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President Refers to Constitutional Court Amendments Establishing Procedure for Investigation of Prosecutor General
Sofia, February 24 (BTA) - A day after the publication in the State Gazette of the Act to Supplement the Criminal Procedure Code, introducing a special prosecutor empowered to investigate the prosecutor general or a deputy prosecutor general, President Rumen Radev referred th...
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Total Turnover Index in Travel Agency, Tour Operator Activities Slumps 73.2% in Q4 of 2020 Y/Y
Sofia, February 24 (BTA) - According to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), the total turnover index, working day adjusted, in travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities declined by 73.2 per cent in the fourth qu...
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Returning to the Office Will Be Just as Hard as Adjusting to Remote Work - Expert
Sofia, February 24 (BTA) - Todor Kapitanov, labour law expert and National Secretary of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria, predicts that returning to the office will be the next major issue. Re-adjusting to the physical workplace will be just as hard as...
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A Sofia Theatre Premieres Play Rehearsed Online during Lockdown
February 23 (Rositsa Ilieva of BTA) - Sofia's Vazrajdane Theatre is opening its new season with a play it staged during the strictest coronavirus lockdown in 2020. BTA joined the theatre company during online rehearsals of Act Three of "The Night of the Iguana" last April when no...
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Undeclared Work Is Commonest Informal Practice on Labour Market
Sofia, February 22 (BTA) - Undeclared work is the most common informal practice on the labour market, Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA) Board Chairman Vassil Velev said during a presentation of a survey entitled "National Map of Undeclared Work in Bulgaria" at a ...
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Bulgarian President Calls for Prompt Response to Alerts about Discrimination against Bulgarians in North Macedonia
Sofia, February 22 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has called on the responsible institutions in Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia to respond promptly to alerts about significant issues confronting Bulgarians in North Macedonia, the head of State's Press...
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Deputy PM Nikolova Opens Bulgarian Tourism Representation in Warsaw
Warsaw, February 22 (BTA) - Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Tourism Minister Mariyana Nikolova inaugurated a Bulgarian tourism representation in Warsaw on Monday, Nikolova's Ministry said in a press release. The office was opened jointly with Andrzej Gut-Mostowy, Secre...
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Undeclared Work Is Commonest Informal Practice on Labour Market
February 22 (BTA) - Undeclared work is the most common informal practice on the labour market, Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA) Board Chairman Vassil Velev said during a presentation of a survey entitled "National Map of Undeclared Work in Bulgaria" at a roundtable...
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Bulgaria's Current and Capital Account Positive at EUR 1,009.6 Mln in 2020
February 19 (BTA) - Bulgaria's current and capital account showed a deficit of 115.6 million euro in December 2020 against a deficit of 248.1 million euro in the same month of 2019, the central bank said Friday. The current and capital account had a surplus of 1,009.6 million eur...
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Almost Half of Bulgarians Believe COVID-19 Has Changed General Way of Life - Opinion Poll
February 18 (BTA) - Almost one year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, close to half of Bulgarians believe it has changed not only separate aspects of their everyday lives, but their general way of life, show the results of a nationally representative survey conducted by A...
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BTA, Three Universities Sign Internship, Cooperation Agreements
February 16 (BTA) - The Director General of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA), Kiril Valchev, and the rectors of three universities - the Kliment St Ohridski University of Sofia, the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) and the University of Library Studies and Informati...
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GDP Down 3.8%in Q4 of 2020, Y/Y
February 16 (BTA) - According to seasonally adjusted figures, Bulgaria's gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 3.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020 from the comparable period of 2019, but increased by 2.1 per cent from the third quarter of 2020, the National Statistical ...
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Eco-schemes for Organic Farming to Be Applied for First Time under New Common Agricultural Policy
Sofia, February 15 (BTA) - For the first time, eco-schemes for the maintenance of organic farming under the First Pillar in the new EU Common Agricultural Policy will be applied. The aim is to provide an additional incentive for organic producers in addition to basic support f...
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January Monthly Inflation at 0.2% - Statistics
February 15 (BTA) - According to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute released on Monday, the monthly inflation in January 2021, compared to the previous month, was 0.2 per cent. The annual inflation in January 2021, compared to January of last year, was min...
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68% of Bulgarians Believe EU Recovery Plan Will Help Country Tackle Pandemic's Impact More Rapidly
February 12 (BTA) - Fifty per cent of EU citizens expressed a positive view of the EU at the end of 2020 in a survey commissioned by the European Parliament and conducted between November and December 2020 by Kantar. Its findings were presented by the EP on Friday.
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Households Held Lv 61 Bln in Bank Deposits at End-2020
Sofia, February 10 (BTA) - The deposits non-financial enterprises, households and not-for-profit organizations servicing households held in commercial banks at the end of December 2020, had a total value of 90.3 billion leva, which was up by 10 per cent from a year earlier, th...
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Audience Steps into Artist's Shoes in Three Interactive Online Performances
February 10 (BTA) - Three international teams will organize online art workshops with the participation of the audience within the In the Artist's Shoes project. This is an opportunity for people to peek behind the curtain and observe some of the intimate artistic processes that ...
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Bulgaria Registers Another Year of Lower Birth Rate
February 9 (BTA) - Despite all hopes, Bulgaria's birth rate did not increase during the pandemic, dropping from 54,762 births in 2019 to 53,968 in 2020, according to an analysis based on data of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).
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Institute for Market Economics Examines Social Assistance Programmes in Bulgaria
Sofia, February 8 (BTA) - The Institute for Market Economics has published a study of the structure and dynamics of the main mechanisms for social assistance in Bulgaria. The analysis looks into programmes, funded by the state budget, and social insurance payments effected thr...
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Examines Social Assistance Programmes in Bulgaria
Sofia, February 8 (BTA) - The Institute for Market Economics has published a study of the structure and dynamics of the main mechanisms for social assistance in Bulgaria. The analysis looks into programmes, funded by the state budget, and social insurance payments effected thr...
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