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Six Light Quakes Registered in Smolyan Region
May 13 (BTA) - Six light quakes were registered in Smolyan Region (Southern Bulgaria) on May 12 and 13, the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences said on Thursday. The strongest of the six, a magnitude 2.9 quake on t...
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Considerable Drop in COVID-19 Cases, Jabs Administered Pass the 1 Mln Mark
May 13 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 412,814 after 11,106 tests identified 651 new infections on Wednesday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 5.92 per cent. Sofia Region tops the...
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Caretaker Government Takes Office, Ministers Announce Plans
May 12 (BTA) - The caretaker government of Stefan Yanev took office on Wednesday, right after its composition and structure were officially presented by President Rumen Radev. "Transparent and responsible governance" was the most commonly used phrase in the new ministers' c...
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Bulgarian Caretaker Government not to Change Policy on North Macedonia, Determined to Continue Dialogue
May 12 (BTA) - The Bulgarian caretaker government is not going to change the Bulgarian position on the Republic of North Macedonia but is determined to do its best to continue the dialogue. This transpired as Svetlin Stoev, Foreign Minister in the caretaker Government, took over ...
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Sofia Concerned by Escalating Violence in Israel and Palestinian Territories, Condemns Missile Attacks
May 12 (BTA) - Sofia Wednesday voiced concern over the escalation of violence in Israel and the Palestinian Territories and condemned the continuing missile attacks. The Bulgarian position was announced in a joint statement on the situation in Israel by outgoing Foreign Minister ...
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COVID-19 Update: 877 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 6.64%
May 12 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 412,157 after 13,190 tests identified 877 new infections on Tuesday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/ on Wednesday. The test positivity rate now stands at 6.64 per cent. The active cas...
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President Radev Presents Caretaker Government
May 12 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev presented here on Wednesday the composition, structure and priorities of the caretaker Government he appointed. "There are difficult months ahead of us, with grave inheritance and strong resistance from the establishment forces," he said. In h...
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Constitutional Court Declares Special Prosecutor Position for Investigating Prosecutor General as Unconstitutional
May 11 (BTA) - The Constitutional Court (CC) declared unconstitutional texts in the Penal Procedure Code and in the Judiciary Act, which introduced the position of a prosecutor who can investigate the prosecutor general. The decision was taken on Tuesday with 11 votes in fav...
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President's Defence Secretary Stefan Yanev Becomes Caretaker Prime Minister
May 11 (BTA) - The President's Security and Defence Secretary Stefan Yanev will be the Prime Minister of Bulgaria's caretaker government. President Rumen Radev has appointed the government by a decree effective May 12, Radev's press secretariat reported.
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GERB Party Opens Key National Convention Held by Videoconference
May 11 (BTA)- GERB, the major partner in the outgoing coalition government, opened a key national conference held online. The forum will elect new members of GERB's executive and control commissions and vote revisions to the party charter.
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1,078 New Cases of COVID-19 Registered in Bulgaria, Positivity Rate at 6.5%
May 11 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 411,280 after 16,392 tests identified 1,078 new infections on Monday, May 10, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate for the day was 6.5 per cent.
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Outgoing Foreign Minister Zaharieva Attends Foreign Affairs Council, Speaks on Western Balkans Accession
May 10 (BTA) - Adressing a Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on Monday, outgoing Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said that EU accession negotiations alone are not enough to strengthen the geopolitical orientation of the Western Balkans. The countr...
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Prisoners, Refugees, Other Vulnerable Groups Next in Line for COVID-19 Vaccination
May 10 (BTA) - Persons deprived of their liberty, people accommodated at refugee centres and other vulnerable population groups that are exposed to a high risk of infection due to their living conditions and lifestyle, who fall under Phase Five of the National Vaccination Pl...
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European Commission Again Urges Sofia and Skopje to Tackle Outstanding Bilateral Issues
May 10 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The European Commission encourages Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia to resolve their outstanding issues so that North Macedonia can start EU accession negotiations, a Commission spokesman said on Monday, taking journa...
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Vaccination Green Corridors Will Continue - Drug Agency Chief
May 10 (BTA) - The so-called green corridors, where people can get inoculated against COVID-19 on a first-come, first-served basis, will continue functioning, said here on Monday the Bulgarian Drug Agency's chief, Bogdan Kirilov. He was speaking after 273,780 doses of the Pfizer/...
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COVID-19 Update: 241 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 4.12 Per Cent
May 10 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 410,202 after 5,853 tests identified 241 new infections on Sunday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 4.12 per cent. Sofia Region tops the lis...
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Prosecution Office Starts Probing Allegations Made by Businessmen Ilchovski, Angelov during Parliamentary Committee Hear...
May 9 (BTA) - The prosecuting magistracy has started probing the statements made by businessmen Svetoslav Ilchovski and Ivan Angelov during a hearing in front of the ad hoc parliamentary committee scrutinizing the GERB incumbency.
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Bulgarian Leaders, Politicians with Addresses on Europe Day
May 9 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, President Rumen Radev and Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Kornelia Ninova issued addresses on the occasion of Europe Day, May 9.
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Bulgaria to Be among First EU Members to Join the Digital Green Certificate
May 8 (BTA) - "Bulgaria will be among the first countries in the European Union to join the Digital Green Certificate (DGC) programme, as soon as it is launched on June 1 this year," said outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, emerging from an informal meeting of the EU state an...
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President Radev, EU Heads of State Issue Joint Letter on Occasion of Europe Day
May 8 (BTA) - "We need a strong and effective European Union, a European Union that will be a global leader in the transition to sustainable, climate neutral, and digitally supported development," reads a joint letter of 21 Presidents of EU Member States on the occasion Europe Da...
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