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Specialized Courts Present 2020 Annual Activity Reports
May 18 (BTA) - The presidents of Bulgaria's Specialized Criminal Court (SCrC) and Appellate Specialized Criminal Court (ASCrC) Tuesday presented their courts' 2020 annual activity reports. Of the 6,418 cases referred to the SCrC in 2020, 174 were cases proper and 6,244...
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President Radev: Increased Business Interest in the Three Seas Initiative Is a Testament to the Region's Potential
May 18 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev opened Tuesday an international conference dedicated to financing possibilities for the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund, organized by the Bulgarian Development Bank. Radev said that thanks to the joint efforts of the 12 countries...
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Caretaker Justice Minister Announces Start of Series of Checks in Agencies, Directorates, Registers under His Ministry
May 18 (BTA) - Presenting his team and the Ministry's priorities on Tuesday, newly-appointed caretaker Justice Minister Yanaki Stoilov said that a check started on Monday in prisons and remand centres of their work since 2017 to date, in response to claims of businessman Svetosla...
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School Year Extended for 300+ Schools
May 18 (BTA) - The second term for school-goers in grades 1 to 3 will end on June 23, instead of at the end of May as usual, and for grades 4 to 6, on June 30, instead of on June 15, by an order of the former Minister of Education and Science. The school year is actually ex...
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COVID-19 Update: 677 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 4.1%
May 18 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 414,869. after 16,505 tests identified 677 new infections on Monday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 4.1 per cent. Sofia City Region tops t...
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Organizational Changes in COVID Vaccination Give Priority to Elderly, People with Chronic Diseases
May 17 (BTA) - An order of caretaker Health Minister Stoycho Katsarov issued on Monday introduces changes to the current organization of mass vaccination against COVID-19 in Bulgaria. Mondays to Thursdays are now reserved for the inoculation of older persons and people with c...
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Cabinet Approves Budget for July 11 Early Elections
May 17 (BTA) - The caretaker government has approved the budget for the preparations and the organization of early general elections scheduled for July 11, the Government Information Service said on Monday. The approved expenditures stand at 57.1 million leva. They will cover the...
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Caretaker Ministry of Education and Science Presents Four Priorities
May 17 (BTA) - The Education and Science Ministry has four priorities for the following three months until the caretaker government is replaced by a regular one after snap elections, Minister Nikolai Denkov told a news conference on Monday. The first priority is successful co...
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COVID-19 Update: 151 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 3.5%
May 17 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 414,192 after 4,309 tests identified 151 new infections on Sunday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/ on Monday. The test positivity rate now stands at 3.5 per cent.
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Interior Ministry Secretary General's Removal Proposed over Violation of Citizens' Rights, Freedoms, Dignity
May 16 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers' proposal to President Rumen Radev to relieve Chief Commissioner Ivaylo Ivanov of his responsibilities as Secretary General of the Interior Ministry, has been made because of Ivanov's violation of core principles of the Interior Ministry's ...
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COVID-19 Update: 203 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 2.8%
May 16 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 414,041 after 7,281 tests identified 203 new infections on Saturday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/ early on Sunday. The test positivity rate now stands at 2.8 per cent.
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Caretaker Education and Science Minister Denkov Opens 2021 Edition of Sofia Science Festival
May 15 (BTA) - Caretaker Education and Science Minister Nikolai Denkov Saturday opened the 2021 edition of the Sofia Science Festival. At the opening Denkov said, quoted in a press release of his Ministry, that for eleven years in a row, the event is a celebration of science....
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National Council of Bulgarian Socialist Party Adopts Action Plan for Election Campaign for July 11 Early Elections
May 15 (BTA)- Meeting on Saturday, the National Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) adopted with a majority a report of BSP leader Kornelia Ninova on the current political situation in this country and the tasks BSP will have for the July 11 early parliamentary el...
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COVID-19 Update: 518 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at Little under 4 Per cent
May 15 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 413,838 after 14,126 tests identified 518 new infections on Friday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at a little under four per cent.
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Attempts by Illegal Migrants to Enter Bulgaria Increase Severalfold
May 14 (BTA) - Attempts by illegal migrants to cross the Bulgarian-Turkish border increased seven times between January and April 2021 compared to a year earlier, the Interior Ministry said on Friday. Bulgarian border police stopped 3,978 illegal migrants from entering the c...
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Finance Minister Announces Revenue Agencies' Top Priorities
May 14 (BTA) - Finance Minister Assen Vassilev Friday announced personnel changes in the revenue agencies and their priorities at a news briefing on Friday. The caretaker cabinet has replaced the heads of the National Revenue Agency (NRA) and the National Customs Agency (NCA)...
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COVID-19 Update: 506 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 4.5%
May 14 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 413,320 after 11,247 tests identified 506 new infections on Thursday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 4.5 per cent.
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Supreme Court Quashes Anti-Trust Watchdog's Ban of Concentration between Inercom Bulgaria and CEZ Bulgaria Group
May 13 (BTA) - A three-judge panel of Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) on Thursday revoked a decision of 2018 by which the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) banned a business concentration that would have taken place if Inercom Bulgaria gained contr...
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Supreme Judicial Council Adopts Declaration against Closure of Specialized Jurisdictions
May 13 (BTA) - The Plenum of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Thursday voted, 18-3, to adopt a declaration against the closure of the specialized courts and prosecution offices as proposed by legislative revisions which did not reach a plenary debate before President Ru...
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Newly Appointed Caretaker Cabinet Holds First Official Meeting
May 13 (BTA) - The caretaker's motto and driving force will be fill transparency, professionalism and integrity, said here on Thursday caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev during the first official meeting of his newly appointed caretaker Cabinet. Yanev asked the med...
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