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Bulgarian Folklore Meets Cuban Jazz in New Project of Cuban Pianist Roberto Fonseca
Sofia, 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. Entitled "Beyond the Notes", the project is a collaboration with the Gramm...
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Audit at Bulgarian Development Bank Starts by the End of the Week
Sofia, May 17 (BTA) - An audit of the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) begins by the end of the week, the Ministry of Economy said on Monday. It will be done by a special commission for Transparency and Control of Public Funds. BDB has been in the focus of public attention ...
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April Inflation Stands at 0.7%
May 17 (BTA) - The inflation rate in April 2021 compared to March 2021 was 0.7 per cent, the National Statistical Institute reported here on Monday.
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Ever More People Opt for Self-Booked Holidays - Expert
May 14 (BTA) - With a more DIY approach, increasingly more people have chosen to book their own holidays in the last few years, Margita Todorova, Operation, Marketing and Sales Director at Albena AD, told BTA. Now that bookings can be made even from mobile devices, a self-bo...
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Supreme Court Quashes Anti-Trust Watchdog's Ban of Concentration between Inercom Bulgaria and CEZ Bulgaria Group
Sofia, May 13 (BTA) - A three-judge panel of Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) on Thursday revoked a decision of 2018 by which the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) banned a business concentration that would have taken place if Inercom Bulgaria gai...
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Pandemic Sprouts New Phenomenon: Students Refuse to Return to In-person Classes
Pandemic Sprouts New Phenomenon: Students Refuse to Return to In-person Classes
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EC Provides EUR 75.9 Mln to Bulgaria in Support of Poor People, Distance Learning
May 12 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The European Commission has approved the modification of operational programmes (OPs) under REACT-EU to provide 75.9 million euro to Bulgaria to help tackle the effects of the pandemic. The Bulgarian programme for the Fund for Eur...
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Average Life Expectancy in Bulgaria Edges Down by 0.3 Years to 74.6 Years
May 11 (BTA) - The average life expectancy at birth of Bulgaria's population decreased by 0.3 years to an estimated 74.6 years for the 2018-2020 period, compared to 2017-2019, the National Statistical Institute said on Tuesday. The average life expectancy for men and women is ...
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EC Representation in Bulgaria Launches Campaign to Encourage COVID-19 Vaccination
Sofia, May 10 (BTA) - The representation of the European Commission in Bulgaria is launching a large-scale campaign to encourage Bulgarians to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the representation said on Monday. The campaign will support the efforts of the Bulgarian health au...
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Military Personnel, Equipment from NATO Allied Forces with Very High Readiness to Pass via Bulgaria en route to Military...
May 10 (BTA) - Starting on Monday, more than 400 troops, equipment and supplies from NATO's Allied Forces with very high readiness will pass via Bulgaria en route from Turkey and Albania to Romania where they are to participate in two NATO exercises, Steadfast Defender 2021 and N...
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Industrial Production, Construction, Retail Trade Grow in March
Sofia, May 10 (BTA) - According to preliminary data, the seasonally adjusted Industrial Production Index increased by 3.8 per cent in March 2021 compared with February 2021, the National Statistical Institute reported on Monday. According to preliminary seasonally adjusted dat...
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Weekly Roundup of Political Events, April 30 - May 7
Sofia, May 8 (BTA) - Sofia, May 1 Bulgaria marks May 1, Labour Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day, with parades and events across the country. President Rumen Radev and trade union leaders greet the nation's workers on their holiday. The Bulgarian Socialis...
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Parliamentary Monitor: Friday
Sofia, May 7 (BTA) - At its plenary sitting here on Friday, Bulgaria's National Assembly transacted business as follows: - On a motion by BSP for Bulgaria, ordered all members of the outgoing Council of Ministers to appear in the debating chamber for Question Time; Nation...
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Nearly Half of Bulgarian Youth Use Tobacco Products - Survey
May 7 (BTA) - Between 45.7 and 50.4 per cent of Bulgaria's youth use tobacco products, the Smoke Free Life Coalition said, quoting a survey by the BlueLink Foundation. The survey is part of a Smoke Free Life Coalition project supported by the International Union against Tub...
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April 2021 Consumer Confidence Indicator Up 2.7 Percentage Points from January - Statistics
Sofia, May 7 (BTA) - In April 2021, the total consumer confidence indicator increased by 2.7 percentage points compared to its January level, Bulgaria's National Statistical Institute reported on Friday. The increase stood at 2.4 percentage points for the urban population...
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Tax Agency Reports Lv 914 Mln-Plus Year-on-Year Revenue Rise for Q1
May 6 (BTA) - Bulgaria's National Revenue Agency (NRA) collected almost 8.8 billion leva by April 28, 2021, which was by over 914 million leva more than in the like period of 2020, the NRA said in a press release. "The balance between the measures to encourage and support volu...
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Tax Agency Reports Lv 914 Mln-Plus Year-on-Year Revenue Rise for Q1, Credits "Carrot and Stick" Balance
Sofia, May 6 (BTA) - Bulgaria's National Revenue Agency (NRA) collected almost 8.8 billion leva by April 28, 2021, which was by over 914 million leva more than in the like period of 2020, the NRA said in a press release. "The balance between the measures to encourage and ...
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Dutch Lady Cycles to Tokyo to Promote Regenerative Farming, Stops over at Sofia Farmers' Market
May 5 (BTA) - Kirsten Wielaard and her bike were at Farm Made, the twice-weekly farmers' market in cetral Sofia, on Wednesday. This was one of her stopovers along the nearly 10,000 km velo tour from the Netherlands to Tokyo that she has embarked on to promote regenerative fa...
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EU to Open 13 New-Generation Information Centres in Bulgaria
May 5 (BTA) - Bulgarian citizens will have an easy and direct access to information about the European Union thanks to a network of new Europe Direct information centres, which will start operating in May in various parts of the country, the European Commission Representation...
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Caretaker Government: The Whats and Whens
May 4 (Roumen Yanovski of BTA) - The decision by the Bulgarian Socialist Party to return on May 5 the third - and last - Cabinet-forming mandate offered by the President to a party in this Parliament, and the imminent formation of a caretaker government (CTG) justly shift...
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