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Prison Officers Announce Stand-by for Possible Protests
October 26 (BTA) - The Prison Officers' Union has announced a stand-by for possible protests. The Union wrote in a letter to President Rumen Radev and caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev that the proposed state budget scheme for 2022 does not stipulate a wage increase in the se...
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COVID-19 Update: 5,863 New Cases, 243 Fatalities, New Record Highs in Bulgaria
October 26 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 575,306, after 51,688 tests identified a new record high of 5,863 infections on Monday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 11.34 per cent. Sof...
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Justice Minister Stoilov Meets with Venice Commission President Buquicchio, European Human Rights Court President Spano
October 25 (BTA) - Bulgarian caretaker Justice Minister Yanaki Stoilov held meetings with Gianni Buquicchio, President of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, and Robert Spano, President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), in Strasbourg on Monday, Oc...
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Agriculture Minister Bozukov: Bulgaria Has Potential to Increase Protein Crops Farming
October 25 (BTA) - Bulgaria has potential to increase production of protein crops, as it has good experience and traditions in that field, said Agriculture and Food Minister Hristo Bozukov during the Summit of the Ministers of Agriculture of the Three Seas Initiative and ...
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When Responsibility for Migration Is Greater, Solidarity Should Also Be Greater, Says MEP Tsvetelina Penkova
October 25 (BTA) - During a discussion on migration and the role of institutions and society held here on Monday, Bulgarian MEP Tsvetelina Penkova said that when the responsibility for migration issues is greater, solidarity must be greater, too. The discussion took place in the ...
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COVID-19 Update: 1,370 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 12.98%
October 25 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 569,443, after 10,554 tests identified 1,370 new infections on Sunday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 12.98 per cent. Sofia tops the list ...
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President Radev Holds Meeting with Caretaker Cabinet regarding COVID-19 Crisis
The President outlined the topics that the caretaker government needs to clarify, including children returning to in-person classes, providing free coronavirus tests to the public, issuing Green Certificates to people with antibodies who have recovered from COVID-19 but are no...
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Admiral Emil Eftimov Describes Bilateral Military Cooperation with Turkey as Good with Potential for Development
(BTA) - Chief of Defence Admiral Emil Eftimov assessed Bulgaria's bilateral military cooperation with Turkey as good and with potential for development. In an interview with BTA after his visit to Ankara at the invitation of his counterpart, the Chief of General Staff of Turke...
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Tourist Business Pushes for Covid Green Pass Based on Antibodies Test
October 23 (BTA) - Trade associations in the tourism and restaurant sectors, children's centres, and gyms, urge the government to recognize the test for coronavirus antibodies as a ground to obtain a covid green pass. The associations, which Saturday issued a position after a mee...
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Bulgarian Company Invests 30 Million Leva in New Logistics Facility Near Sofia
October 23 (BTA) - A ceremony was held on Saturday for the start of construction works of a new logistics and warehousing facility in the Sofia-Bozhourishte Industrial Park. The 30 million investment in the facility, expected to be finished at the end of March 2023, is made by a ...
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President Radev Comments on Migration, North Macedonia, Russia
October 22 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev told Bulgarian journalists here Friday that at the European Council meeting on October 21 and 22, he and counterparts of his raised the matter of the protection of the EU's external borders, particularly land ones. "The EU needs an action ...
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Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Building Development in Unique Dunes at Coastal Resort
October 22 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) has left standing a judgment of the Bourgas Administrative Court that dismissed an appeal against a ban on the construction of a recreation and resort building in the Kavatsite locality (3 km south of Sozopol, on th...
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Migrant Arrests in September Soared Nearly 29% Compared to August
October 22 (BTA) - A total of 1,626 third-country nationals, residing illegally in Bulgaria, were detained in September, the Ministry of Interior said in a press release on Friday. A number of 154 migrants were arrested at the state border while they were trying to ent...
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GPs to Offer Free Prescriptions for COVID-19 Patients, Hospitals to Receive Additional Funding.
October 22 (BTA) - General Practitioners (GPs) will be able to write up free prescriptions for patients with COVID-19, and hospitals will receive additional funding. These were the decisions taken during a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the National Health Insurance...
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COVID-19 Update: 4,816 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 10.17%
October 22 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 559,893, after 47,370 tests identified 4,816 new infections on Fтriday], according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 10.17 per cent. The activ...
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Government Adopts Programme for Compensation of Non-Household Electricity Consumers
October 21 (BTA) - On Thursday, the government adopted a programme for compensation of nonhousehold consumers of electricity, caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev told a news briefing at the Council of Ministers. Yanev said that the programme will extend to over 630,00...
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Finance Minister Beltchev Meets with DG REFORM Director-General Nava
October 21 (BTA) - Caretaker Finance Minister Valery Beltchev and his deputy Monika Dimitrova-Beecher met with the Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM), Mario Nava, here on Thursday, the Finance Minist...
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Ten EU Countries, Including Bulgaria, Insist on Gas, Nuclear Energy Being Labelled Sustainable
October 21 (BTA Correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgaria and nine other EU Member States, including France, will insist that economic activities related to the production of nuclear energy and natural gas be urgently labelled environmentally sustainable, President Rume...
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Bulgaria Takes Over Rotating TRASECA Intergovernmental Commission Chairmanship
October 21 (BTA) - At the 15th Meeting of member countries signatory to the Basic Multilateral Agreement on International Transport for Development of the Europe - the Caucasus - Asia Corridor (TRASECA), caretaker Transport, Information Technology and Communications Minis...
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Bulgarian Supercomputer Goes into Operation
The Bulgarian supercomputer Discoverer officially went into operation at the Sofia Tech Park (STP) in the capital on Thursday, STP Supervisory Board Chairman Peter Statev told a news conference. The Discoverer has achieved performance of 4,5 Petaflops and peak performance of 6...
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