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Finance Ministry Reopens 10.5-Year Issue of Government Securities at Weighted Average Yield of 0.20%
Sofia, September 21 (BTA) - On September 20, 2021, the Bulgarian Finance Ministry reopened an issue of 10.5-year lev-denominated government securities maturing on August 17, 2031, the Ministry said in a press release on Tuesday. Government securities of an aggregate nominal v...
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Employers' Costs per Hour Worked Increase by Almost 7% in Second Quarter of 2021
September 21 (BTA) - According to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute in the second quarter of 2021 the total costs of employers per hour worked by their employees increased by 6.7 per cent compared to the second quarter of 2020. In industry the increas...
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29th General Assembly of Association of the Balkan News Agencies - Southeast Europe to Focus on Media in Post-Covid Age
September 17 (BTA) - The Media and News Agencies in the Post-Covid Age is the main topic of the 29th General Assembly of the Association of the Balkan News Agencies - Southeast Europe (ABNA-SE), hosted by Kosovo on September 16-19 and organized by the KosovaPress News Agency. ...
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Connecting Europe Express Train Makes Stop in Bulgaria
September 16 (BTA) - Connecting Europe Express train, which marks the European Year of Rail, 2021, made a stop in Bulgaria on Thursday, the Transport, IT and Communications Ministry said in a press release. The train started its journey from Lisbon on September 2 and w...
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Connecting Europe Express Train Makes Stop in Bulgaria
Sofia, September 16 (BTA) - Connecting Europe Express train, which marks the European Year of Rail, 2021, made a stop in Bulgaria on Thursday, the Transport, IT and Communications Ministry said in a press release. The train started its journey from Lisbon on September 2 and w...
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Bulgaria's 2021 Grape Harvest Expected to Be 20% Up from Last Year
September 15 (BTA) - Bulgaria's 2021 grape harvest is expected to be 20 per cent bigger than last year's, caretaker Agriculture, Food and Forestry Minister Hristo Bozukov told journalists on Wednesday, quoted by his Ministry. Bozukov, along with Vice President Iliana Yotova, a...
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Bulgaria's Export Contracted by 6.3% in 2020 Y/Y
September 14 (BTA) - In 2020, Bulgarian exports amounted to 54,779.3 million leva which was 6.3 per cent less than in 2019. Matching the 2020 and 2019 figures month by month shows that the highest growth in exports was in December (6.9 per cent) and the most significant f...
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Late-August Food Prices Spike, Year on Year - Trade Union Institute
Sofia, September 13 (BTA) - Most food products in Bulgaria appreciated steeply by late August - early September, compared to the same period a year ago, the Institute for Social and Trade Union Research (ISTUR) with the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CI...
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Industrial Production Up by 8.3% in July 2021, Y/Y
September 10 (BTA) - According to preliminary data, in July 2021 the seasonally adjusted Industrial Production Index increased by 0.3 per cent compared to June 2021, the National Statistical Institute said on Friday. In July 2021 the working day adjusted Industrial Produc...
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Children's Football Brings Netherlands Acting Ambassador to Svishtov
Sofia, September 9 (BTA) - Sports is a great diplomacy tool, especially when it is football for children in the small Bulgarian town, Svishtov. That is why Jurrien van der Horst, Acting Ambassador of the Netherlands in Bulgaria, gladly accepted the invitation of Football Club ...
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Today's Observances: September 8
The world: - National Day of Andorra: Our Lady of Meritxell Day (1278). On this date in Bulgarian history: 1885: Prince Alexander I of Battenberg signs manifesto, declaring that he accepts Principality of Bulgaria's unification with Eastern Rumelia. 1944: Bulgaria decl...
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WWF Bulgaria Launches a Campaign Encouraging Demand for Products from Socially, Ecologically Oriented Forestry
September 7 (BTA) - WWF Bulgaria is launching a campaign that promotes the demand for forest products labeled FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), the organization said. The FSC's international label ensures that the wood products concerned are not the result of an explo...
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Today's Observances: September 8
The world: - National Day of Andorra: Our Lady of Meritxell Day (1278). On this date in Bulgarian history: 1885: Prince Alexander I of Battenberg signs manifesto, declaring that he accepts Principality of Bulgaria's unification with Eastern Rumelia. 1944: Bulgaria decl...
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18th Population and Housing Census Starts in Bulgaria
Sofia, September 7 (BTA) - The online stage of Bulgaria's 18th population and housing census began at midnight on September 7, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) reported on Tuesday. Until October 3, all permanent residents of the country can fill in the questionnai...
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Bulgaria Remains Leading Lavender Producer but Overproduction Poses Threat - Expert
Sofia, September 5 (BTA) - According to official information of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, there are currently 21,000 ha under lavender in Bulgaria, Gergana Andreeva, CEO of the Bulgarian National Association of Essential Oils, Perfumery and Cosmetics, sai...
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Bulgaria Remains Leading Lavender Producer but Overproduction Poses Threat - Expert
September 5 (BTA) - According to official information of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, there are currently 21,000 ha under lavender in Bulgaria, Gergana Andreeva, CEO of the Bulgarian National Association of Essential Oils, Perfumery and Cosmetics, said in an in...
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BTA's LIK Magazine with Exclusive Issue Dedicated to Popular Singer Lili Ivanova
September 4 (BTA) - A special issue of the LIK magazine will be dedicated to popular singer Lili Ivanova, BTA Director General Kiril Valchev said here Friday upon signing an agreement for partnership and cooperation with the Bulgarian pop prima. According to the agreement, BTA as...
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Long-term Unemployed in Bulgaria in July down Nearly 14% Y/Y
September 3 (BTA) - The number of long-term unemployed at end-July dropped to 43,253, nearly 14 per cent less than in the same month a year previously, according to data of the Employment Agency released by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (MLSP) Friday. T...
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Project Pays Tribute to Life, Art of World Famous Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude
September 1 (BTA) - Exhibitions, special editions, lectures, films and educational events are part of a project by the Sofia Town Hall which pays tribute to the life and art of Bulgarian-born artist Christo and his French wife and collaborator Jeanne-Claude, the local a...
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Weather Forecast: September
August 31 (BTA) - The highest temperatures in September will be between 30 C and 35 C, and the lowest between 3 C and 8 C, higher along the Black Sea coast, the National Institute of Hydrology and Meteorology reports. The average monthly temperature is expected to be arou...
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