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Bulgaria's Sofia Tech Park to Host One of EU's Five Petascale Supercomputers, Due to Go into Service in May 2021...
Brussels, December 14 (BTA) - The European High-performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC) announced Monday the signing of a 11.5 million euro procurement contract for a new supercomputing system in Bulgaria. The contract was signed by EuroHPC (the hosting entity), the ...
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Supreme Court Approaches Constitutional Court about Biological Diversity Act Provision Restricting Protection of Rights ...
Sofia, December 11 (BTA) - Judges Roumyana Papazova, Nikolay Gounchev and Desislava Stoeva of the Supreme Administrative Court have approached the Constitutional Court for an opinion on Article 12 (7) of the Biological Diversity Act, according to which orders by which the Mini...
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Supreme Court Approaches Constitutional Court about Biological Diversity Act Provision Restricting Protection of Rights ...
December 11 (BTA) - Judges Roumyana Papazova, Nikolay Gounchev and Desislava Stoeva of the Supreme Administrative Court have approached the Constitutional Court for an opinion on Article 12 (7) of the Biological Diversity Act, according to which orders by which the Minist...
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Five Investments Certified as Class A, One as Class B by Economy Minister Borisov
Sofia, December 10 (BTA) - Bulgarian Economy Minister Lachezar Borisov has signed six investment certificates under the Investment Promotion Act (IPA), Borisov's Ministry said in a press release on Thursday. The investments top 110 million leva in aggregate and will create...
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Five Investments Certified as Class A, One as Class B by Economy Minister Borisov
December 10 (BTA) - Bulgarian Economy Minister Lachezar Borisov has signed six investment certificates under the Investment Promotion Act (IPA), Borisov's Ministry said in a press release on Thursday. The investments top 110 million leva in aggregate and will create nearly 600 ne...
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Electricity Production in Bulgaria Down by 7.90% Since January Y/Y
December 8 (BTA) - Electricity production in Bulgaria dropped by 7.90 per cent between January 1 and December 6, 2020, compared to the same period of last year, the Electricity System Operator (ESO) said in a press release Tuesday, reporting on this country's energy bala...
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Bulgaria, North Macedoniato Integrate Day-Ahead Electricity Markets by 2022
December 7 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Electricity System Operator (ESO) and the Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX) signed a memorandum of understanding with North Macedonia's Electricity Transmission System Operator (MEPSO) and National Electricity Market Operator (MEMO), forma...
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GDP Down 5.2 Per Cent in Third Quarter of 2020, Year on Year
December 4 (BTA) - According to seasonally adjusted figures, Bulgaria's gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 5.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2020 from the comparable period of 2019 but increased by 4.3 per cent from the second quarter of 2020, the National Statis...
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Parliamentary Monitor: Thursday
Sofia, December 3 (BTA) - At its plenary sitting on Thursday, Bulgaria's Parliament transacted business as follows: - voted, 77-0 with three abstentions, to elect Zornitsa Roussinova member of the Economic and Social Council; Roussinova, who served as deputy minister of l...
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Ninety-eight Per Cent of People with HIV in Bulgaria Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy
December 1 (BTA) - This year the international community is marking World AIDS Day, December 1, under the motto "Global Solidarity, Resilient Services", the Health Ministry said in a press release Tuesday.
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Consumer Association Says an Increasing Number of People Are Unable to Pay up Their Debts, Calls for Voluntary Debt Ar...
Sofia, November 30 (BTA) - The Association for Consumer Protection warns that an increasing number of people are unable to pay up their debts and urges the legislature to make possible voluntary debt arrangements for debtors. They cite central bank statistics showing that unse...
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Consumer Association Says an Increasing Number of People Are Unable to Pay up Their Debts, Calls for Voluntary Debt Arra...
November 30 (BTA) - The Association for Consumer Protection warns that an increasing number of people are unable to pay up their debts and urges the legislature to make possible voluntary debt arrangements for debtors. They cite central bank statistics showing that unserviced deb...
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General Government Sector Gross External Debt at end-September Is EUR 7519.5 Mln, 13.2% of GDP
November 27 (BTA) - The country's gross external debt at the end of September 2020 was 37,903 million euro (66.8 per cent of GDP), according to the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB).
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Bulgaria among Countries with Europe's Largest Rate of Social Media Use by Youths on Non-SchoolDays - Study
November 24 (BTA) - Bulgaria is among the countries with the highest rate of social media use by youths, with six hours or more per day, according to ESPAD, the European School Projects for Alcohol and Drugs. The findings of the study were made public in Bulgaria by psychologist ...
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Turnover in Air Transport Plummets by Over 75% in Q3
November 23 (BTA) - In the third quarter of 2020, the turnover index in air transport plummeted by 75.1 per cent from this time last year, according to preliminary seasonally adjusted data released by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) Monday. The NSI report covers the acti...
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Parliament Amends Tax Laws, Cutting VAT Rate for Restaurant-Delivered Food to 9 Per Cent
Sofia, November 19 (BTA) - Bulgaria's National Assembly passed conclusively amendments to the Value Added Tax Act, reducing the VAT rate for food cooked at and delivered by restaurants from the standard 20 per cent to 9 per cent, effective between December 1, 2020 and ...
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Hypertension Most Prevalent Chronic Disease in Bulgaria in 2019 - European Health Interview Survey
November 19 (BTA) - According to preliminary data from the latest European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) in Bulgaria, hypertension was the most prevalent chronic disease in this country last year, with 29.7 per cent of people aged 15 or over saying they have this condition. ...
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Council of Ministers' Decisions
Sofia, November 18 (BTA) - At its regular meeting here on Wednesday, the Council of Ministers made the following decisions as reported by the Government Information Service: -- elected Todor Tabakov of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry as member of the Governing ...
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January-September Balance on Goods Shows Deficit of EUR 920.4 Mln - Central Bank
Sofia, November 17 (BTA) - In September 2020, Bulgaria's balance on goods showed a deficit of 136 million euro, compared with a deficit of 150.5 million euro the same month of 2019, the Bulgarian National Bank reported here on Tuesday. In January-September 2020, the balanc...
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January-September Balance on Goods Shows Deficit of EUR 920.4 Mln - Central Bank
November 17 (BTA) - In September 2020, Bulgaria's balance on goods showed a deficit of 136 million euro, compared with a deficit of 150.5 million euro the same month of 2019, the Bulgarian National Bank reported here on Tuesday.
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