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About 65,000 High School Students in Bulgaria Have Smoked Cannabis at Least Once - Report
April 1 (BTA) - About 65,000 high school students have smoked cannabis at least once in their lives and nearly 27,000 have tried drugs in the last month. This is indicated by the data of the National Drug Focus Centre which were presented Friday by Antonia Bancheva, senior expert...
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National Trust EcoFund to Support Administrations in Purchase of Electric Vehicles, Hybrids
March 31 (BTA) - The first national programme for using environment-friendly electric cars and hybrids is being launched in Bulgaria through a pilot demonstration scheme, Environment and Water Minister Ivelina Vassileva told a news conference Thursday.
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Bulgarians Increasingly Hostile to Migrants - Survey
March 30 (BTA) - A tendency of increasing hostility towards refugees in the social media was established in a survey carried out by the Bulgarian agency for media analyses, Perceptica, presented at BTA.
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Strong Summer Season in Store for Bulgarian Seaside Resorts amid Favourable Market Trends
March 28 (BTA) - There is a strong tourist season in store for Bulgarian seaside resorts this coming summer amid favourable market trends, and the tourists are expected to outnumber last year;s by 400,000-450,000, Dr Stoyan Marinov, a professor of economics and tourism organizati...
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Nearly 37 Per Cent of Bulgarians Avoid Use of Plastic Bags, Poll Shows
March 28 (BTA) - A total of 36.4 per cent of the Bulgarian avoid using plastic carrier bags, a nationally representative poll conducted by the Exacta Agency shows. Nearly 38 per cent avoid using plastic bottles, cups, plates, etc.
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Director Eliza Petkova's "Zhaleika" Wins Grand Prix of 20th Sofia Film Fest
March 20 (BTA) - The film of Bulgarian director Eliza Petkova, "Zhaleika" (Germany) won the Sofia City of Film Grand Prix of the 20th Sofia International Film Festival. The film's director and producer received a diploma and a cash prize of 7,000 euro provided by Sofia Municipali...
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Bulgaria Switches to Daylight Saving Time at 3:00 a.m. on March 27
March 18 (BTA) - Clocks in Bulgaria will be advanced one hour to daylight saving time at 3:00 a.m. local time (1:00 a.m. UTC) on Sunday, March 27, the Bulgarian Institute of Metrology said. Daylight saving time was introduced in this country in 1979, and since 1997 has been ke...
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Sofia's National Palace of Culture to Be Illuminated Green for Saint Patrick's Day
March 17 (Metodi Yordanov of BTA) - Sofia's National Palace of Culture will be illuminated green for St Patrick's Day this year, Ireland's Charge d'Affaires Patrick Coleman told BTA in an interview, in which he also talked about the Irish and Bulgarian economy, bilateral relation...
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Bulgarian Analyst Says Brexit Will Downgrade European Project's Ambitions
March 14 (BTA) - Bulgarian political analyst Daniel Smilov believes that this is a time to stand for what has been accomplished thanks to European integration - not to try out the advantages of disintegration. Smilov was speaking at a discussion on the upcoming UK referendum and ...
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Hi-Tech Sector Joins Debate for Chipped IDs
March 12 (BTA) - The Business Board of the Electronic Government Council has moved to Parliament a position paper in the debate in favour of introducing IDs with an electronic chip for Bulgarian citizens, the Bulgarian Association for Information Technologies told the press Satur...
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Japanese Ambassador Takashi Koizumi: Bulgaria Attracts Japanese Tourists With Special Interest Tours
March 9 (BTA) - Special interest tours are recently in the focus as a new wave of tourism in Japan and Bulgaria is capitalizing on this, Japanese Ambassador Takashi Koizumi said in a BTA interview. In one example, he said that a tourist agency is organizing a trip in Bulgaria to ...
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Culture Minister Rashidov: Demolished Landmark Tobacco Warehouse in Plovdiv Must Be Restored to Its Original Form
March 8 (BTA) - Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov said that the recently demolished landmark tobacco warehouse in the southern city of Plovdiv must be restored to its original form, the Culture Ministry reported on Tuesday. The landmark building, which is a historical and cultu...
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Q4 2015 GDP Per Employed up 2.5%%
March 8 (BTA) - According to preliminary data, in the fourth quarter of 2015 GDP per employed increased by 2.5 per cent year-on-year, the National Statistical Institute said Tuesday.
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Alpha Research: Gradual Decline in Support for Government, Continued GERB Domination in Politics
March 8 (BTA) - A recent Alpha Research poll identified three trends in public attitudes: a gradual decline in support for the government, the Prime Minister and some key ministers due to a perceived lack of progress in a number of sectors; approval for the termination of large p...
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One in Five Bulgarians Believe New Parties Are Needed - Survey
March 1 (BTA) - In a February 16-24 nationally representative survey conducted among 1,000 respondents, Exacta Research Group found that 22 per cent of Bulgarians believe that new parties are needed. This view is more prevalent among men, young voters, people in their 40s, Sofia ...
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Eurobank Bulgaria AD Completes Acquisition of Alpha Bank Bulgaria
March 1 (BTA) - Eurobank Bulgaria AD (PostBank) completed Tuesday the acquisition of Alpha Bank Bulgaria, sources from Eurobank said. The terms of the acquisition were not revealed.
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Russian Archbishop Seraphim Solemnly Glorified as Saint
February 26 (BTA) - Archbishop Seraphim (Sobolev) of Boguchar (1881-1950), buried in the crypt of the Russian Church in Sofia, was solemnly glorified as Saint Seraphim of Sofia the Miracle-worker on Friday. The solemn glorification took place in St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, wi...
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Peach Plum Tree Wins Innovations Competition at Agra 2016
February 26 (BTA) - A cross between a peach and a plum won the Innovations Competition of the Agra 20016 agricultural exhibition held in the southern city of Plovdiv February 24 to 28. The peach plum tree won in competition with 35 products of 30 companies and research institu...
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In 2015 Bulgarian Wines Win 150 Gold Prizes at International Events
February 24 (BTA) - In 2015 Bulgarian-made wines won 150 gold prizes at international festivals, fairs and tastings in the world, Chairman of the Executive Agency on Vine and Wine (EAVW) Krassimir Koev told a news conference at the opening of the 24th edition of the Vinaria Inter...
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Civic Engagement in Bulgaria Rated 3.39 Points Out of 6
February 22 (BTA) - Civic engagement in Bulgaria has been rated 3.39 points on a scale of 0 to 6, Iva Taralezhkova of the Civic Engagement Forum told a BTA-hosted news conference on Monday. Taralezhkova cited a 2015 index compiled by the Forum which represents over 100 NGOs activ...
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