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Supreme Audit Institutions of Bulgaria, Croatia and North Macedonia Work towards United and Economically Strong Balkans
July 9 (BTA) - The supreme audit institutions (SAIs) of Bulgaria, Croatia and the Republic of North Macedonia are working towards united and economically strong Balkans, which guarantees prosperity and a better life for the citizens of these countries, said the President ...
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Spending on Unemployment Benefits in 2020 Up by 55%-Plus from 2019
July 8 (BTA) - The public social insurance budget spent 658.6 million leva on cash unemployment benefits in 2020, up by 234.1 million leva (55.1 per cent) from 2019, Bulgaria's National Social Security Institute (NSSI) said in an expert analysis released on Thursday.
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Bulgaria's 2019 Case Fatality Rate for Hearth Attack Hospitalizations Varies Three-fold Across Regions
July 7 (BTA) - In 2019, Bulgaria's non-standardized hospital case fatality rate for a heart attack (myocardial infarction) stood at 7.7 per cent with 11,644 hospitalizations, compared to 7.3 per cent with 11,908 hospitalizations in 2018, show data from health institutions...
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Short Stories by Bulgarian Writer-Filmmaker Ludmil Todorov Published in U.S.
July 6 (BTA) - A collection of short stories by award-winning Bulgarian writer and filmmaker Ludmil Todorov has just been published in the United States. This is the first short story collection published by Accents Publishing, and the first opportunity for the English-speaki...
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Arkutino: Bulgaria's Most Romantic Beach
July 5 (BTA) - For a second year in a row, Arkutino has received the Blue Flag Award, the management of the beach told BTA. Blue Flag is a world environmental certificate awarded to beaches meeting a number of quality criteria, including clean water. "Since this is the most prest...
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Choir Conductor Georgi Petkov Tells of Musicians' Perseverance during the Pandemic and a Labour-of-Love Project with Cub...
July 5 (BTA) - One of the things Georgi Petkov, composer and conductor of the Grammy-winning New Bulgarian Voices folk choir, boasts of achieving despite the coronavirus pandemic is the Beyond the Notes collaborative project with Cuban jazz musician Roberto Fonseca. In the pr...
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International Research Team in Varna Will Work on Use of Stem Cells in Fighting Cancer, Degenerative and Autoimmune Dise...
July 3 (Mila Edreva of BTA) - An international research team is being set up at the Medical University in Varna to work on potential application of stem cells in fighting cancer, autoimmune and degenerative diseases. Prof. Anton Tonchev, who heads the Research Institute with the ...
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Bulgarian Development Bank Will Receive Another Lv 1.7 Mln from EU Budget
July 2 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) has formally notified the European Commission that it wants to tap extra funds for the recovery and development of small and medium-sized businesses under the InvestEU Programme, the Economy Ministry said on Friday. The bank wil...
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BTA Interview: Slovenian Ambassador Anzej Franges Says EU Integration of Western Balkans Is In EU's Interest
July 1 (Lora Metanova of BTA) - As his country assumes the Presidency of the Council of the EU on July 1, Slovenian Ambassador Anzej Franges says in a BTA interview that one of the new Presidency's objectives will be to work together with all Member States for a more resilient Eu...
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BTA Interview: Portuguese Ambassador Ribeiro da Silva Speaks about Accomplishments of Portuguese Presidency of the EU, B...
June 30 (Lora Metanova of BTA) - As Portugal is about to hand over the Presidency of the Council of the EU to Slovenia on June 30, Portuguese Ambassador to Bulgaria Ana Maria Ribeiro da Silva says in a BTA interview that her country has achieved most of its targets, was able to r...
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How the Death of Two Football Legends Unsettled the Bulgarian Communist Regime
June 30 (Metodi Yordanov of BTA) - June 30 of this year marks the 50th death anniversary of two of Bulgaria's all-time greatest football players - Georgi (Gundi) Asparuhov and Nikola (The Kitten) Kotkov, both playing for PFC Levski at the time. Hundreds of thousands of fans atten...
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Shipping Picks Up along Danube after Big Pandemic Wave
June 29 (BTA) - Shipping along the Danube is picking up after the passage of the big pandemic wave, Valentin Hristov, head of the Danube River Shipping Directorate in Rousse, said on June 29 marked as the World Danube Day. Hе said business is picking up as well in cargo and logis...
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Bulgarian Students Win Two Gold, Three Bronze Medals at European Physics Olympiad
June 28 (BTA) - Bulgarian students have won two gold and three bronze medals at the European Physics Olympiad (EUPhO). Participating were 219 entrants from 46 countries, said the Education Ministry on Monday. Eleventh-grader Alexander Prodanov from the High School of Natu...
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BTA to Hold 16th World Meeting of Bulgarian Media at Rila Monastery
June 28 (BTA) - After a year's break caused by the pandemic, the Bulgarian News Agency is resuming the annual World Meeting of Bulgarian Media and the 16th edition will be held at Rila Monastery in southern Bulgaria in October. The topic of the meeting will be "Media and Truth". ...
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Micro- and Small Enterprises Make up Largest Number of Bulgarian Businesses
June 27 (BTA) - The National Statistical Institute (NSI) released related data on the occasion of international Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day, marked on June 27. The microenterprises in Bulgaria, which have a staff of up to 9 people, are a total of 388,980, em...
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Experts Discuss Illicit Drug Information Campaign, Services for Drug Rehabilitation, Specifics of Treating Children
June 26 (BTA) - "Share facts about drugs, save lives" is the theme of this year's International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, said the National Centre for Public Health and Analysis (NCPHA) on Saturday. The focus is on combating misinformation and encouraging...
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Dunes Beach Waving Blue Flag for Twenty-five Years
June 25 (BTA) - "When they see the Blue Flag waving people feel sure the beach is environment-friendly, the water is pure and services are safe according to standard. The flag shows that all requirements have been met," Dines beach manager Nikolai Yankov told BTA. The beach has b...
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Dunes Beach Waving Blue Flag for Twenty-five Years
Bourgas, on the Black Sea, June 25 (BTA) - "When they see the Blue Flag waving people feel sure the beach is environment-friendly, the water is pure and services are safe according to standard. The flag shows that all requirements have been met," Dines beach manager Nikolai Y...
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Success of Bulgaria's Recovery Programme Is in the Hands of Business - Expert
June 24 (BTA) - "The Recovery Programme will not be an anti-crisis measure, it will rather support companies that are already recovering from the pandemic crisis," Latchezar Bogdanov, Chief Economist at the Institute for Market Economics, commented for BTA. "The success of t...
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Blue Flag Awarded to Sunny Beach, Nessebar, Pomorie, Sozopol
June 24 (BTA) - This summer, the beaches Sunny Beach North and South, Harmanite, Sozopol Central, Nessebar South and Pomorie East are flying the Blue Flag: the symbol of the prestigious international certificate. Kiril Spasov, who manages the six sites, told BTA about the ce...
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