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Bulgarians Celebrate Easter
May 2 (BTA) - On Sunday, Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter, the day of the Resurrection of the Son of God Jesus Christ on the third day after he was crucified [Good Friday] atoning for the sins of mankind. Easter is one of the so-called mobile holidays and is d...
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Regulator Sets Natural Gas Price at 37.71 lv/MWh
May 1 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) set the price of natural gas at 37.71 leva/MWh, as of May 1 (excluding access and transmission fees, excise duty and VAT), the Regulator informed on Saturday. The higher price of natural gas in May is...
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Council of Europe Urges Bulgaria to Improve Measures against Human Trafficking
April 29 (BTA) - The Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) with the Council of Europe on Thursday published a report in which it urges Bulgaria to improve access to justice and compensation for victims of human trafficking. This is the third re...
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Business Climate Indicator in April Remains Unchanged M/M
April 28 (BTA) - In April 2021, the total business climate indicator remained approximately at its level from the previous month,the National Statistical Institute said on Wednesday. The indicator worsened in industry and construction, remained unchanged in retail trade and incre...
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Despite Banned, Trade with Wild Sturgeon Continues in Bulgaria and the Region - WWF Report
April 27 (BTA) - In spite of an effective ban, wild sturgeon flesh and caviar are sold freely on the Bulgarian market, a survey of WWF Bulgaria shows. At the same time, law enforcement authorities have impounded an increasingly higher volume of illegal sturgeon fishing tackle, th...
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Advisory to BTA's External Service Subscribers
Sofia, April 26 (BTA) - Following are some of main stories to be moved by BTA's External Service on Monday, April 26: -- The National Council for Tripartite Cooperation will hold an extraordinary online meeting to discuss Cabinet's draft ordinance concerning pensions ...
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Press - Review
Sofia, April 26 (BTA) - POLITICS - ECONOMY 24 Chassa: If a caretaker government submits the National Recovery and Resilience Plan to the European Commission (EC), it could accept it but keep its wits about it, as the next cabinet could back out of the plan, the newspaper q...
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All Industrial Pig Farms in Bulgaria Can Export Pork to the EU
April 25 (BTA) - All industrial pig farms in Bulgaria can freely export locally farmed pork to the EU, the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) said on Sunday. The European Commission has eased the restrictions on the production of, and trade in pigs and pork, in 20 municipalit...
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Bulgaria's General Government Debt at 25% of GDP in 2020
April 22 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Government Debt for 2020 is 29,703 million leva or 25.0 per cent of GDP, show preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute, reported here Thursday.
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Sofia University in Yet Another Prestigious World University Ranking
April 21 (BTA) - The Sr. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia has been included in yet another prestigious world university ranking, the higher educational establishment said. The Impact Rankings 2021 of the Times Higher Education published on Wednesday rank Sofia University 6...
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One in Two Bulgarian Children Experienced Some Form of Violence before Reaching 18 - UNICEF-Commissioned Study
April 20 (BTA) - One in two children in Bulgaria (47 per cent) has experienced some form of violence before reaching 18. Emotional violence is the prevalent type (45.9 per cent), followed by physical violence (31.2 per cent), sexual violence (15.6 per cent), and neglect (10.5...
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577 Villages in Bulgaria Have No Population or 9 Residents at Most
Varna, on the Black Sea, April 20 (BTA) - By December 31, 2020, 577 villages in Bulgaria had single-digit population or no population at all, BTA found, searching the National Statistical Institute's National Register of Nucleated Settlements. The number was 40 down from 2...
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Plovdiv Most Preferred Bulgarian City for Internal Migration, City Hall Says
April 19 (BTA) - Plovdiv is the most preferred Bulgarian city for internal migration, Plovdiv City Hall's press centre said Monday. The press release quotes data for 2020, according to which 21,320 people out of last year's 197,242 internal migrants moved to Plovdiv Region. Ac...
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Bishop's Basilica Is Inaugurated in Plovdiv
April 18 (BTA) - The Bishop's Basilica of Philippopolis was inaugurated formally in Plovdiv on Sunday. Plovdiv Mayor Zdravko Dimitrov, America for Bulgaria Foundation President Nancy Schiller, US Ambassador Herro Mustafa and Bogomil Grozev, head of the Ancient Plovdiv Munic...
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Israeli Embassy, Daycare Centre to Plant Trees for Earth Day
April 16 (BTA) - The Israeli Embassy in Sofia will mark Earth Day by planting trees together with people with mental disabilities attending the St. Marina daycare centre from 11:00 pm on April 19, the Embassy said. The event will be attended by guests from Sofia City Hall, sci...
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Annual Household Income per Household Member Grows 1.9-Fold in 10 Years, Expenditures Rise 1.8-Fold
April 15 (BTA) - Total annual household income per household member in Bulgaria in 2020 was 7,002 leva, increasing by 6.2 per cent compared with 2019, the National Statistical Institute reported on Thursday. In 10 years, from 2011 to 2020, total annual household income per househ...
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March Inflation Stands at 0.1%
April 14 (BTA) - The consumer price index (CPI) in March 2021 was 100.1 per cent compared to February 2021, meaning that the monthly inflation was 0.1 per cent, the National Statistical Institute reported here on Wednesday.
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Bulgarian Courts Examine Nearly 645,000 Cases in 2020
April 13 (BTA) - Bulgaria's appellate, military, district, regional and administrative courts have examined a total of 644,471 cases in 2020, the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) reported here on Tuesday, referring to aggregated statistical tables on the courts' caseload th...
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Managers in Private Sector Foresee a 17.5% Decrease of Investments in 2021
Sofia, April 12 (BTA) - According to the results of an inquiry conducted by the National Statistical Institute on investment activity, the plans of industrial enterprises in 2021 are for a decrease of investments by 15.5 per cent in comparison with the previous year. The share...
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Managers in Private Sector Foresee a 17.5% Decrease of Investments in 2021
April 12 (BTA) - According to the results of an inquiry conducted by the National Statistical Institute on investment activity, the plans of industrial enterprises in 2021 are for a decrease of investments by 15.5 per cent in comparison with the previous year. The share of the pr...
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