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Accident Black Spot Map to Be Released
Rousse, on the Danube, April 23 (BTA) - An accident black spot map of Bulgaria will be available shortly, which will identify not just areas that have seen a number of accidents in the past but high-risk areas as well. Malina Kroumova, head of the State Agency for Road Safety,...
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Survey: 65 Per Cent of Bulgarians Think Shadow Economy Is Quickest Way to Make More Money
Sofia, April 22 (BTA) - Scientists from the Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) Monday presented the results of a research project about the shadow economy as a violation of legislation and social norms. The survey sh...
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Thousands of Fish Releases in the Danube in Major Sturgeon Conservation Campaign
Bucharest/Sofia, April 19 (BTA) - Nature conservation and scientific organisations from ten countries along the Danube, including World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Bulgaria, have united to help save one of the most endangered fish in the world, the sturgeon, the Danube-Carpathian WWF ...
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Bulgarian Government Approves Bulgaria's Bid to Host European Labour Authority
Sofia, April 18 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers approved Bulgaria's bid to host the European Labour Authority (ELA), the Government Information Service said on Thursday. The decision was adopted without meeting. The discussion of a Proposal for a Regulation of the Europe...
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Bulgarian Market in New Passenger Cars Grows by 1% in First Quarter of 2019
Brussels, April 17 (BTA) - Bulgaria had 3,266 new passenger car registrations in March 2019, decreasing by 1.4 per cent compared with March 2018, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) reported on Wednesday. Between January and March 2019, however, new ...
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Economy Ministry Puts Out Guide for SMEs
Sofia, April 16 (BTA) - A guide for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been published on the website of the Ministry of Economy. The Guide has been specifically designed to facilitate businesses as they search for information and access to legislation, and struggle to ...
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Alexandrovska Hospital Is Accredited to Become Bulgaria's First Obesity Treatment Centre
Sofia, April 15 (BTA) - Sofia's Alexandrovska Hospital has been accredited to become Bulgaria's first centre for the treatment of obesity, the medical institution said on Monday. The hospital's application was approved by the European Association for the Study of O...
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Air Pollution Cases Drop by 60% in Eight Years
Sofia, April 12 (BTA) - The exceedances of air pollution limits registered by monitoring stations dropped by close to 60 per cent between 2011 and 2018, Environment and Water Minister Neno Dimov said on Friday at the opening of the SOFAIR European Air Quality Conference, organ...
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Bozhidar Andreev: the Long Road to a Gold Medal
Sofia, April 11 (BTA) - Bulgarian Bozhidar Andreev became the European weightlifting champion in the newly established category of 73 kg at the European Weightlifting Championships, held in Batumi on April 9. Two days later, bTV reported on the athlete's journey from growi...
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Bulgaria to Present Itself as Business Destination to Finnish Entrepreneurs
Sofia, April 10 (BTA) - Bulgaria will present itself as an attractive business destination to investors from Finland, the Bulgarian Economy Ministry said in a press release on Wednesday after Deputy Economy Minister Lilia Ivanova held a working meeting with Finnish investors. ...
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A Feast of Classical Music for Students, Professors and Audiences in Rousse
May 7 (BTA) - For eleven days in the second half of July, music lovers, music students and world-class professors will get together in Rousse for this year's edition of the Allegra Festival and Academy. It will be the sixth edition of Allegra which started in 2014 as a master-cla...
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Young Bulgarians Increasingly Reluctant to Emigrate - Survey
Sofia, March 12 (BTA) - The desire of young Bulgarians to emigrate is waning, shows a nationwide survey called Bulgarian Youth 2018/2019, which was unveiled by Associate Professor Boris Popivanov of the Ivan Hadjiiski Institute of Sociology at a BTA-hosted news conference on T...
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2018 Investments in Bulgaria Total Lv 20 Billion
Sofia, February 21 (BTA) - Foreign and domestic investments in Bulgaria in 2018 are expected to total 20 billion leva, Deputy Economy Minister Alexander Manolev said here Thursday. He was speaking at a forum titled "Agriculture and economy. Trends and challenges" organized by ...
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Kornelia Ninova Reiterates BSP's Four Conditions for Returning to Parliament
Vidin, Northwestern Bulgaria, February 21 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will not return to Parliament unless their four conditions are accepted, BSP leader Kornelia Ninova said as she attended a working meeting of the National Association of Mayoralty Mayors in V...
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11.5% Decline of Cinema Attendance in 2018
Sofia, February 21 (BTA) - Cinema viewers declined by 11.5 per cent during the entire 2018 compared to 2017, according to statistics from cinema halls across the country. The number of viewers was close to the 2013 figure, when it stood at approximately 1.76 million. The box...
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Authorities Impose Fines for Violation of Restrictions in Rila National Park During Filming of Bear Grylls Film
Sofia, February 21 (BTA) - A Bulgarian company that organized the filming of an episode from the Bear Grylls survival skills reality television series, will be fined for violating the environment protection regimes in Rila National Park, the Environment and Water Ministry said...
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Medicines Verification System Will Be Phased In Over Six Months
Sofia, February 6 (BTA) - The system for verification of medicines will be phased in over at least six months, Health Minister Kiril Ananiev told journalists on Tuesday, reacting to upcoming protests by pharmacy owners. During those six months pharmacies won't be sanction...
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Five Bulgarian Patients to Undergo Lung Transplant Surgery in Vienna Every Year
Sofia, January 25 (BTA) - Five Bulgarian patients will undergo lung transplant surgery in Vienna every year, Health Minister Kiril Ananiev told journalists. He was speaking Friday after meeting with Prof. Walter Klepetko, President of the European Association for Cardio-Thorac...
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Experts Take Stand against Idea for Putting Inactive Shares from Mass Privatization from 20 Years Back into Dedicated In...
January 25 (BTA) - The Association of Directors in Charge of Investor Liaisons objects to the government's idea to nationalize the so-called dormant or inactive shares in the mass privatization from more than 20 years ago. The Finance Ministry published a concept for the administ...
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Director of Egyptian Museum of Turin to Give Public Lecture in Sofia
Sofia, January 25 (BTA) - The Italian Cultural Institute and the National Institute of Archaeology with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences are organizing a public lecture in Sofia by the Director of the Egyptian Museum of Turin (Museo Egizio), Prof. Christian Greco, the institu...