The largest number of applications, six, is from the UK...
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BTA to Cooperate with Wine Makers Organizations to Popularize Bulgarian Wine
February 7 (BTA) - The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) signed Monday a cooperation agreement with five sectoral organizations in the wine industry, vowing to popularize Bulgarian wine. The document was undersigned by BTA Director General Kiril Valchev and the leaders of the Bulgarian...
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COVID Mortality in Bulgarian Hospitals at 18.3% in 2021
February 7 (BTA) - The COVID-19 mortality rate in Bulgarian hospitals was 18.3 per cent last year, according to the Hospitals Index of Gallup. The index is based on the reports that the hospitals submit into the electronic information system of the Health Ministry. There were 155...
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Prosecutors Open Investigation into "Golden Passports" Scheme
February 7 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Prosecution Office has opened an investigation into the so-called "Golden Passports" scheme. That followed an alert by the opposition Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), the prosecution service said in a press release here ...
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COVID-19 Update: 2,181 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 17%
February 7 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 995,436, after 12,838 tests identified 2,181 new infections on Sunday, 76.80 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate...
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COVID-19 Update: 4,737 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 20%
February 6 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 993,255, after 21,251 tests identified 4,737 new infections on Saturday, 76.08 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity ra...
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Energy Minister Says There Is a War against the Government’s Energy Policy
February 6 (BTA) - A war is being waged against the energy policy of the government, Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov said here Sunday. He held an emergency news briefing to disprove allegations that the new management of state-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz sold 60,000 MWh of nat...
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Bulgarian FM Donates Mobile Mammography Unit to Hospital in North Macedonia
Sofia, February 5 (BTA) - Bulgarian Foreign Minister Teodora Genchovska donated a mobile mammography unit to the oncology department of the hospital in the town of Negotino, North Macedonia, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday. The donation comes as part of a project which aims to...
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Prime Minister Petkov, Romanian Counterpart Ciuca Discuss Bilateral Relations
Also, the two prime ministers discussed issues on the current EU agenda and possibilities for bilateral cooperation under the EU Green Deal and the national recovery plans of the two countries. In relation with the holding of the joint government meeting in Sofia in September...
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COVID-19 Update: 8,116 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 20%
February 5 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 988,518, after 40,735 tests identified 8,116 new infections on Friday, 75.58 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate...
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Bulgaria Remembers Gotse Delchev 150 Years after His Birth
February 4 (BTA) - "Gotse Delchev is an inseparable part of our common history with the people of North Macedonia," Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov wrote in a post on the Government's Facebook account. "He is one of the personalities that make both peoples proud," t...
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