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COVID-19 Update: 178 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 1.2%
June 9 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 419,859, after 15,149 tests, including 3,680 PCR and 9,678 rapid antigen tests identified 178 new infections on Tuesday, according to data posted Wednesday morning on https://coronavirus.bg/. The te...
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An Air Force MiG-29 Aircraft Disappears from Radars during Shabla 2021 Field Firing Tactical Exercise
June 9 (BTA) - During a training task over the Bulgarian sea area territory on Wednesday, a MiG-29 aircraft of the Bulgarian Air Force lost radio communication and disappeared from radar on June 9 at 00:45, the press centre of the Ministry of Defence said.
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Bulgarian PM Yanev Confers with Visiting Albanian PM Rama
June 8 (BTA) - Bulgaria's caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev conferred here on Tuesday with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, who is visiting this country on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Government Information Service said in a press release.
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Culture Minister Minekov Says OLAF Found Misuse of EUR 4.5 Mln in Central Sofia Makeover Project
June 8 (BTA) - Referring to a report by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) that recommends a probe into three ministers and one mayor, caretaker Culture Minister Velislav Minekov told a news briefing on Tuesday that nearly 4.5 million euro had disappeared during the EU-fun...
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Foreign Minister Stoev Takes Part in Berlin Process Video Conference
June 8 (BTA) - "The European perspective continues to be a major driver of change in the Western Balkan countries and young people and the civil society in these countries play a key role in this process," said caretaker Foreign Minister Svetlan Stoev on Tuesday. He was addr...
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National Police Director Replaced
June 8 (BTA) - The caretaker Interior Minister has appointed a new National Police director, the Ministry said on Tuesday. Stanimir Stanev comes to replace Nikolai Hadjiev who will be reassigned. The reasons for Hadjiev's replacement remain unclear. The announcement comes to c...
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Bulgaria's First-Quarter GDP Goes Down by 1.8% Y/Y, Up by 2.5% Q/Q
June 8 (BTA) - Seasonally adjusted data show that Bulgaria's gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2021 dropped by 1.8 per cent compared with the first quarter of 2020 and grew by 2.5 per cent against the fourth quarter of 2020, the National Statistical Institute s...
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COVID-19 Update: 208 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 1.56%
June 8 (BTA) - A total of 208 new COVID-19 infections were identified on Monday by 13,358 tests, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 1.56 per cent. A total of 34 people infected with the virus have died on Monday...
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Foreign Minister Stoev Discusses with EU Ambassadors Priority Matters on Union's Agenda
June 7 (BTA) - Caretaker Foreign Minister Svetlan Stoev Monday discussed with the ambassadors of EU Member States to Bulgaria priority matters on the Union's agenda, including the post-COVID recovery and the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility, enviornm...
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Trade Union Proposes 75/100 Job Retention Measure, Existing 60/40 Scheme Used Mostly by SMEs
June 7 (BTA) - The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) proposes that the 60/40 job retention scheme (where the government pays 60 per cent of the wage bill and the employer, 40 per cent) become 75/100, CITUB Executive Secretary Asya Goneva comme...
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Specialized Prosecution Service Reports Large Heroin Seizure Worth Lv 25 Mln
June 7 (BTA) - Speaking at a briefing here on Monday, the head of the specialized prosecution service, Valentina Madjarova, said that the nearly 500 kilos of heroin detained during a raid in the southern city of Sliven on June 4 are valued at 25 million leva. Two persons, wh...
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Security Council with Council of Ministers Holds Meeting
June 7 (BTA) - "The corruption environment in Bulgaria not only damages the country's reputation but undermines its political system and the foundations of our democracy, which makes it nonfunctional and ineffective," said caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev at the opening ...
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TISP Leader Slavi Trifonov Will Not Be on Party's List in July 11 Elections
June 7 (BTA) - Leader of There Is Such a People (TISP) party Slavi Trifonov will not be on the party's list in the early parliamentary elections on July 11, he announced on his Facebook page on Monday.
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COVID-19 Update: 47 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 0.8%
June 7 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 419,473, after 5,601 tests identified 47 new infections on Sunday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 0.8 per cent.
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COVID-19 Update: 89 New Cases Registered in Past 24 Hours
June 6 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 419,426, after 6,333 tests identified 89 new infections on Sunday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 1.38 per cent.
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NRA Establishes Financial Irregularities at Border Crossings on Bulgarian-Turkish Border
Financial irregularities, resulting in losses for dozens of millions of leva, have been established by the National Revenue Agency (NRA) at the border crossings on the Bulgarian-Turkish border: Kapitan Andreevo, Lesovo and Malko Tarnovo, NRA Executive Director Rumen Spetsov ...
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MRF Delegation Is Visiting Turkey
June 5 (BTA special by Nahide Deniz) - "Turks in Bulgaria are a cement which holds together relations between Bulgaria and Turkey. We are developing very good bilateral relation with Bulgaria with which we have historical and geographical ties," said Justice and Development P...
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COVID-19 Update: 157 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 1.09%
June 5 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 419,337, after 14,275 tests identified 157 new infections on Friday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 1.09 per cent.
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The Government Sets Up a Working Group to Take Action in Response to the of US Graft Sanctions
June 6 (BTA) - The government has set up a working group to take action in response to the sanctions imposed by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Council of Ministers' press office said.
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New Managers Appointed for Lozenetz Hospital, Alexandrovska University Hospital
June 4 (BTA) - Caretaker Health Minister Stoycho Katsarov has replaced all members of the Boards of Directors of the state-owned Lozenetz Hospital and Alexandrovska University Hospital in Sofia, pending the conduct of competitions, Katsarov's Ministry said in a press relea...
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