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Agreement between EIB, UniCredit Bulbank to Unlock Nearly EUR 200 Mln for COVID-affected Businesses
October 15 (BTA) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) and UniCredit Bulbank Bulgaria Friday signed a guarantee agreement of 60 million euro that is expected to unlock new loans of nearly 200 million euro to support Bulgarian businesses suffering from the economic consequences of ...
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Sofia Hosts Green Transition: Solutions and Challenges for Bulgaria Forum
October 15 (BTA) - The first real step on the way to the Green Transition is the preparation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan. This lays the foundations for a green and digital transformation of the economy in the context of the Green Deal's ambitious goals, caretaker ...
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President Radev: Bulgaria Will Defend Coal-Fired Power Plants
October 15 (BTA) - Bulgaria will do its best to defend its coal-fired power plants, President Rumen Radev said Friday, answering a question whether the country will be able to make its case for the plants' closure by 2040 before the EC. He added that he has made this his ...
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November 14 Presidential Elections: Largest Number Ever of Women, Presidential Tickets
October 15 (Anelia Tsvetkova, Lora Metanova of BTA) - With 23 presidential tickets joining Bulgaria's November 14 race, this is the largest number since 1992. This is also the first time presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on the same day. Women are s...
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COVID-19 Update: 3,183 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 17%
October 15 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 534,312, after 18,725 tests identified 3,183 newly infected persons on Thursday, of whom 85.3 per cent are unvaccinated, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now...
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Election Administration Refuses to Register Democratic Bulgaria Candidates in Stara Zagora
October 14 (BTA) - The Central Election Commission (CEC) Thursday refused to register the candidates of Democratic Bulgaria (DB) for the parliamentary elections in the southern town of Stara Zagora. CEC spokesperson Rossitsa Mateva told a news briefing that CEC confirmed ...
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Bulgarian Government Adopts National Recovery Plan
October 14 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers adopted Bulgaria's National Recovery and Resilience Plan on Thursday. Speaking to journalists after the regular cabinet meeting, caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev said that the document will resolve a number of social and political ...
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Exacta Poll: Six Parties Certain to Enter Parliament, GERB Leads Polls
October 14 (BTA) - Six parties are certain to enter the next legislature, according to a national self-funded survey by Exacta Research, conducted between October 6 and 12 among 1,025 respondents. GERB leads the polls with 23.5 of the vote and has been at the top in several co...
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BTA Launches New Service on Environment and New Media Partnership
October 14 (BTA) - The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) is launching a new service, BTA Green, dedicated solely to environment, Director General Kiril Valchev told a news conference here Thursday. He made the announcement on the day of the 5-year anniversary of the ratification of the...
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Trade Union Calls for Increase of Minimum Working Wage, Poverty Threshold
October 14 (BTA) - As of November 1, the minimum working wage can be set at 700 leva, said Confederation of independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) President Plamen Dimitrov at a meeting with the leadership of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) on Thursday. The trade union ...
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COVID-19 Update: 3,327 New Cases,Test Positivity Rate at 17.5%
October 14 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 531,129, after 19,059 tests identified 3,327 newly infected persons on Wednesday, of whom 86.7 per cent are unvaccinated, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate no...
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Specialized Prosecution Office Has Been Checking Petkov about Untrue Citizenship Declaration Since August 24
October 13 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Specialized Prosecution Office (SPO) has been checking Kiril Petkov since August 24 in connection with alleged false statement made by him in a declaration before his appointment as caretaker economy minister on May 10, 2021, the SPO said in a press ...
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PM Meets TU Leaders as Coal Miners Protest against Planned Mine Closures
October 13 (BTA) - The influential Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) and the Podkrepa Labour Confederation held a rally in central Sofia to protest the planned closure of coal-fired power plants as required by the EU in keeping with its plans for decar...
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Prosecutor General Geshev Approaches Constitutional Court about Transfer of Witness Protection Bureau Assets
October 13 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev has challenged the constitutionality of provisions in the Act on Protection of Persons Threatened in Connection with Criminal Proceedings, concerning the transfer of assets from the Witness and Magistrate Protec...
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Organizations of Bulgarians in North Macedonia Urge Bulgaria to Be Firm in Its Support for Their Cause
October 13 (BTA) - Organizations of Bulgarians in North Macedonia have urged Bulgaria to be firm and insistent in its support for their cause and have voiced expectation that Bulgaria's well-reasoned and clear position will be upheld firmly and categorically. This is cont...
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COVID-19 Update: 3,469 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 19.29%
October 13 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 527,802, after 17,981 tests identified 3,469 new infections on Tuesday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 19.29 per cent. Sofia Regi...
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Borislav Mihaylov Re-Elected Bulgarian Football Union President
October 12 (BTA) - Borislav Mihaylov was re-elected President of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) at a BFU Extraordinary Congress here on Tuesday. Of the 480 delegates who voted, 241 supported Mihaylov and 230 backed his main opponent Dimitar Berbatov. Six candidates contested...
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister Meets Croatian Counterpart, Confirms Support for EU Integration of Western Balkans, Including...
October 12 (BTA) - Bulgarian Foreign Minister Svetlan Stoev met with his visiting Croatian counterpart, Gordan Grlic-Radman, on Tuesday. In a statement for the press after the meeting, Stoev said that he reconfirmed Sofia's "consistent support for the European integration...
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Deputy PM Donev, European Commission Vice President Suica Discuss Option to Address Bulgaria's, EU's Demographic Challe...
October 12 (BTA) - The possibilities to address the demographic challenges facing Bulgaria and the EU by creating better living conditions in small settlements and ensuring high-quality care and services to children and elderly people were on the agenda of Tuesday's meeti...
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Finance Minister Beltchev Confers with EBRD Representatives
October 12 (BTA) - Finance Minister Valery Beltchev met with Charlotte Ruhe, Director for Central and South Eastern Europe at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and EBRD Director for Bulgaria Anca Ionescu, the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday. ...
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