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Bulgaria's Export Is Slow to Restructure and Help Country Shed "EU's Poorest Member" Tag - Expert
July 27 (BTA) - Bulgarian export is too slow to restructure and raw materials and materials for further processing continue to havea share that is too big to help this country shed the "EU's poorest member" tag, according to Vesselin Iliev, director for foreign trade cooper...
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Bulgaria Air Increases Flights from Sofia to Five European Cities
July 26 (BTA) - To meet growing demand and an increase by more than 40 per cent in bookings, Bulgaria Air increases its flights from Sofia to Moscow, Amsterdam, Palma de Mallorca, Madrid and Larnaka, in August and September, the air carrier said. Starting from August 3, Bulgar...
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Fitch Ratings Affirms Bulgaria's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating at 'BBB' with Positive Outlook
July 24 (BTA) - US credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Bulgaria's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB' with a Positive Outlook, the Finance Ministry reported on Saturday. The Positive Outlook reflects the dissipation of macroeconomic ris...
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Education Minister Denkov Calls for Full School Staff Vaccination before Probable Delta COVID-19 Wave
July 23 (BTA) - Speaking at a news conference here on Friday, caretaker Minister of Education and Science Nikolai Denkov said that it is highly probableе that the coronavirus' Delta variant will come to Bulgaria before the beginning of the new school year. "That is why I appe...
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Chamber of Commerce and Industry Presents 12th Edition of Bulgaria in Figures Brochure
July 22 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Thursday presented the 12th edition of Bulgaria in Figures, an annual brochure that gives an overview of 27 rankings by international institutions and organizations reflecting Bulgaria's position according to v...
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Chamber of Commerce and Industry Presents 12th Edition of Bulgaria in Figures Brochure
Sofia, July 22 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Thursday presented the 12th edition of Bulgaria in Figures, an annual brochure that gives an overview of 27 rankings by international institutions and organizations reflecting Bulgaria's position ...
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Bulgaria Is Europe's Leader in Virgin Forest Protection - Expert
Sofia, July 20 (BTA) - Bulgaria is a leader in the protection of virgin forests in Europe thanks to the fact that there is a lot of State-owned woodland and that the State, together with environmentalists, undertook to protect it, said Alexander Dountchev, Director of the Fore...
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Bulgaria Is Europe's Leader in Virgin Forest Protection - Expert
July 20 (BTA) - Bulgaria is a leader in the protection of virgin forests in Europe thanks to the fact that there is a lot of State-owned woodland and that the State, together with environmentalists, undertook to protect it, said Alexander Dountchev, Director of the Forestry...
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Bulgaria Needs More Volunteers, Published Draft Strategy Shows
July 20 (BTA) - A draft strategy for the development of volunteer formations to help with natural disasters and fires during the 2021-2030, published for public discussion on July 15, shows that a total of 238 volunteer units consisting of 3,181 volunteers were registered ...
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Open-air Festival at Buzludzha Peak to Raise Money for Preservation of Mosaics of Communist-time Monument
July 19 (BTA) - An open-air festival at Buzludzha Peak in July 23 to 25 will raise money for the preservation of the mosaic on the outside of the eponymous monument, the Buzludzha Project Foundation which organizes the event said. The festival is organized in partnership wit...
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Bulgarian Energy Holding Places Successfully Fourth Eurobond Issue to the Amount of EUR 600 Mln
July 16 (BTA) - Representatives of Bulgarian Energy Holding EAD and the Energy Ministry held a Global Investor Call on July 13, and a NetRoadShow involving a series of intensive meetings with a number of global investors on July 13-14, the company said. On July 15, BEH...
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Bulgarian Energy Holding Places Successfully Fourth Eurobond Issue to the Amount of EUR 600 Mln
Sofia, July 16 (BTA) - Representatives of Bulgarian Energy Holding EAD and the Energy Ministry held a Global Investor Call on July 13, and a NetRoadShow involving a series of intensive meetings with a number of global investors on July 13-14, the company said. On July 15, BEH...
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Bulgaria to Host International Organisation of Vine and Wine World Forum
Sofia, July 15 (BTA) - Bulgaria will host a world forum of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), caretaker Agriculture, Food and Forestry Minister Hristo Bozukov said, emerging from a meeting with the Chairman of the Board of the National Vine and Wine Chamber...
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June Inflation at 2.7% Y/Y - Statistics
July 14 (BTA) - The National Statistical Institute reported here on Wednesday that inflation in June 2021 was 2.7 per cent compared to June of last year. The consumer price index (CPI) in June 2021 compared to May 2021 was 99.8 per cent, i.e. there was a monthly deflat...
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European Investment Bank Provides EUR 40 Mln Loan for Modernisation of Sofia Airport
Luxembourg/Sofia, July 13 (BTA) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) and SOF Connect AD, a special purpose vehicle that is majority-owned by Meridiam, have signed a 40 million euro loan agreement for the modernisation of Sofia International Airport. The financing is supported...
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Sunny Day Beach Waving Blue Flag for 25 Years
The beach at Sunny Day resort, north of Varna, has been waving the Blue Flag for 25 years now, th? representative of the Bulgarian Blue Flag Movement, Stanimir Georgiev, told BTA. The strip was awarded a special certificate for meeting world quality standards non stop for a...
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Korean Company Plans Production of Protective Masks in Bulgaria, Based on Their Own DesignKorean Company Plans Productio...
July 13 (BTA) - After the latest predictions of a new COVID-19 wave and the spread of the Indian strain, one of the Korean companies from a business delegation visiting the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) expressed the desire to start production of protectiv...
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US Congress Delegation Visits Sofia, Varna
June 12 (BTA) - A US Congress delegation visited Sofia and the coastal city of Varna in the period from July 8 to 11, the US Embassy in Bulgaria said Monday. The delegation held meetings with representatives of Bulgaria's caretaker government, religious communities and civil ...
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NSI: Revenues from Nights Spent in May 2021 Reach 39.6 Million Leva
July 12 (BTA) - The total revenues from nights spent in May 2021 reached 39.6 million leva, as 29.4 million were from Bulgarians and 10.2 million - from foreigners, the National Statistical Institute reported on Monday. In May 2021, the total occupancy of the bed-places ...
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NSI: Industrial Production Index in May Down by 1.2% from April, Up by 16.5% Y/Y
July 10 (BTA) - According to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute, in May of 2021 the Industrial Production Index, seasonally adjusted, decreased by 1.2 per cent compared to April 2021. In May 2021 the working day adjusted Industrial Production Index ...
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