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Vice President Iotova Talks with Albania's Chief Negotiator with EU
May 31 (BTA) - Albania's progress on the road to the European Union was discussed here on Monday during a meeting between Vice President Iliana Iotova and Albania's Chief Negotiator with the European Union, Zef Mazi, the President's press secretariat said. Zef Mazi's visit is...
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Directorate for Organized Crime Control Has New Acting Head
May 31 (BTA) - Hitherto director of the Directorate General for Organized Crime Control (DGOCC) Lyubomir Yanev has been dismissed from the post and rehired elsewhere in the system of the Interior Ministry, the Ministry said in a press release on Monday. Kalin Stoyanov, who s...
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President Radev: "It Is Unacceptable to Have Bulgarians' Life Put at Risk by Military Units"
May 31 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev Monday commented on an incident which took place on May 11 when US troops participating in a military exercise burst into the premises of a private company adjoining an airfield at Cheshnegirovo (South Central Bulgaria). "It is absolutely ...
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Ivailo Dermendjiev Elected New Chairman of Supreme Bar Association
May 31 (BTA) - Ivailo Dermendjiev has been elected new chairman of the Supreme Bar Association (SBA), SBA said in statement on its webpage. Dermendjiev was elected to the post in one round of voting, with 176 votes in favour, out of 308 votes cast. The following were e...
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All School Students Back to In-Person Classes from May 31
May 31 (BTA) - Bulgaria's schools have resumed in-person attendance for all students from Grade 5 to 11 on May 31, said the Education and Science Ministry, quoting an order of the Health Minister of May 18. Until now, those students alternated between in-person and remote...
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COVID-19 Update: 53 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 1.2%
May 31 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 418,274 after 4,377 tests identified 53 new infections on Sunday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 1.2 per cent. The active cases are 20...
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COVID-19 Update: 115 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 1.46%
May 30 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 418,221 after 7,850 tests identified 115 new infections on Saturday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/ early on Sunday. The test positivity rate now stands at 1.46 per cent. The...
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Mustafa Alish Hadzhi Re-elected Grand Mufti
May 29 (BTA) - Dr Mustafa Alish Hadzhi was re-elected Grand Mufti of the Muslims in Bulgaria at their highest forum, the National Muslim Conference, called by the Grand Mufti's Office on Saturday. The forum held at the NDK Congress Centre in Sofia was attended by nearl...
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US Embassy Offers Sincere Apologies to Private Company, Staff for Incident near Cheshnegirovo Air Base
May 29 (BTA) - The US Embassy said in a statement received by BTA on Saturday that it learned on May 28 of an incident that occurred during a military training exercise in Cheshnegirovo (South Central Bulgaria). "As part of Exercise Swift Response 21, between May 10-14...
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Czech Republic, Denmark, Turkey Ease Travel Restrictions on Bulgarian Arrivals
May 29 (BTA) - The Czech Republic is putting Bulgaria on the list of countries with a medium risk of transmission of COVID-19 as of May 31, which lifts some of the restrictions on Bulgarian citizens entering the country, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. Arrivals ...
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COVID-19 Update: 287 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 2.1%
May 29 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 418,106 after 13,506 tests identified 287 new infections on Friday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 2.1 per cent. The active cases are ...
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Six of Eight Big Borrowers of Bulgarian Development Bank Say in Writing They Duly Service Loans
May 28 (BTA) - A meeting called by caretaker Economy Minister Kiril Petkov with eight companies which received large loans from the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) could not take place as scheduled on Friday, after no representatives of the companies turned up, Petkov told r...
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New Programme Provides State-funded Week-long Holiday in Bulgarian Resorts to 30,000 School Children
May 28 (BTA) - Some 30,000 school children from grades 1 to 11 will be able to spend a week-long holiday at Bulgarian resorts free of charge, the Education and Science Ministry said, announcing a new programme called Together Again. The costs of the holidays: transport, accommoda...
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Caretaker Finance Minister Sees Serious Problems in Budget in May, Stresses Need to Find Money for Business, Health Care...
May 28 (BTA) - Speaking at a regular briefing on Friday, caretaker Finance Minister Assen Vassilev said that there are serious problems in May in the budget and that money needs to be found for the business, health care and pensions. Vassilev said that until mid-May, the p...
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293 New Cases of COVID-19 Confirmed in Bulgaria, Positivity Rate at 2.23%
May 28 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 417,819, after 13,164 tests identified 293 new infections on Thursday, May 27, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate for the day was 2.23 per cent. The active ...
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Georgi Terziiski Replaced by Apostol Minchev as Chair of Road Infrastructure Agency Board
May 27 (BTA) - The caretaker Cabinet has relieved Georgi Terziiski from his responsibilities as chair of the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) Management Board, Terziiski wrote in a Fecebook post on Thursday. His dismissal is yet another personnel change at the Ministry of Reg...
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Anti-Corruption Fund: 12-17% of Voting Sections in 2021 Showed High Risk for Vote Trade
May 27 (BTA) - Between 12 and 17 per cent of all voting sections in the April 4 general elections in Bulgaria were at a high risk for vote trading, according to a new study of the Anti-Corruption Fund (ACF) that was presented on Thursday. The ACF team looked in detail at data fro...
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Economy Minister Moves for Dismissal of Two Members of Three-member Supervisory Board of Bulgarian Development Bank
May 27 (BTA) - Caretaker Economy Minister Kiril Petkov Thursday proposed the dismissal of two members of the three-member Supervisory Board of the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB). The Minister said he was replacing the two, Mitko Simeonov and Velina Bourska, after they refu...
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Caretaker Government Dissmisses Head of Road Infrastructure Agency Georgi Terziiski
May 27 (BTA) - The caretaker government has removed Georgi Terziiski from his position as head of the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA). This became clear from a Fecebook post by Terziiski.
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Supreme Judges Frown on Probe at Specialized Courts
May 27 (BTA) - The General Assembly of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC-CC) on Thursday objected to a decision by the Judges Chamber of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC-JC) concerning a probe at the specialized courts.
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