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Ministry of Interior Investigates EWRC Experts
February 2 (BTA) - The Ministry of Interior is investigating experts from the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC), Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov told reporters after a meeting of the Council of Ministers. He was asked by reporters about the progress of an investigatio...
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Parliament Accepts Resignation of Counter-Corruption Commission Head Tsatsarov
February 2 (BTA) - The National Assembly Wednesday accepted the resignation of Sotir Tsatsarov as Chairman of the Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Commission. All 197 MPs in attendance voted in favour. Tsatsarov requested his term to be terminated e...
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Public Procurement Agency Executive Director Replaced
Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Assen Vasilev has appointed Georgi Nikolov Executive Director of the Public Procurement Agency
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"Conflict over Ukraine May Hit Hard Bulgarian Hospitality Industry" - Tourism Committee Chair
February 2 (BTA) - If a conflict over Ukraine breaks out, there is a strong likelihood that the Bulgarian tourism industry will be hit hard, National Assembly Tourism Committee Chair Ilin Dimitrov said in a BTA interview, specifying that the Russia-Ukraine situation is his "great...
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COVID-19 Update: Over 11,000 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 27.26%
February 2 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 963,108, after 40,863 tests identified 11,143 newly infected persons on Tuesday, of whom 76.17 per cent are unvaccinated, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate fo...
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PM Petkov: The Skopje Visit Came Terribly Late
February 2 (BTA) – Prime Minister Kiril Petkov rejected the criticism of President Rumen Radev Tuesday that his visit to Skopje in January came too early. “The truth is that we have lost 30 years in our relations with the Republic of North Macedonia. Not only was not my visit ear...
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Energy Minister Expects Gas Interconnector Bulgaria - Serbia to Be Completed by October 2023 at the Latest
Bulgarian Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov expects the Gas Interconnector Bulgaria - Serbia (IBS) to be completed by October 2023 at the latest. Nikolov said this during a ceremony marking the start of construction of the Serbian stretch of the pipeline in Dimitrovgrad, Southeas...
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Defence Minister Yanev, Ukrainian Ambassador Moskalenko Discuss Bilateral Defence Relations
February 1 (BTA) - Bulgarian Defence Minister Stefan Yanev conferred with Ukrainian Ambassador in Sofia Vitalii Moskalenko here on Tuesday, Yanev's Ministry said in a press release. Bilateral defence relations, the prospects for strengthening cooperation in military technologies ...
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President: "PM Petkov's January Visit to Skopje Came Too Early"
February 1 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said here on Tuesday that the visit that Prime Minister Kiril Petkov paid to Skopje on January 18 "came too early". "I have discussed the matter candidly with him," Radev said, taking a reporter's question. He argued that it w...
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Sofia-Skopje Working Group Agree on Bilateral Investment Transparency Mechanism
February 1 (BTA Correspondent Marinela Velichkova) - A mechanism for transparency of investments between Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia will be set up, said Bulgaria's Minister of Innovation and Growth Daniel Lorer and North Macedonia's Finance Minister Fatmir Besim...
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Regulator Approves Bulgargaz Proposal to Cut Down Natural Gas Price by 17.64%
February 1 (BTA) - The energy regulator Tuesday approved a proposal by gas supplier Bulgargaz to cut gas prices by 17.64 per cent to 109.88 leva/MWh from February 1. That will be price at which Bulgargaz will be selling to end-users and operators for production and operators lice...
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Banks' Profit Up 73.8% at End-December 2021, Y/Y
February 1 (BTA) - The banking system's profit as at December 31, 2021 was 1.4 billion leva, which is by 601 million leva (73.8 per cent) more than the profit reported at the end of December 2020, the Bulgarian National Bank said. The banking system's balance sheet total asset...
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Russian Ambassador Mitrofanova: Russian Demand for NATO to Return to Its 1997 Borders Does Not Concern Bulgaria
February 1 (BTA) - Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova told NOVA TV here on Monday that Moscow's demand for NATO to return to its borders from 1997 does not concern Bulgaria, because there are no military bases or strategic weapons targeting Russia in this country...
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Parliament Dismisses Two Energy Regulator Members
February 1 (BTA) - The National Assembly Energy Committee on Tuesday drew lots to dismiss two members of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC). Three EWRC members participated in the draw - Alexander Yordanov, Vladko Vladimirov and Georgi Zlatev, and the draw deter...
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US Deputy Secretary of State Sherman Talks with Bulgarian Prime Minister Petkov on the Phone
February 1 (BTA) - US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke with Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov on Monday (Bulgarian time), the Office of Spokesperson Ned Price said. The Deputy Secretary and the Prime Minister reaffirmed the strategic partnership betwee...
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COVID-19 Update: 10,151 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 24%
February 1 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 951,965, after 42,246 tests identified 10,151 newly infected persons on Monday, of whom 77.01 per cent are unvaccinated, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity 10,151 r...
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Cabinet Approves Drafts of 2022 State Budget and Social and Health Insurance Budgets
January 31 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers approved the draft of the 2022 State Budget and an update of the Medium-term State Budget Forecast for 2022-2024, which underpins the proposed state budget scheme. The ministers also approved the draft budgets of Public Social I...
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Counter-corruption Commission Launches Investigation Against Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev
January 31 (BTA) - The Counter-corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Commission (CCUAA) launched an investigation against Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev following alerts about suspected violations of the law, CCUAA said here on Monday. CCUAA has acted in respons...
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Government Adopts 2022 Draft Budget, PM Says It Will be Budget of Growth
January 31 (BTA) - The government adopted Monday the state budget for 2022. It will be a budget of growth, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov told the press as he emerged from the government meeting. He said investment in the public sector will be 5.8 per cent of GDP. The budget defi...
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Bulgarian News Agency Presents Multimedia Exhibition Dedicated to Vladimir Dimitrov - The Master's 140th Birth Anniversa...
January 31 (BTA) - The "Light and Spirit" multimedia project, dedicated to the 140th birth anniversary of Vladimir Dimitrov - The Master, will be presented on Tuesday in the Maxim Multimedia Room at the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA). The National Endowment Fund "13 Centuries of Bul...
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