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Atlantic Club Launches National Programme "Three Seas"
Sofia, April 28 (BTA) - The Atlantic Club of Bulgaria (ACB) is launching a national programme, joining the "Three Seas" connectivity initiative, the ACB press centre informed on Tuesday. Director of the programme is ambassador Elena Poptodorova, Vice President of the Atlantic ...
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A Total of 1,399 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Bulgaria
Sofia, April 28 (BTA) - There are atotal of 1,399 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country, according to data from the National Coronavirus Taskforce, the Health Ministry said Tuesday afternoon. A total of 287 patients with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis are under medical o...
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Chairman Elected of New Water Holding Company
Sofia, April 28 (BTA) - The President of the Bulgarian Water Association, Ivan Ivanov, was elected Chairman of Bulgarski ViK Holding EAD Management Board, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works said Tuesday. The other two members of the Board are Ilian Ilev, un...
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Regional Court Waives Bail on Volen Siderov
Sofia, April 28 (BTA) - Sofia Regional Court waived the 50,000 leva bail set on Ataka leader Volen Siderov. He was charged with inciting disregard for the government's anti-epidemic restrictions by calling on people to attend en masse the Easter church services, as well as...
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EU Court of Auditors: Benefits of Billions of Euro Invested in Energy Efficiency Cannot Be Measured
April 28 (BTA) - Cost-effectiveness is not a determining factor for allocating public funding to energy efficiency measures in residential buildings, according to a report released by the European Court of Auditors on Tuesday. EU-funded projects still do not focus on achieving t...
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Munich Airport's Position, Interest in Concession of Sofia Airport Have Not Changed - Munich Airport CFO Weyer
Sofia, April 27 (BTA) - After on July 17, 2019 French-German consortium SOF Connect was selected to operate Sofia Airport in the next 35 years, the four rejected bidders in the concession award procedure appealed the selection decision. A sitting of the Supreme Administrative ...
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End-March Deposits of Non-government Sector Amount to Lv 85.251 Bln
April 27 (BTA) - At the end of March 2020, deposits of the non-government sector were 85.251 billion leva (67.1 per cent of GDP), increasing annually by 7.8 per cent, the Bulgarian National Bank reported on Monday. Deposits of non-financial corporations were 25.814 billion lev...
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91 of 114 Medium and Large Enterprises Monitored by CITUB Affected by Crisis
Sofia, April 24 (BTA) - According to data by the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB), 91 medium and large enterprises have been affected by the crisis so far. They employ over 47,300 people, shows a survey conducted by CITUB across the country about t...
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217,900 Children Admitted to Kindergarten for 2019/2020
April 24 (BTA) - A total of 217,900 children have been admitted to kindergarten in Bulgaria for the 2019/2020 school year, which is 0.4 per cent fewer than for 2018/2019, according to data from the National Statistical Institute. A total of 25,800 adolescents finished their se...
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Telephone and Internet Service Use Decreases Slightly
April 22 (BTA) - The week between April 8 and 15 saw a slight decrease in the use of telephone and Internet services in Bulgaria compared with the previous week, the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) reported on Wednesday. Nevertheless, telephone and Internet service use...
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Another Round of Applause for Actors and Iguana
April 20 (Rositsa Ilieva of BTA) - The first theatre performance that was streamed on-line just after Bulgaria declared a national emergency over the novel coronavirus, was Uncle Vanya of Vazrazhdane Theatre, a small Sofia theatre which shares one building with the Sofia City Lib...
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State Employment Agency Registers 6.7% Unemployment Rate in March When State of Emergency Was Introduced
April 15 (BTA) - The country's registered unemployment rate of 6.7 per cent was reported by the Employment Agency in March, the Agency's press centre said. Compared to the previous month, this makes an increase of 0.5 percentage points, and year-on-year the increase is by 0.8 per...
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Fund of Funds Readying Guarantee Scheme for SMEs
Sofia, April 14 (BTA) - The Fund Manager of Financial Instruments in Bulgaria (FMFIB) EAD is preparing a new guarantee scheme especially designed to meet the liquidity needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, the wholly State-owned company's CEO Svetoslava Georgieva to...
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Of 61,882 Children Born in 2019, 58.5 Per Cent Were Out of Wedlock
April 14 (BTA) - A total of 61,882 children were born in Bulgaria in 2019, of whom 61,538 (99.4 per cent) were live born. The number of live births decreased by 659 or 1.06 per cent from the previous year, the National Statistical Institute found in a report on Population a...
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Bulgaria's Population is 6,951,482 as at December 31, 2019
April 13 (BTA) - As at December 31, 2019, Bulgaria's population was 6,951,482, dropping by 48,557 (0.7 per cent) compared with December 31, 2018. The country's population as at December 31, 2018 accounted for 1.4 per cent of the population of the European Union, the National Stat...
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72,000 Register with Job Centres since Start of State of Emergency, More than 11,000 Find Work
April 10 (BTA) - The newly registered jobless people in job centres since the start of the state of emergency nearly a month ago number 72,000 people but 11,033 have found work, Labour and Social Policy Minister Denitsa Sacheva told a briefing on Friday. With 4,670 people on Thur...
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The Kids Are Alright: Pupils Want Grownups to Get Used to Technologies
Sofia/Plovdiv/Montana, April 9 (Rositsa Ilieva of BTA) - Three weeks after schools switched to distance learning because of the COVID-19 state of emergency declared in Bulgaria on March 13, pupils approached by BTA are unanimous that grownups should get used to new technologies. ...
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PM Borissov Orders Board of Bulgarian Development Bank Dismissed
April 8 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told reporters on Wednesday he had ordered the Board of the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) dismissed over its decision to release 75 million leva to a debt collection firm. The state-owned bank tried on Monday to justify it...
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Foreign Minister Zaharieva Expresses Gratitude to Japanese Government for Decision to Grant Anti-Flu Drug to Bulgaria
Sofia, April 7 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva thanked her Japanese counterpart, Toshimitsu Motegi, and the Japanese government for deciding to provide the drug Avigan, also known as Favipiravir, free of charge to Bulgaria. It will be us...
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EC Approves Acquisition of Sole Control of Viva Telecom Bulgaria by United Group B.V.
April 7 (BTA) - The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of sole control of the whole of Viva Telecom Bulgaria OOD and its subsidiary, the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company EAD (together referred to as "BTC") of Bulgaria by United G...
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