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Peaches Increasingly Grown for Processing as Sales Are Guaranteed - Expert
July 26 (BTA) - Peaches are increasingly being grown for processing because sales are guaranteed, BTA learned from Kosta Petrov, Chairman of the Bulgarian Peach Association. Nearly 70 per cent of peach orchards in the country's southeast are in Sliven Region. Table varieties acco...
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Experts, Institutions Warn about Dying Forests in Rhodope Mountains
July 21 (BTA) - The forests in Bulgaria's Rhodope Mountains are dying, warn institutions and scientists. Urgent measures are being taken to address the problem, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry said Friday.
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Air Traffic Control Registers Record-high Number of Flights at Bourgas Airport
July 18 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Air Traffic Services Authority (BULATSA) registered a record-high number of flights at Bourgas Airport on Saturday. The local air traffic controllers have safely serviced 272 flights in just one day, which has set a record for Bulgarian airports, BUL...
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South African Embassy to Mark Nelson Mandela Day with 67 Minutes of Community Service
July 17 (BTA) - The Embassy of the Republic of South Africa issued a press release on Monday, saying that it will again celebrate International Mandela Day by undertaking 67 minutes of community service on the former President's birthday, 18 July.
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Beech Forests in Central Balkan Range National Park Included in UNESCO Primeval Beech Forests List
July 10 (BTA) - At its 41st Session in Krakow, Poland, UNESCO's World Heritage Committee Inscribed the Central Balkan Range National Park on UNESCO's World Heritage List under the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe item. It also approved the ext...
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Greenpeace Bulgaria is Against Derogation for Coal-Fired Power Plants
July 7 (BTA) - Two environmental organizations, For the Earth and Greenpeace Bulgaria, demand a clear-cut plan and strategy for the closure of unprofitable and polluting coal-fired power plants in a statement received by BTA.
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Wholesaler METRO Cash & Carry Launches Direct Supply Scheme for Bulgarian Farmers
June 27 (BTA) - Bulgarian Agriculture, Food and Forests Minister Roumen Porozhanov and METRO Cash & Carry Bulgaria Sales Manager Georgi Iliev on Tuesday launched a scheme for direct supply of Bulgarian-grown produce in the wholesaler chain's 11 stores across the country.
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21 Fewer Newspapers Came Out in 2016, Circulation Dropped by 38.4 Mln
June 21 (BTA) - The 262 newspapers that were published in Bulgaria in 2016 in an annual circulation of 229,008,000 were 21 fewer (7.4 per cent) than in the previous year, and their circulation decreased by 38,338,000 (14.3 per cent), the National Statistical Institute reported.
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In 10 Years, Donors Message Service Has Organized 700-Plus Fund-Raising Drives
June 21 (BTA) - During the ten years since the system was established in Bulgaria, the Donors Message Service (DMS) 17777 has organized more than 700 fund-raising programmes, the organizers of the charity initiative reported at a BTA-hosted news conference on Tuesday.
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Launch of First Bulgarian Geostationary Communications Satellite Postponed
June 20 (BTA) - The SpaceX company postponed the launch of the first Bulgarian geostationary communications satellite BulgariaSat-1 from June 19 to at least June 23, SpaceFlights.news reported.
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Fewer Nesting Birds Found in Mixed Colonies along the Danube
June 19 (BTA) - The Green Balkans Federation of Nature Conservation NGOs has reported a decrease in the number of nesting birds in mixed colonies along the Danube observed during a June expedition down the river from Vidin to Silistra.
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Bulgarian Man Will Go on Motorcycle Tour along Silk Route
May 26 (BTA) - Bulgarian Rousko Rouskov will go on a motorcycle tour along the Silk Route. Beginning on May 28, he will travel through Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Georgia. The notorious Door to Hell and the Pamir Highw...
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International Research Team Says Oldest Pre-Humans Lived in the Balkans
May 23 (BTA) - An international research team including scientists from Germany, Bulgaria, Greece, Canada, France and Australia said that the oldest pre-humans lived in the Balkans 7.2 million years ago. Headed by Prof. Madelaine Bohme from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolut...
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Vegan Climber Skatov Reaches Everest Summit
May 22 (BTA) - Bulgarian climber Atanas Skatov reached the Everest summit in the early hours of Monday Bulgarian time, his team said. This is the second time when the climber, who is a vegan, reaches the peak.
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Lone 80-year-old Bulgarian Sailor Completes Round-world Trip
May 18 (BTA) - Eighty-year-old Bulgarian sailor Vasil Kourtev and his yacht "Odessos" were welcomed home on Wednesday after sailing around the world for two years. The "trip" began on August 5, 2015. The sea lion has sailed 26,000 nautical miles. "I had a dream and I achieved it....
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PM of Pakistan Congratulates Bulgarian Counterpart on Re-election corrected headline
Sofia, May 17 (BTA) - The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, has sent a message of congratulations to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on his re-election as Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Embassy of Pakistan said Wednesday. In his message the Pa...
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PM of Pakistan Congratulates Bulgarian Counterpart on Re-election
May 17 (BTA) - The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, has sent a message of congratulations to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on his re-election as Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Embassy of Pakistan said Wednesday.
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PM of Pikistan Congratulates Bulgarian Counterpart on Re-election
Sofia, May 17 (BTA) - The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, has sent a message of congratulations to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on his re-election as Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Embassy of Pakistan said Wednesday. In his message the Pa...
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International Youth Centre Stara Zagora to Receive Council of EuropeТs Quality Label for Youth Centres
May 15 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The Council of Europe (CoE) will award on Tuesday its Quality Label to the international Youth Centre in the southern city of Stara Zagora, the Council reported Monday.
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Bulgarian Student Team Places First in 34th Balkan Mathematcs Olympiad
May 9 (BTA) - Bulgarian school students won four gold and two silver medals at the 34th Balkan Mathematical Olympiad held in Ohrid, Macedonia, from May 2 to 7. The team came first with 226 points out of the 240 possible, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) said.
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