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500,000-Plus Cases Instituted in Single Court Information System in 18 Months
January 31 (BTA) - More than 500,000 cases have been instituted in the single court information system in the 18 months since the commissioning of the system, said Information Services AD which developed the system. The project, financed by the European Social Fund under the Good...
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COVID-19 Update: 2,602 New Cases Confirmed, Test Positivity Rate at 17.27%
January 31 (BTA) - The Bulgarian healthcare authorities confirmed 2,602 new cases of COVID-19 in the country on Sunday, January 30, after 15,061 tests, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/ on Monday. The test positivity rate for the day was 17.27 per cent. The a...
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NGO Points to Price Discrepancies in Sofia Street Lighting Project
January 30 (BTA) - Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova will order checks into a report by Sofia Municipal Councillor Boris Bonev, who told bTV on Sunday that the local government is preparing to pay for street lighting equipment at prices which are betw...
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Birth Centenary of Blaga Dimitrova, Dissident Poetess and Reluctant Politician
January 30 (Lyubomir Gigov of BTA) - The birth centenary of Blaga Dimitrova (1922-2003) this January gave Bulgaria an occasion to remember one of the most remarkable intellectuals in its recent history.
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COVID-19 Update: 5,875 New Cases, 33 Fatalities
January 30 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 939,212, after 23,429 tests identified 5,875 new infections in the past day, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/.
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Hristo Ivanov Remains Leader of Yes, Bulgaria! Party after National Conference
January 29 (BTA) - Hristo Ivanov remains at the helm of the Yes, Bulgaria! party, although he bid to resign in the wake of the parliamentary elections in November 2021. Saturday's decision was made by a closed-door vote at a national conference of the party. Ivanov was the only c...
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Prime Minister Petkov Comments on North Macedonia, NATO-Russia Relations
January, 29 (BTA) - Prime Minister Kiril Petkov commented that ''allowing the Republic of North Macedonia on the road to Europe does not mean accepting it to Europe''. There are 15 years from the first point to the second point, in these 15 years there are 27 chapters to be opene...
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Sofia Piqued by North Macedonia President's Meeting with Banned Organization
January 29 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry on Saturday expressed concern over recent "actions of officials" in North Macedonia "which stir up negative public moods and are at variance with the positive climate created through the active efforts of the governments of Bulgar...
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Bulgargaz' Entire Leadership Replaced
January 29 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) has replaced the entire leadership of state-owned natural gas supplier Bulgargaz. This transpired from the minutes of a BEH Board of Directors meeting published in the Commercial Register. The meeting took place on Friday.
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COVID-19 Update: 9,871 New Cases Confirmed, Test Positivity Rate at 23.5%
January 29 (BTA) - The Bulgarian healthcare authorities confirmed 9,871 new cases of COVID-19 in the country on Friday, January 28 after 41,967 tests, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate for the day was 23.5 per cent. The active cases ...
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Bulgaria Relaxes Travel Restrictions from February 1
January 28 (BTA) - As of February 1 (Tuesday), the "red" zone will now include countries with a 14-day incidence of between 500 and 5,000 per 100,000 people, the press centre of the Ministry of Health said. Persons arriving from these countries wll be allowed to enter Bulgaria up...
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Ferry Service between Rousse and Giurgiu to Resume by June - Bulgarian Transport Minister
January 28 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister for Regional Development and Public Works Grozdan Karadjov and Transport and Communications Minister Nikolay Sabev met here on Friday with Romanian Deputy Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu, who is also Transport and Infrastructure Minister. A...
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Bulgaria to Warm Up by 4.4C by Year 2100, Environmental Report
January 28 (BTA) - Bulgaria is one of Europe's countries to be seriously affected by the 1.5C global warming. According to current greenhouse gas emissions forecasts, Bulgaria will warm up by 4.4C by the year 2100, concluded the report of the environmental organization WWF Bulgar...
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Trips of Bulgarians Abroad Up 104.5% in December 2021, Y/Y
January 28 (BTA) - In December 2021, in the conditions of the continuing epidemic situation, the number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 551,000, increasing by 104.5 per cent, compared to the same month of 2020, the National Statistical Institute said here on Friday. ...
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Shareholders Adopt Final Investment Decision on Construction of LNG Terminal in Alexandroupolis
January 28 (BTA) - The Final Investment Decision (FID) on the construction of the Alexandroupolis Independent Natural Gas System (INGS) was taken on Thursday by the shareholders of Gastrade S.A., Bulgartansgas EAD said in a press release on Friday. The FID is the last and most im...
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Prime Minister Petkov: Bulgaria Preparing to Mark Gotse Delchev's Birth Anniversary Jointly with North Macedonia
January 28 (BTA) - Bulgaria and North Macedonia are preparing to celebrate jointly the 150th birth anniversary of revolutionary Gotse Delchev on February 4, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said during a hearing in the National Assembly on Friday. The head of government s...
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COVID-19 Update: 9,874 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 26%
January 28 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 923,466, after 37,945 tests identified 9,874 new infections on Thusday, 76.71 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rat...
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Justice Minister for BTA: Planned Judicial System Act Amendments to Be Put Up for Discussion in Matter of Days
January 27 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Draft amendments to Bulgaria's Judicial System Act will be presented in the coming days, Justice Minister Nadezhda Yordanova said in a BTA interview on Thursday. Yordanova took part in a hearing at the European Parliament which l...
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"My Resignation Will Benefit Potential Criminals," Prosecutor General Geshev Tells BTA
January 27 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev told BTA in an interview that he had not received an objective answer from persons pressing for his departure, why he should resign. In his opinion, this would not be in the interest of Bulgarian ci...
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Romania's AGERPRES and Bulgaria's BTA Sign Cooperation Agreement
January 27 (BTA) - The Romanian National News Agency AGERPRES and the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) signed a cooperation agreement on Thursday. BTA Director General Kiril Valchev and AGERPRES Director General Claudia Victoria Nicolae chose to sign the agreement on the day of the 30...