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Parliament's Legal Committee Takes Up Changes in Election Legislation, Draft Moratorium on Outgoing Government's Decisio...
April 21 (BTA) - At its first meeting here on Wednesday, the legal committee of the new Bulgarian Parliament took up proposed changes in the election legislation - a total of six bills - and a draft moratorium on some decisions made by the outgoing government. After voting on ...
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Outgoing Finance Minister: If Collection of Taxes Goes Well, Budget Update Will Be Unnecessary
April 21 (BTA) - According to preliminary data, the budget deficit stands at 619,400,000 leva, or 0.5 per cent of the GDP, as at the end of March, outgoing Finance Minister Kiril Ananiev told Parliament on Wednesday. Ananiev said that the collection of taxes is good and the budge...
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Parliamentary Parties Vow not to Support GERB Government, GERB Ready to Go into Opposition
April 21 (BTA) - All parties in the new Bulgarian Parliament except for the largest, GERB, vowed not to support a government proposed by GERB and GERB said in response that they are ready to go into opposition. "GERB is ready to go into opposition even though we have a lead of 8 ...
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COVID-19 Update: 2,096 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 15.2%
April 21 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 390,911, after 13,800 tests identified 2,096 new infections on Tuesday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 15.2 per cent.
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Russia Expels Two Bulgarian Diplomats in Retaliatory Move
April 20 (BTA) - Russia declared two Bulgarian diplomats persona non grata, the Foreign Ministry in Sofia reported on Tuesday. Bulgarian Ambassador in Moscow Atanas Krastin was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, where he was notified of the decision to expel the two diplom...
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President Radev Mandates GERB-UDF Coalition to Form Cabinet
April 20 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev Tuesday handed a cabinet-forming mandate to Daniel Mitov, the prime minister designated by GERB-UDF, the largest parliamentary group in the 45th National Assembly which, however, alone does not have a 121-vote majority to push...
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Bulgaria Down 1 at 112th in Reporters Without Borders 2021 World Press Freedom Index
April 20 (BTA) - Bulgaria has fallen one place to 112th in the Reporters Without Borders' 130-country annual World Press Freedom Index for 2021, from 11th in 2020.
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COVID-19 Update: 2,434 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 15.3%
April 20 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 388,815 after 15,952 tests identified 2,434 new infections on Monday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 15.26 per cent.
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Foreign Minister Zaharieva Expresses Support for Czechia's and Ukraine's Sovereignty
April 19 (BTA) - At an online meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council on Monday, outgoing Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva expressed full solidarity with Czechia over the violation of its national sovereignty by Russia and reaffirmed Bulgaria's full support fo...
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Prosecutors in Plovdiv Disrupt Computer Fraud and Money Laundering Ring
April 19 (BTA) - The Plovdiv District Prosecution Office has broken a criminal operation for money laundering related to computer fraud (phishing) outside Bulgaria. This emerged at a news conference in Plovdiv on Monday given by District Prosecutor Roumen Popov, anti-organiz...
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President Radev Holds Consultations with Parliamentary Forces Ahead of Handing Government-Forming Mandate
April 19 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev on Monday is holding consultations with representatives of the six parliamentary groups in the 45th National Assembly ahead of mandating the formation of a cabinet. GERB-UDF Conferring first with the largest parliamentary ...
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COVID-19 Update: 418 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 9%
April 19 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 386,381 after 4,644 tests identified 418 new infections on Sunday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/ early on Monday. The test positivity rate now stands at 9 per cent. Sofia City Reg...
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PM Borissov: National Recovery Plan Is Ready
April 18 (BTA) - "The National Recovery and Resilience Plan is ready and the ruling majority can either accept it or reject it," outgoing Prime Minister and GERB leader Boyko Borissov told a news briefing at GERB's headquarters on Sunday.
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COVID-19 Update: 1,076 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 13.8%
April 18 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 385,963. after 7,822 tests identified 1,076 new infections on Saturday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 13.8 per cent.
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Bulgarian Socialist Party Supports Radev and Iotova for Second Presidential Term
April 17 (BTA) - The National Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) supports President Rumen Radev and Vice President Iliana Iotova for a second term run, BTA learned from participants in the meeting.
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COVID-19 Update: 2,126 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 13,6%
April 17 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 384,887 after 15,638 tests identified 2,126 new infections in the past 24 hours, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 13.6 per cent.
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Parliament Sets Up Ad Hoc Committee on Government Spending in Last Ten Years
April 16 (BTA) - Parliament Friday voted, 214-0, to adopt a resolution setting up an ad hoc committee which will probe spending by the government and by companies with over 50 per cent State interest in the last ten years. GERB dominated three governments during that per...
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President Radev to Hold Consultations with Parliamentary Groups in 45th Legislature
April 16 (BTA) - In line with the Constitution, President Rumen Radev will hold consultations with representatives of the parliamentary groups in the 45th National Assembly before handing a mandate for the formation of a government to the Prime Minister, designated by the largest...
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Parliament Accepts Borissov Cabinet Resignation
April 16 (BTA) - Bulgaria's newly elected Parliament on Friday voted, 156-0 with no abstentions, to accept the resignation of the Boyko Borissov Cabinet. The GERB MPs stood out of the vote although they were present in the debating chamber.
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Outgoing Health Minister Angelov Expects Appreciable Decline in Hospitalizations within Weeks
April 16 (BTA) - Outgoing Bulgarian Health Minister Kostadin Angelov expects an appreciable decline in the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients "within a few weeks".
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