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Economy Is Recovering, Job Retention Scheme to Be Kept for June, July - Deputy PM Donev
Sofia, June 4 (BTA) - The 60/40 job retention measure will remain in effect for two more months (June and July), Bulgarian caretaker Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Social Policy and Labour and Social Policy Minister Galab Donev told a news briefing at the Council of Mi...
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Bulgaria's Tackling of Health Crisis Is Chaotic, Experts Say
June 3 (BTA) - Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bulgaria has been chaotic in managing and funding the health crisis, which has led to an enormous waste of vaccine resources, tests, medicinal products, equipment and capital, according to an analysis by the Bulgari...
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Government Increases Number of Students on Free Courses in Understaffed Sectors
June 2 (BTA) - The caretaker government increased the number of students who will study at State universities on courses in fields that lack qualified manpower. During its weekly sitting on Wednesday, the caretaker cabinet adopted a resolution waiving tuition fees for 1,652 m...
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Ambassadors of United States, Great Britain Visit Commission for Protection from Discrimination
June 1 (BTA) - The ambassadors of the United States to Bulgaria, Herro Mustafa, and of Great Britain, Rob Dixon, Tuesday paid an official visit to the Commission for Protection from Discrimination (CPD), the commission said.
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Bulgarian Development Bank States It Has Operated in Line with Original Purpose Days after Caretaker Cabinet Proposes To...
May 31 (BTA) - In a statement published on its website Monday, the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) says that since 2009, when it was transformed into the BDB, the bank has supported 18,500 Bulgarian companies. Of these, loans or other forms of financing of over 2.6 billion l...
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Industrial Prices in Industry Up in April - Statistics
May 31 (BTA) - The total producer price index in April 2021 increased by 9.8 per cent compared to the same month in 2020, the National Statistical Institute said on Monday. An increase in prices was registered in the mining and quarrying industry (by 20 per cent), in the man...
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European Survey Shows 92% of Bulgarian Adults Believe Professional Education Should Be State Priority
May 27 (BTA) Ninety-two per cent of Bulgarian adults agree that their government should prioritize investment in their learning and training, the National Agency for Vocational Education and Training (NAVET) said in a press release distributed by the Bulgarian Industrial Ass...
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Economists Deem COVID Financial Aid to Households Ineffective
May 25 (BTA) - The government's financial aid to households during the pandemic-induced crisis is ineffective in macroeconomic terms, according to the Economic and Public Policies Council. Its conclusions are based on a sociological survey and macroeconomic analysis of that a...
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Annual Askeer Awards for Theatre Announced at Sofia Gala
May 24 (BTA) - The annual Askeer awards for Bulgarian theatre were announced at a gala held in Sofia's Theatre of the Bulgarian Army in the evening ahead of May 24, the Day of Bulgarian Letters, Education and Culture. Three Askeers went to Trash, a play of Theatre 199 in Sofia, a...
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Bulgarian Travel Destination Video Wins Top Award at FITUR Fair in Madrid
May 21 (BTA) - Bulgaria won the top award for a travel destination advertising video at the 41st FITUR international tourism trade fair in Madrid, the Bulgarian Tourism Ministry reported on Friday. This is one of the most important tourism exhibitions in the world involving t...
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Bulgarian Travel Destination Video Wins Top Award at FITUR Fair in Madrid
Sofia, May 21 (BTA) - Bulgaria won the top award for a travel destination advertising video at the 41st FITUR international tourism trade fair in Madrid, the Bulgarian Tourism Ministry reported on Friday. This is one of the most important tourism exhibitions in the world invol...
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Q1 Turnover in Travel Agency, Tour Operator Services Down Nearly 54% from Year Earlier
May 21 (BTA) - In the first quarter of 2021, the total turnover index, working day adjusted, in transportation, storage and post rose by 1.9 per cent compared to the same quarter of 2020, according to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute. The largest increa...
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Just one party submitted its documents to the Central Election Commission (CEC) on Thursday, which is the first day on which contestants could apply for registration for entry in the July 11 early parliamentary elections, CEC Spokesperson Rossitsa Mateva (left) told a news bri...
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Probe to Look into Possible Illicit Prison Staff Trade Union Spending
Sofia, May 20 (BTA) - A check is launched following an alert about illicit spending of financial resources of the trade union of prison staff in Bulgaria. The probe is the reason for the suspension from work of the trade union's head, Ivaylo Grigorov, says a statement rele...
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Finance Minister Assen Vassilev met with US Ambassador Herro Mustafa, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. The two affirmed their commitment to continue their information exchange, cooperation and interaction in the fight against financial irregularities, and the joint effor...
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Justice Minister, Supreme Judicial Council Clash Over Deadlines for Analyses of Specialized Jurisdictions
Sofia, May 20 (BTA) - Meeting here on Thursday, the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Plenum discussed and adopted a structure and criteria for conducting analyses on the operation of specialized courts and prosecution offices. Caretaker Justice Minister Yanaki Stoilov (who pres...
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Bulgaria's Chief of Defence Participates in NATO, EU Military Committee Sessions
Brussels, May 20 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Chief of Defence, Admiral Emil Eftimov, participated in sessions of the NATO Military Committee and the European Union Military Committee (EUMC) in Brussels, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday. On May 18-19, the NATO Military Committ...
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Constitutional Court Will Consider Election Code Revisions Challenged by GERB
Sofia, May 20 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Constitutional Court on Thursday unanimously decided to admit for consideration on the merits a petition lodged on May 5, 2021 by 66 MPs of GERB-UDF in the defunct 45th National Assembly, challenging the constitutionality of provisions of t...
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At Least 20% of Jobs in Bulgaria Could Be Organised for Post-pandemic Home Office Work - Expert
May 19 (BTA) - Home office work should not be perceived only as an anti-crisis and anti-epidemic measure: at least 20 per cent of the jobs in Bulgaria could be organized remotely even after the pandemic, Ivan Neykov, Chairman of the Balkan Institute for Labour and Social Poli...
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Bulgarian Folklore Meets Cuban Jazz in New Project of Cuban Pianist Roberto Fonseca
May 18 (BTA) - Bulgarian folk music meets Cuban jazz in the new project of world-famous Cuban piano player Roberto Fonseca. Fonseca is coming to Sofia in July to premiere the project in concert.
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