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Prosecution Service Opens Six Cases in Wake of US Graft Sanctions, Finds No Unlawful Wiretapping Yet
June 4 (BTA) - Acting on its own initiative, Bulgaria's prosecution service has instituted six case files after the US Treasury Department and State Department announced on Wednesday that they are sanctioning a total of six Bulgarians over their involvement in significant cor...
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Economy Is Recovering, Job Retention Scheme to Be Kept for June, July - Deputy PM Donev
June 4 (BTA) - The 60/40 job retention measure will remain in effect for two more months (June and July), Bulgarian caretaker Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Social Policy and Labour and Social Policy Minister Galab Donev told a news briefing at the Council of Minister...
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Bulgarian, Greek Tourism Ministers Meet during UNWTO Forum in Athens
June 4 (BTA) - Bulgarian caretaker Tourism Minister Stela Baltova held a working meeting with Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theocharis during a UNWTO forum in Athens, Baltova's Ministry said in a press release Friday. At the meeting Baltova said that Greece is traditionall...
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COVID-19 Update: 170 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 1.11%
June 4. (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 419,180, after 15,295 tests identified 170 new infections on Thursday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 1.11 per cent. Sofia City Regio...
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US Anti-graft Sanctions against High-profile Bulgarians Spark Reactions
June 3 (BTA) - Bulgarian politicians and analysts on Thursday are reacting to, and commenting on, Wednesday's news that the US Department of the Treasury (USDT) and the US Department of State (DOS) have imposed sanctions on a total of six Bulgarians: four former and current p...
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Health Minister Dismisses Board of Directors of Sofia's Lozenets Hospital over Violations
June 3 (BTA) - Caretaker Health Minister Stoycho Katsarov Thursday told a news briefing that he has dismissed the board of directors of Sofia's Lozenets Hospital after checks there established violations related to siphoning off the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) and ...
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COVID-19 Update: 197 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 1.6%
June 3 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 419,010, after 12,042 tests identified 197 new infections on Wednesday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at just over 1.6 per cent.
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President Radev Discusses Fight against Corruption with Visiting US Department of Treasury Principal Deputy Assistant S...
June 2 (BTA) - Speaking during a meeting here on Wednesday with the US Department of Treasury's Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Paul Ahern, which was also attended by the US Ambassador to Bulgaria Herro Mustafa, President Rumen Radev said that achieving effective result...
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US Government Sanctions Three Bulgarians, Including Controversial Businessmen Delyan Peevski, Vassil Bojkov
June 2 (BTA) - The US Department of the Treasury reported here on Wednesday that its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned three Bulgarian individuals for their extensive roles in corruption in Bulgaria, as well as their networks encompassing 64 entities.
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Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Pays Official Visit to Bulgaria
June 2 (BTA) - Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa arrived here on Wednesday on an official visit to Bulgaria at President Rumen Radev's invitation. The Portuguese head of State was received at an official ceremony in front of the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.
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Prosecutors Indict Senior Police Chief, Government Speaks of Risk for All-out War of Institutions
June 2 (BTA) - Shortly after the prosecution service charged a senior police chief with being part of an organized crime group, the spokesperson of the caretaker government said that the prosecutors' interference in the work of the Interior Ministry threatened to develop into...
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Bulgaria Commemorates Poet and Revolutionary Hristo Botev and Heroеs of Its Freedom
On June 2, Bulgaria honours poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev and all who have died for this country's freedom and independence. On this day, wailing sirens sound at noon for two minutes and all pedestrians and vehicles stand still to pay tribute to the heros. The day marks ...
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COVID-19 Update: 236 New Cases, Vaccination at 11.5%
June 2 (BTA) - A total of 13,258 tests identified 236 new infections on Tuesday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 1.7 per cent. The active cases are 17,000, cimparable to lest September levels. Currently, the hospitali...
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Energy Regulator Endorses 20% Hike of Natgas Price, Effective June 1
June 1 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) has endorsed a price of 45.27 leva/MWh for natural gas, effective June 1, 2021, the regulator said in a press release on Monday. The new price, which excludes the charges for access, transmission, excise duty...
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Three More Parties Join Big Leftist Coalition Headed by Bulgarian Socialist Party
June 1 (BTA) - Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Kornelia Ninova Tuesday signed agreements with three more parties which join the big leftist coalition proposed by the BSP, the Socialists said in a press release. The new partners in the coalition are the Fatherland's Unio...
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Economy Minister: BDB Management Board Refused to Provide Information on Bank's Credit Files to Its Audit Committee
June 1 (BTA) - The Management Board of the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) Monday refused to provide the bank's audit committee with information on the BDB's credit files, Economy Minister Kiril Petkov told reporters on Tuesday. In his words, the refusal read, "The informati...
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Bulgaria among First 7 EU Member States Issuing Digital COVID Certificate as from June 1
June 1 (BTA correspondent Nickolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgaria is one of seven EU Member States that started issuing first EU Digital COVID Certificates as from June 1. The other six countries are Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Croatia and Poland, the European Commission said ...
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Boyko Rashkov's Access to Classified Information Revoked for Disclosure of Such Data, Former SANS Deputy Director Says
June 1 (BTA) - The recently dismissed former Deputy Director of the State Agency for National Security (SANS), Nedyalko Nedyalkov, explained to journalists on Tuesday that one of the reasons for revoking the access to classified information of caretaker Interior Minister Boy...
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S&P Global Ratings Re-affirms Foreign, Local Currency Sovereign Credit Ratings on Bulgaria at BBB/A-2
S&P Global Ratings has re-affirmed its long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Bulgaria at BBB/A-2, and kept a stable outlook, the Bulgarian Finance Ministry informed on Tuesday.
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COVID-19 Update: 303 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 1.7%
June 1 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 418,577, after 16,978 tests identified 303 new infections on Monday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 1.7 per cent.
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