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Sozopol's Harmanite Beach Welcomes Holiday Makers As Blue Flag Awarded Site
June 23 (BTA) - The popular Harmanite beach in Sozopol, on the southern stretch of the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, welcomes holiday makers with a new outlook and a Blue Flag distinction, the management of the beach told BTA.
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Sveti Vlas New Beach Once Again Awarded Blue Flag Certificate
June 22 (BTA) - For yet another year, the Sveti Vlas New Beach has been awarded the prestigious Blue Flag Award. The beach has been receiving the certificate since 2014, the Bulgarian Blue Flag Movement website says.
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European Investment Fund Supports Bulgarian Students to Invest in IT Skills Training
June 22 (BTA) - The European Investment Fund (EIF) and the Telerik Academy have signed a guarantee agreement covering a portfolio of tuition fee deferrals of up to 2.5 million euro to help students finance their IT skills training, the European Commission Representation in Sofia ...
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32.1% of Bulgarians Were at Risk of Poverty, 1.66 Mln Were Poor in 2020
June 21 (BTA) - In 2020, the share of Bulgarians who were at risk of poverty or social exclusion was 32.1 per cent. The government has set to reduce it to 31 per cent by 2022 and to 25 per cent by 2030. This is envisaged in a draft Action Plan 2021-2022 for the implementati...
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Interim Coupling Project Is Launched Successfully
June 18 (BTA) - The project parties of the Interim Coupling have announced the successful go-live of the Interim Coupling solution, the Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange said (IBEX). On Thursday for the first time, day-ahead cross-zonal capacity on the 6 new borders (Pol...
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New Car Sales in Bulgaria Up by 76.5% in May Y/Y
June 17 (BTA) - A year after the collapse of the car market as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, new car registrations in Europe continue to mark significant growth, shows report by the Association of European Automobile Manufacturers on Thursday. Sales of new passenger c...
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National Statistical Institute: Monthly Inflation in Bulgaria was 0.1%
June 15 (BTA) - The National Statistical Institute reported on Tuesday that inflation in May compared to April of 2021 was 0.1 per cent. The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (May 2021 compared to December 2020) was 1.7 per cent and the annual inflation in May 2...
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Varna and Burgas Airports Report 219% Increase in Passengers in May
June 14 (BTA) - The airports in the Bulgarian Black Sea cities of Burgas and Varna saw the record-setting increase in passengers of 219 per cent in May 2021 compared to the same time last year, Fraport Twin Star, the company that manages Burgas Airport and the nearby Varna Airpor...
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The 2nd China-CEEC Expo and International Consumer Goods Fair closed successfully
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the expo, and Vice Premier Hu Chunhua delivered a speech at the opening ceremony
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1,000 Wines to Be Presented at Balkan Festival in Sofia
Sofia, June 11 (BTA) - About 1,000 wines from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, the Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey will be presented at the 10th Balkans International Wine Competition and Festival in Sofia between June 17 and 19, the Bulgarian Chamb...
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Poll: Sense of Vulnerability and Pessimism about Outcome Deter People from Reporting Corruption
June 11 (BTA) - A sense of vulnerability and pessimism about the outcome is what usually deters people from reporting corruption, according to a poll by Global Metrix in Bulgaria among 1,053 respondents. It was taken on a commission by the Bulgarian Institute for Legal Initia...
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Tourist Sites with Vaccinated Staff to Receive Special Stickers
Tourist sites where 100 per cent of staff have been vaccinated against COVID-19 will receive special stickers issued by the Ministries of Tourism and Health. The first was placed today at one of the hotels in the Albena complex by Minister Stella Baltova and Chief Health In...
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Bulgarian Supercomputer, Part of EuroHPC JU, Achieves, Surpasses Planned Performance in Test Runs
June 10 (BTA) - The supercomputer Discoverer, located in Sofia Tech Park and part of the European High-performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC), has achieved and surpassed its planned computing capacity and performance during test runs by the vendor, Atos, in the pas...
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Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 Crashes in Sea during Shabla 2021 Field Firing Exercise
Sofia, June 9 (BTA) - A Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 jet fighter lost radio contact and disappeared from the radar screens at 00:45 hrs local time on June 9 while performing a training mission over Bulgarian territorial waters in the Black Sea during the Shabla 2021 Field Firing...
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Energy Minister to Propose Short-term Solution to Keep Maritsa East 2 TPP Running after July 1
Sofia, June 9 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has talked to caretaker Energy Minister Andrey Zhivkov, who will propose a short-term solution so that the Maritsa East 2 Thermal Power Plant could continue to operate after July 1. Radev said this at a meeting with the lea...
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Study Finds Signs of Extreme Ethnocentrism in Bulgarian Society
June 9 (BTA) - There are signs of extreme ethnocentrism in Bulgarian society, a study presented Wednesday at the BTA Press Club shows. Titled "Radicalization of non-acceptance. Group hatred and right-extremist attitudes in Bulgaria", the study commissioned by the Friedrich Eb...
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Beach Umbrella Rents on Southern Coast Vary between Lv 0 and 8 a Day
- The daily rent for a beach umbrella on the southern stretch of the Bulgarian coast this summer will be between 0 and 8 leva, a BTA survey shows. The same price will be charged on a sunbed in most places. Almost all southern beaches have been prepared and are welcoming the...
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Campaign under Vice President's Auspices to Fight Cyber Violence against Women, Children
June 8 (BTA) - The NO to Cyber Violence Against Women and Children campaign is being launched under the auspices of Vice President Iliana Iotova and at the initiative of the local branch of Zonta International, the head of State's press secretariat said Tuesday. The project,...
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Michael League of Snarky Puppy Opens Sofia's A to Jazz Festival
June 7 (BTA) - The tenth edition of the A to Jazz festival will take place in Sofia's South Park 2 on June 9-11, the organizers informed on Monday. This year, the festival has attracted artists from Bulgaria, the USA, Britain, the Netherlands, Greece, Turkey and Guadeloupe...
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Thirty-five Companies Operate on Industrial and Logistic Park Bourgas Territory
June 4 (BTA Corr. Antoan Nikolov) - Thirty-five companies operate on the territory of Industrial and Logistic Park Bourgas, the parkÒs PR Peter Ivanov told BTA. The investors there are enterprises from various business sectors like the food and wine industry, air conditioni...
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