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Finance Minister Says Speculation about Upcoming 50% Rise in Corporate Tax "Sheer Nonsense"
July 5 (BTA) - Finance Minister Assen Vassilev Monday said that "today's speculation by a political party about a forthcoming 50 per cent rise in corporate tax is sheer nonsense and deliberate lying amid the election campaign". Vassilev recalled at a briefing that on June 30, the...
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Energy Minister Wants Bulgartransgaz Management Removed
July 5 (BTA) - Energy Minister Andrei Zhivkov asked the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) to remove the management of Bulgartransgaz after a check by the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) confirmed Energy Ministry conclusions about ineffective management of the natural g...
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July 2021 Elections: Centre for Analysis and Marketing Survey Puts There Is Such a People 0.2% ahead of GERB by 0.2 %
July 5 (BTA) - In a survey conducted between June 26 and July 1 among 1,011 respondents between June 26 and July, the Centre for Analysis and Marketing (CAM) found that the There Is Such a People (TISP) ranks 0.2 per cent ahead of GERB in the upcoming July 11 early parliament...
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Police Finds Lists of 28,000 Voters Prepared to Be Used in Upcoming Snap Elections
July 5 (BTA) - Speaking after the ceremony marking the Interior Ministry's 142nd anniversary here on Monday, caretaker Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov said that the police has found lists of 28,000 voters in properties in the southeastern region of Haskovo, belonging to perso...
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Prosecuting Magistracy Gives Up on Trial against Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union Head Serbezova
July 5 (BTA) - The prosecuting magistracy has given up on the trial against the head of the Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union (BPhU), Prof. Asena Serbezova.
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COVID-19 Update: 19 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 0.49%
- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 422,053, after 3,900 tests identified 19 new infections on Sunday, according to data posted Monday on the national coronavirus information platform at https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 0.49...
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Prosecutors, Police Report Operations against Vote Buying in Several Cities
July 4 (BTA) - The Interior Ministry and the prosecution service announced separately actions they have taken against vote buying at the end of the week. The prosecution service said that one suspected vote dealer was arrested in the Northern town of Etropole and witnesses were q...
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President Radev Greets US President Joe Biden on Independence Day
July 4 (BTA) - Bulgarian head of State Rumen Radev has sent a congratulatory address to US President Joe Biden on the occasion of July 4, Independence Day, Radev's press secretariat said. "The longstanding friendship between Bulgaria and the US has deep roots in shared values ...
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COVID-19 Update: 51 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 0.51%
July 4 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 422,034, after 9,865 tests identified 51 new infections on Saturday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 0.51 per cent. Sofia City Region tops the ...
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Former PM Borissov Meets with Turkish President Erdogan
July 3 (BTA) - GERB leader and former prime minister Boyko Borissov met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan here on Saturday, it transpires from a video livestreamed on Borissov's Facebook page.
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Thousands on Mt Buzludja Mark 130th Anniversary of Organized Socialist Movement in Bulgaria
July 3 (BTA) - Thousands of Socialists took part in the traditional gathering of the Left here on Saturday to mark the 130th anniversary of the organized Socialist movement in Bulgaria. A week ahead of the snap parliamentary elections, the top-of-the-list MP candidates of BSP for...
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COVID-19 Update: 81 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 0.5% in Bulgaria Friday
July 3 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 421,983, after 16,184 tests identified 81 new infections on Friday, according to data posted on the national coronavirus information platform at https://coronavirus.bg/ on Saturday. The test positivity rate...
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Romanian Flag Raised at CMDR COE HQ in Sofia
July 2 (BTA) - The flag of Romania was raised at Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence (CMDR COE) headquarters in Sofia Friday during a ceremony welcoming RomaniaТs accession to the organization, CMDR COE said. The accession followed the signing a Note o...
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Constitutional Court Finds Machine Voting Consistent with Constitution
July 2 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Constitutional Court on Friday issued a decision determining that all-machine voting is not unconstitutional. The decision has been posted on the Court's website. The case was instituted on May 7, 2021 on a petition by 66 MPs of GERB in the 45th National...
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New Avtomagistrali Leadership Entered into Commercial Register
July 2 (BTA) - The new interim leadership of the state-owned Avtomagistrali EAD has been entered into the Commercial Register, the Regional Development and Public Works Ministry said here on Friday. It is expected to take office on Friday. The new Board of Directors includes V...
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Caretaker Health Minister Katsarov: Life Expectancy in Bulgaria Drops by 1.5 Years amidst COVID-19 Pandemic, More Vacci...
July 2 (BTA) - Caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov said on Friday that Bulgaria's casualties of the coronavirus pandemic are "horrendous" and that after increasing by close to five years in the past 30 years, the average life expectancy in Bulgaria last year droppe...
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COVID-19 Update: 73 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 0.52 Per Cent
July 2 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 421,902 after 13,903 tests identified 73 new infections on Thursday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 0.52 per cent. The active cases ar...
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42 Bulgarian Athletes to Take Part in 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo
July 1 (BTA) - The General Meeting of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC) approved on Thursday the composition of the Bulgarian delegation to the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. In Tokyo Bulgaria will be represented by 42 athletes in 14 sports. Sport shooter Maria Grozde...
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Transport Ministries of Bulgaria, Romania Create Joint Working Group to Reduce Danube Bridge 2 Traffic
July 1 (BTA) - The Transport Ministries of Bulgaria and Romania will set up a join working group to reduce traffic through Danube Bridge 2 which links between the two countries at Vidin-Calafat. That was announced here Thursday by Bulgarian caretaker Minister of Transport, IT and...
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Interior Minister Rashkov: "Nearly 100 Vote Buying Alerts Received"
July 1 (BTA) - Nearly 100 alerts have already been received about vote buying attempts by large groups, including political parties, caretaker Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov told a news conference here on Thursday. "We will not give in to this evil and twisted practice," R...