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Bulgartransgaz's Ten-year Network Development Plan Envisages Building New Intersystem Gas Connections with Neighbouring ...
August 9 (BTA) - Natural gas transmission and storage operator Bulgartransgaz presented its ten-year network development plan for the 2021-2030 period, which envisages the construction and putting into operation of intersystem gas connections with neighbouring countries,...
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Bulgarian Industrial Association President Radosvet Radev Dies
August 6 (BTA) - The President of the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA), Radosvet Radev, has passed away on Friday at the age of 61, BIA reported. "We extend our deepest sympathies to his family and friends, as well as the team of Darik Radio - his biggest love!" rea...
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Bulgartransgaz EAD Renegotiates Loan Contract Interest Rates, Saves Over 18 Mln Leva
August 6 (BTA) - Bulgartransgaz EAD announced on Friday that the availability of free financial resources received from advance payment has enabled the company to start correspondence with the banks that have provided loans for the implementation of the company's investment progr...
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Bulgaria at the Olympics: Karateka Ivet Goranova Wins Gold Medal in Kumite at 55 kg
Tokyo, August 5 (BTA special correspondent Dimiter Velyov) - Bulgarian karateka Ivet Goranova won the Olympic title in kumite at 55 kg on Thursday, prevailing over Anzhelika Terliuga of Ukraine in the final by 5-1 points. This is the first Olympic gold for Bulgaria in thirteen...
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Sofianites Rally to Save Landmark Covered Market Building
August 5 (BTA) - Tuesday evening saw a live chain surround the Tsentralni Hali covered market in downtown Sofia, demanding that the historic building be preserved and that the authorities halt plans to turn it into a supermarket. The protest was organized by the Save Sofi...
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Business Climate in Tourism Is Improving, but New Crisis Possible due to Lack of Personnel - Survey
Sofia, August 5 (BTA) - The business climate in tourism is improving but the lack of personnel might cause a new crisis in the branch, shows a national survey organized by the Bulgarian Association of Hotel Executives, the organization said Thursday. This is the Association...
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Construction Permits Issued for Residential Buildings in Second Quarter of 2021 Increase by 12.9% M/M
August 4 (BTA) - In the second quarter of 2021, local administrations issued construction permits for: 1,745 residential buildings comprising a total of 9,952 housing units with a gross floor area of 1,181,550 square metres; 26 administrative/office buildings with a gross floor a...
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Central Bank Ups Reserves by Lv 2 Bln
August 3 (BTA) - The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) is adding the equivalent of 2 billion leva to its forex reserves, the central bank said in a press release on Tuesday. On August 2, 2021, the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), including BNB Gov...
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BTA Director General Kiril Valchev (right) and the Executive Director of the 13 Centuries of Bulgaria National Endowment Fund, Slava Ivanova, sign a cooperation agreement between the two institutions, which provides for partnership during the 16th World Meeting of Bulgarian Me...
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Photo: Summer Art Academy for Children/МЙ/
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COVID-19 Update: 94 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 1.4%
Sofia, August 2 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 425,148, after 6,691 tests identified 94 new infections on Sunday, according to data posted Monday on the national coronavirus information platform at https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivit...
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ESO Commissions Third out of Five Power Line Projects of Common Interest Implemented with EU Co-Funding
August 2 (BTA) - The internal 400 kV power line connecting Varna and Burgas substations is the third project of common European interest successfully completed by Electricity System Operator (ESO) in 2021. It is of key importance for the development of the trans-European energy i...
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Weather - Forecast
Sofia, August 2 (BTA) - Tuesday: Sunny in the morning. Clouds will form in the afternoon, mainly in the mountains, bringing scattered showers and thunder. Light to moderate westerly- northwesterly wind. Highs: 34C to 36C in the Northwest, up to 40C in the South. COAST: Sun...
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An elderly man sunbathing in Sofia's Borisova Gradina park. The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology issued a code orange hot weather alert for 16 regions across Bulgaria BTA Photo /МЙ/
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Half of Bulgarians Are Aware of Climate Change, Only 10% Know about Transformation of Coal Energy Sector - Poll
July 29 (BTA) - Close to half of Bulgarians are aware of climate change and understand what the sources of greenhouse emissions are. This transpired in a poll commissioned by the environmental organization WWF, whose results were made public by the organization Thursday.
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Exchange - Rates
Sofia, July 28 (BTA) - The Bulgarian National Bank sets the rates of foreign currencies against the Bulgarian lev applicable from 5 p.m. on July 28 to 5 p.m. on July 29, 2021. The central rates are used for the purposes of accounting, statistics, customs valuation and remittan...
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Counter-corruption Commission Files Motions for Injunctions Worth Some Lv 400 Mln in Jan-June 2021
July 28 (BTA) - The Counter-corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Commission (CUAAFC) has adopted a report for the period from January 1, .2021 to June 30,.2021 regarding corruption prevention, public register, conflict of interest, forfeiture of unlawfully acq...
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Over 50% of Accommodation Establishments without Change in Revenues in June M/M
Sofia, July 28 (BTA) - In June, 51.3 per cent of the accommodation establishments participating in the monthly survey of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) on the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic situation, registered no change in revenues compared to May 2021, while 29.2...
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One-off Advance Payment by Gazprom to Allow Bulgartransgaz to Save Lv 106 Mln
Sofia, July 27 (BTA) - Russia's Gazprom Export has declared its intention and readiness to make a one-off advance payment to Bulgartransgaz EAD to the amount due for long-term capacity booked under their contract for the July 1, 2021-June 30, 2023 booking period, Bulgaria...
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Independence and Teamwork Are the Caretaker Economy Minister's Conditions for Participation in New Cabinet
Sofia, July 27 (BTA) - Independence and teamwork are the two conditions that caretaker Economy Minister Kiril Petkov sets for potentially agreeing to join the next government - if he is ever offered a ministerial position in the government that the new Parliament is expected t...
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