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COVID-19 Update: 231 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 1.53%
July 30 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 424,526, after 15,092 tests identified 231 new infections onThursday, according to data posted Friday on the national coronavirus information platform at https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate n...
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Justice Minister Proposes Procedure for Holding Prosecutor General Liable for Violations
July 29 (BTA) - At an extraordinary meeting on Thursday, caretaker Bulgarian Justice Minister Yanaki Stoilov presented a proposal for a procedure for holding the prosecutor general and other senior prosecutors liable for violations. The proposal comes less than a week after St...
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Transport Minister Unhappy with How Sofia Airport Looks after Concessionaire Stepped in
July 29 (BTA) - Caretaker Transport Minister Georgi Todorov is unhappy with how Sofia Airport looks after concessionaire SOF Connect stepped in. "To date I am not pleased with what the concessionaire is doing," Todorov told the Bulgarian National Radio. In his words, the public e...
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PM: Public Finances Picture in May Was a Cause of Concern but Government Preserved Finances Stability and Improved Tax C...
July 29 (BTA) - The picture of public finances in May was a cause of concern, to put it mildly, caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev said Thursday during a parliamentary hearing on the financial and economic shape of Bulgaria. He said that his government, however, has been...
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TISP Party Accuses Likely Supporters of Trying to Call the Tune
July 29 (BTA) - Toshko Yordanov, Floor Leader of There Is Such a People (TISP), the largest group in the newly elected National Assembly, accused floor leaders Hristo Ivanov of Democratic Bulgaria and Maya Manolova of Rise Up BG! Here We Come! of trying to determine the comp...
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COVID-19 Update: 216 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 1.37%
July 29 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 424,295, after 15,749 tests identified 216 new infections on Wednesday, according to data posted Thursday on the national coronavirus information platform at https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity ra...
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Foreign Minister Svetlan Stoev Receives Maldivian Counterpart Abdulla Shahid
July 28 (BTA) - Foreign Minister Svetal Stoev and his Maldivian counterpart Abdulla Shahid Wednesday discussed the opportunities for promoting cooperation between the two countries within the framework of the first ever Bulgarian visit by a top diplomat of the Republic of Ma...
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Cabinet Includes Three Coastal Areas in Protected Zones
July 28 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers decided here on Wednesday to include the Black Sea coast areas of Coral, Kara Dere and Pasha Dere in existing protected zones. Details of the decision was announced at a news conference by caretaker Environment and Water Minister Asen ...
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Rise Up BG! and Democratic Bulgaria Meet, Say Their Support for Largest Group in Parliament Won't Come It at Any Cost
July 28 (BTA) - Having met in Parliament Wednesday, Democratic Bulgaria (DB) and Rise Up BG! Here We Come! said they won't support the largest group in the new Parliament, There Is Such a People, at any cost. Hristo Ivanov of DB and Maya Manolova of Rise Up BG! told reporte...
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Epidemic Emergency Extended until August 31
July 28 (BTA) - The Bulgarian government decided here on Wednesday to extend the epidemic emergency by another month until August 31, the caretaker Cabinet's press service report
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Socialist Leader Sees Growing Closeness with TISP on Some Policies
July 28 (BTA) - The parliamentary forces which could support a government proposed by There Is Such a People (TISP) have been assured that TISP will offer their take on the future Council of Ministers after ending the intra-party consultations on the policies and the prioriti...
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Caretaker Interior Minister in Parliament: Hundreds of Bulgarians, Including Politicians, Have Been Wiretapped
July 28 (BTA) - Hundreds of Bulgarian citizens, some of which involved in politics, have been wiretapped at the request of the specialized prosecution office and with the permission of the specialized court, caretaker Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov told Parliament on Wednes...
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Ivailo Denchev Appointed Acting Chief of Road Infrastructure Agency a Week after Being Removed from Board
July 28 (BTA) - Ivailo Denchev was appointed acting Chairman of the Management Board of the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) by order of caretaker Regional Development and Public Works Minister Violeta Komitova, dated July 26, Komitova's ministry reported on Wednesday. Denche...
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COVID-19 Update: 200 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 1.28%
July 28 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 424,079, after 15,641 tests identified 200 new infections on Tuesday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/ early on Wednesday. The test positivity rate now stands at 1.28 per cent. ...
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Eurohold Officially Completes Acquisition of CEZ Assets in Bulgaria
July 27 (BTA) - Insurance company Eurohold Bulgaria AD has officially completed the acquisition of seven subsidiaries of Czech energy group CEZ in Bulgaria for 335 million euro, the buyer's press office reported on Tuesday. In Bulgaria, CEZ has been one of the three main di...
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Bulgaria's First Military Research Vessel Christened Ss. Cyril and Methodius
July 27 (BTA) - Speaking at Tuesday's solemn ceremony on raising the flag and christening the first Bulgarian military research vessel with hull No 421, the Bulgarian Chief of Defence, Admiral Evtim Evtimov, said: "The flag of the Bulgarian Navy, waved for the first time by ...
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Interior Minister Rashkov Refers Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev to Head of National Investigation Service
July 27 (BTA) - Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov contacted the director of the National Investigation Service (NIS), Borislav Sarafov, about crimes committed by Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev, Rashkov told the media on Tuesday. The signal to Sarafov contains some of the mate...
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Independence and Teamwork Are the Caretaker Economy Minister's Conditions for Participation in New Cabinet
July 27 (BTA) - Independence and teamwork are the two conditions that caretaker Economy Minister Kiril Petkov sets for potentially agreeing to join the next government - if he is ever offered a ministerial position in the government that the new Parliament is expected to for...
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PM Changes National Coordinator for Cyber Security
July 27 (BTA) - Prime Minister Stefan Yanev has named the head of the State Agency for Electronic Government, Krassimir Simonski, as national coordinator for cyber security, the government press office said Tuesday.
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COVID-19 Update: 193 New Cases and 0.9% Test Positivity Rate in Bulgaria
July 27 (BTA) - A total of 193 new cases of COVID-19 were identified in Bulgaria Monday after 20,910 test in Bulgaria, according to difures published early on Tuesday on the national coronavirus information platform.