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Man Placed under House Arrest for Threatening Life of Parliament Chair
September 6 (BTA) - The Sofia District Court Monday placed under house arrest Lyubomir Yakov, 26, who was detained on September 3 over a threat on the life of National Assembly Chair Iva Miteva, prosecutor Georgi Ivanov said. Earlier in the day, the District Prosecution Office in...
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BTA Director General Visits Anadolu Agency in Ankara
September 6 (BTA) - Bulgarian News Agency Director General Kiril Valchev Monday visited the headquarters of Anadolu Agency, the Turkish news agency reported. He was welcomed at the headquarters in Ankara by Serdar Karagoz, the agency's Director General, and Yusuf Ozhan, the Deput...
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Bulgaria Celebrates 136th Anniversary of Unification of Bulgarian Principality and Eastern Rumelia
September 6 (BTA) - On Monday, Bulgaria celebrated the 136th anniversary of the Unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia. It is a public holiday, with observances held countrywide. Eastern Rumelia was established on May 19, 1879 by the Berlin Treaty as a...
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COVID-19 Update: 488 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 4.02%
September 6 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 462,033, after 12,151 tests identified 488 new infections on Sunday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 4.02 per cent. Sofia tops the list of...
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Foreign Ministry Reacts to Statement of North Macedonia's PM Regarding Rights of Bulgarians in His Country
September 5 (BTA) - In a position issued on Sunday, the Bulgairan Foreign Ministry says that this country's position on the topic of protecting the rights of Bulgarian citizens and of citizens identifying themselves as Bulgarians in North Macedonia, has been stated on many occasi...
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TISP Floor Leader Says Attempts Made to Break Party Apart by Offering Its MPs Money
Sofia, September 5 (BTA) - Floor leader of the There Is Such a People party (TISP) Toshko Yordanov said on Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) on Saturday that National Assembly Deputy Chair Tatyana Doncheva from Rise Up BG! Here We Come! has tried to persuade MPs of TISP to support t...
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Caretaker Finance Minister Hints at Remaining in Politics after Term in Office's End
September 5 (BTA) - In an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio on Sunday, caretaker Finance Minister Assen Vassilev said that until the end of his term in office, he will not participate in any types of political projects. "Afterwards, I will think about what exactly I want...
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COVID-19 Update: 854 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 6.4%
September 5 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 461,545, after 13,386 tests identified 854 new infections on Saturday, according to data posted Sunday on the national coronavirus information platform at https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity r...
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Population Has Shrunk in Nearly 90% of Bulgaria's Major Settlements since 2011
September 4 (BTA) - Only 23 Bulgarian cities have increased their population in the last ten years, with the largest increase in the capital, where during this period the population has grown by the number of inhabitants of a small town. The population of the remaining 231 cities...
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Chief Expert at State Fund Agriculture Charged with Trade in Influence
September 4 (BTA) - The Plovdiv District Prosecutor's Office has filed charges of trading with influence against a chief expert at the State Fund Agriculture, the press centre of the Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office announced on Saturday. On September 2, a 36-year-old chief expert a...
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BTA Promotes LIK Magazine at Apollonia Festival of Arts
September 4 (BTA) - The new issue of the legendary LIK Magazine was presented at the Apollonia Festival of Arts in Sozopol by BTA Director General Kiril Valchev and editor Georgi Lozanov. The edition is dedicated to the therapeutic power of art. It takes a look back at the mon...
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8th Dunav Ultra Brings Cyclists from across Europe to Bulgaria's Longest Tourist Cycling Route
September 4 (BTA) - The latest edition of the Dunav Ultra cycling trip, mottoed Dunav Ultra Back to the River, brought cyclists from this and other European countries to Bulgaria's longest tourist cycling route for the eight year in a row. The official start of the trip along the...
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COVID-19 Update: 1,640 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 5.46%
September 4 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 460,691, after 30,011 tests identified 1,640 new infections on Friday, according to data posted Saturday on the national coronavirus information platform at https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity...
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President Rumen Radev to Seek Rational Solution for Dates of Parliament Dissolution, General Elections
September 3 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev said he would seek a rational solution for the date of dissolution of the National Assembly and the scheduling of the parliamentary elections. He was speaking in response to the queries of journalists present at Friday's opening o...
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COVID-19 Update: 1,564 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate Sligtly over 6.0%
September 3 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 459,051 after 25,799 tests identified 1,564 new infections on Thursday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at slightly over 6 per cent. ...
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Socialists to Return Government-Forming Mandate on September 7
September 2 (BTA) - The BSP for Bulgaria parliamentary group will return the third government-forming mandate on September 7. The decision was made by the National Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) on Thursday, participants in the meeting said. MORE RY/...
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COVID-19 Update: 1,745 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 7.3%
September 2 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 457,487, after 24,836 tests identified 1,745 new infections on Wednesday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 7.03 per cent. Sofia top...
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Parliament Schedules Presidential Elections for November 14
September 2 (BTA) - Bulgaria's presidential elections will take place on November 14, 2021. Without holding a debate, the National Assembly on Thursday voted, 152-0 with 25 abstentions, to pass a draft resolution to this effect, moved on Wednesday by There Is Such a Peop...
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Bulgaria Tightens COVID-19 Restrictions for Two Months from Monday
With new COVID-19 infections rising steeply, Bulgaria will introduce more rigorous epidemic-control measures for two months, from September 7 to October 30.
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BTA's New Website to Have Special Section for Bulgarian Diaspora
September 1 (BTA) - "The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) will have a new website, hopefully by the end of this year, and it will include a separate special section directed at Bulgarians abroad and at Bulgarians back home from their expat fellow countrymen," BTA Director General Kiri...
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