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COVID-19 Update: 78 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 0.58%
July 1 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 421,829, after 13,480 tests identified 27 new infections on Wednesday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 0.58 per cent. Sofia City Region tops th...
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Bulgaria Continues to Work Towards Entry in Euro Zone on January 1, 2024
June 30 (BTA) - Тhe board coordinating Bulgaria's preparation for entry in the euro zone approved a national plan for adoption of the euro in Bulgaria, the central bank and the Finance Ministry said in a joint statement Wednesday. The coordination board co-chaired by the National...
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Sofia Airport Receives Health Accreditation from Airports Council International
June 30 (BTA) - Sofia Airport, which is the biggest international airport in Bulgaria, has received health accreditation from Airports Council International (ACI), the global trade representative of the world's airports, SOF Connect, the owner of a 35-year concession for Sofia Ai...
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Court Halts Registration of Bulgarian Development Bank Management Changes for Second Time
June 30 (BTA) - The Sofia City Court (SCC) has halted for the second time the registration of Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) Supervisory Board and Management Board changes, a lookup in the Commercial Register shows. This latest court decision was made on Tuesday, June 2...
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Caretaker PM Yanev: Total Number of Voting Machines for Upcoming Elections Secured
June 30 (BTA) - Caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev said at the start of the regular weekly meeting of the government on Wednesday that the the total quantity of voting machines for the upcoming general elections has been secured. The machines that were ordered additi...
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COVID-19 Update: 105 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 0.6%
June 30 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 412,721, after 17,080 tests identified 105 new infections on Tuesday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 0.6 per cent. Sofia City Region ...
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Foreign Minister Stoev Confers with Cardinal Semeraro of the Vatican
June 29 (BTA) - Foreign Minister Svetlan Stoev received Tuesday Cardinal Marcello Semeraro of the Vatican to discuss with him bilateral relations and their activation in recent years, the Foreign Ministry said. Stoev welcomed the Prefect of the Congregation for the Caus...
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Government Provides Lv 81 Mln for Hemus Motorway Construction
June 29 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers decided to provide 81,157,840 leva in financial resources to the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works (MRDPW) to pay for this year's construction activities along the unfinished Hemus Motorway which will link the Bulgarian cap...
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Two Top Officials of BDZ State Railways Dismissed over BDZ's Worsening Performance
June 29 (BTA) - Caretaker Transport, IT and Communications Minister Georgi Todorov has relieved of their posts the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ), Grigori Grigorov, and Nikola Vassilev, Executive Director of BDZ Holding, the BDZ Holding s...
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COVID-19 Update: 115 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 0.57%
June 29 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 421,646, after 20,035 tests identified 115 new infections on Monday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/ on Tuesday. The test positivity rate now stands at 0.57 per cent. Sofia tops the ...
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Economy Ministry Joins Appeal against Suspension of Registration of Bulgarian Development Bank Changes
June 28 (BTA) - The Economy Ministry joined a formal appeal against the Sofia City Court's suspension of the entry of the new Supervisory Board and Management Board of the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) into the Commercial Register and the Register of Non-Profit Legal Entities,...
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All Seven People with COVID Delta Variant in Bulgaria Work in Sofia's Public Transport
June 28 (BTA) - Iva Hristova, Director of the National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, told a briefing on Monday that all seven persons found to be infected with the COVID-19 Delta variant in Bulgaria work in Sofia's public transport. The Health Ministry said on Mond...
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60/40 Job Retention Scheme Will Be Extended
June 28 (BTA) - The social partners have discussed a proposal to redesign a 60/40 job retention scheme in support of businesses and employees, Deputy Prime Minister Galab Donev told journalists on Monday after a meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation (NCTC). ...
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Maritsa East 2 TPP Is Allocated Annual Quota on Regulated Market
June 28, (BTA) - The state-owned Maritsa East 2 thermal power plant has been allocated an annual quota of 1 million MWh of electricity on the regulated market between July 1 2021 and June 30 2022. Energy Minister Andrey Zhekov on Monday signed an order setting this quanti...
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COVID-19 Update: 16 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 0.55%
June 28 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 421,531 , after 2,915 tests identified 16 new infections in the past 24 hours, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 0.55 per cent. The act...
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Voting Machines Function Adequately Despite Hot Weather - Election Official
June 27 (BTA) - Dimiter Dimitrov, Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission, told BTA that there had been no reports of voting machines being out of order. Voting has not been suspended or stopped due to voting machine malfunction, he said, commenting on media stories ab...
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COVID-19 Update: 28 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 0.43%
June 27 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 421,515, after 6,499 tests identified 28 new infections on Saturday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/ on Sunday. The test positivity rate now stands at 0.43 per cent. The active cases...
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Caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev: TPP Maritsa East 2 Will Not Shut Down, but Will Operate at Minimum Capacity
June 26 (BTA) - Caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev said on Saturday in the village of Sredno Gradishte, Chirpan municipality, that Maritsa East 2 TPP would not shut down, but would operate at minimum capacity. Yanev explained that the state cannot fully support the TPP, add...
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The Populism Pandemic and the Good News about It
June 24 (Roumen Yanovski of BTA) - As Bulgaria moves from one run-up to elections to another, populism has emerged as the staple approach to the public. No decent analysis of Bulgaria's current state of affairs can do without mentioning "populism". The local political co...
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Sofia City Court: The Comments and Assessments Made by Caretaker Economy Minister Petkov Regarding a Court Decision Are ...
June 26 (BTA) - The Sofia City Court (SCC) issued an opinion on Saturday in connection to what they deem an unprecedented statement made by caretaker Economy Minister Kiril Petkov on June 25, 2021 in the Panorama programme on Bulgarian National Television. Petkov's statement asse...
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