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New Programme to Support Hotels, Restaurants with Lv 60 Mln in Direct Funding
Sofia, January 4 (BTA)- The Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) will provide direct funding of 60 million leva to pandemic-affected micro-, small- and medium-sized firms in the hotel and restaurant branch, the BDB said Tuesday. The firms can use resources under the new Support f...
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Julian Rachlin Will Conduct Sofia Philharmonic's First Concert in 2022
Sofia, January 2 (BTA) - Julian Rachlin will conduct the first concert of the Sofia Philharmonic in 2022 at Bulgaria Hall on January 6, the Philharmonic said. The programme features Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 104 (the London Symphony) and Alexander Glazunov's "The s...
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Regulator Raises Natural Gas Price for January by Nearly 30.4%
Sofia, January 1 (BTA) - The Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) Saturday set the natural gas price for January at 133.41 leva/MWh, up by 30.37 per cent from 102.33 leva/MWh in December, the regulator said. This decision was based on public supplier Bulgargaz's p...
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Bulgarian Scientists Explore Use of Low-carbon Energy for Transportation
December 31 (BTA) - Scientists have developed a demonstration river vessel, powered by hydrogen and solar energy, within Bulgaria's first multidisciplinary projects with the participation of the industry, local authorities and the business. HydRUforce is a demonstration vessel...
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Bulgaria's GDP Up by 4.6% in Q3 of 2021, Y/Y
December 31 (BTA) - According to seasonally adjusted data released by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) on Friday, in the third quarter of 2021 Bulgaria's GDP increased by 4.6 per cent compared to the like quarter of 2020 and by 0.6 per cent compared to the second quarter ...
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Bulgaria's GDP Up by 4.6% in Q3 of 2021, Y/Y
Sofia, December 31 (BTA) - According to seasonally adjusted data released by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) on Friday, in the third quarter of 2021 Bulgaria's GDP increased by 4.6 per cent compared to the like quarter of 2020 and by 0.6 per cent compared to th...
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November Producer Prices Increased by 31% Year-on-Year
Sofia, December 30 (BTA) - The Total Producer Price Index (PPI) in November 2021 increased by 5.8 per cent compared with October 2021 and by 31 per cent year-on-year, the National Statistical Institute reported here on Thursday. In the past month, price increase was registere...
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2021 Ending with Higher Pensions and Promise of Higher Maternity Benefits
December 29 (Valeria Dimitrova and Ekaterina Toteva of BTA) - With Omicron knocking on Bulgaria's door, inflation going up and electricity prices on the rise, the concerns associated with the outgoing year 2021 are not coming to an end. Social measures and policies remain...
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Bulgartransgaz and DESFA S.A. Will Cooperate in Field Hydrogen
December 23 (BTA) - The Executive director of Bulgartransgaz EAD, Vladimir Malinov, and the CEO of DESFA S.A., Maria Rita Galli, signed a letter of intent for cooperation in the field of hydrogen, Bulgartransgaz reported in a press release here on Thursday. The two co...
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Bulgartransgaz and DESFA S.A. Will Cooperate in Field Hydrogen
Sofia, December 23 (BTA) - The Executive director of Bulgartransgaz EAD, Vladimir Malinov, and the CEO of DESFA S.A., Maria Rita Galli, signed a letter of intent for cooperation in the field of hydrogen, Bulgartransgaz reported in a press release here on Thursday. The two co...
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Non-government Sector Deposits Amount to Lv 99.746 Bln at End-November
Sofia, December 23 (BTA) - At the end of November 2021, deposits of the non-government sector amounted to 99.746 billion (77.7 per cent of GDP), increasing by 9.1 per cent year-on-year, but decreasing from 100.664 billion leva at the end of October, 2021, the Bulgarian Nationa...
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Philippe Rouvrais of Modis Bulgaria: A Good Manager Has a Team that Brings the Expected Results
December 22 (BTA) - According to Philippe Rouvrais, General Manager for Modis Bulgaria, a good manager is one that has a team that performs and brings the expected results. Rouvrais was among the 10 finalists in the Manager of the Year competition of the Manager Magazine and talk...
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Ombudsman Diana Kovacheva Calls on Mobile Operators to Keep Current Prices
Sofia, December 22 (BTA) - National Ombudsman Diana Kovacheva sent a letter to the CEOs of the three mobile operators, urging them not to change the prices of telecommunications services during the coronavirus pandemic, as this would seriously affect the pockets of citizens, K...
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COVID-19 Update: 2,001 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 5.45%
Sofia, December 21 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 726,794, after 36,702 tests identified 2,001 new infections on Monday, some 80 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test po...
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Deputy Parliament Chair Miteva Reports on EU-Bulgarian Law Project Implementation
December 20 (BTA) - Deputy Parliament Chair Iva Miteva reported the implementation of the project "Enhancing the efficiency in the implementation of the directives and measures for the implementation of the acts of the European Union in the Bulgarian laws". The project be...
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Georgi Gospodinov Wins 2021 Athens Prize for Literature
December 17 (BTA) - Georgi Gospodinov has won the 2021 Athens Prize for Literature with his "Natural Novel", the Bulgarian writer's team reported on Friday. Gospodinov's competitors for the honour were Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke, Julian Barnes, Manuel Vilas, and Boo...
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Doha-Sofia Direct Flights Resumed Dec. 16
December 16 (BTA) - Direct flights between Doha and Sofia resumed on Thursday, Qatar Airways said. The direct flights from Hamad Airport to Sofia offer an additional level of choice and hassle-free connections for Bulgarian and international passengers, said the air carrier. Q...
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Registered Unemployment Remains Record Low in November
Sofia, December 15 (BTA) - The registered unemployment rate again remained record low at 4.8 per cent in November, the Employment Agency said on Wednesday. It was down by 1.9 percentage points year on year and 1 percentage point down on end-November 2019 - the year when employ...
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BTA Opens Skopje Press Club
December 15 (BTA) - BTA opens a press club in Skopje to become the first Bulgarian media outlet to do so. It is also sending a correspondent who will be based there following a 10-year break with no correspondent in the Republic of North Macedonia.
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Customs Intercept 59 Kg of Heroin in Southeastern Bulgaria
December 14 (BTA) - Customs officers found 58.766 kg of heroin in a Bulgarian-registered car. It is the largest amount of heroin seized at the Lesovo checkpoint (Southeastern Bulgaria) in the last five years, the Customs Agency said Tuesday. The car was entering Bulga...
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