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Lili Ivanova Completes National Tour with Three Concerts in Sofia
December 14 (BTA) - Bulgarian pop prima Lili Ivanova will complete her national tour by three concerts on successive nights at Hall 1 of Sofia's National Palace of Culture, starting Tuesday, December 14. The appearances in the capital city were preceded by six concerts, in Var...
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Ekoravnovesie Shelter Sees Off 22 Adopted Dogs to Germany
December 13 (BTA) - Twenty-two dogs from the Ekoravnovesie Municipal Enterprise shelter have been adopted and have been sent to their new owners in Germany, Sofia Municipality said Monday. The dogs were seen off by shelter staff and volunteers. They will travel to Germany with...
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Georgi Gospodinov's Time Shelter Tops Prestigeous Italian Ranking of Translated Books
December 11 (BTA) - The novel Time Shelter by renowned Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov topped a prestigeous Italian ranking for translated books, reported L'Indiscreto. It won the most votes in a poll among 620 Italian critics, culture journalists, writers and translators, who...
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Koyna Ruseva Is Unrecognizable as the Devil in The Master and Margarita in Sofia's Mladezhki Theatre
Sofia, December 10 (BTA) - Famous Bulgarian actress Koyna Ruseva is playing Woland in The Master and Margarita. The play directed by Nikolay Polyakov is opening Saturday night at Sofia's Mladezhki Theatre. This dynamic and glamorous play features over 30 characters wearin...
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2021 Days of Japanese Culture in a Nutshell
December 10 (BTA) - The 32nd edition of the Days of Japanese Culture in Bulgaria offered Bulgarian audiences a wide range of events in a variety of art forms. Performances, exhibitions and concerts took place in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas in September, October and N...
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Bulgaria Insists that Greek Contractor Incur Daily Sanctions for Delayed Construction of Gas Interconnector
Sofia, December 10 (BTA) - Due to delays in the construction of natural gas interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (ICGB), the Bulgarian side insists that as from January 1, 2022, the Greek company Avax which is building the facility should incur daily penalties as provided for in the...
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Tourism Minister: Bulgarian Tourism Shows Satisfactory Recovery
December 9 (BTA) - Caretaker Tourism Minister Stela Baltova voiced expectations for better performance of Bulgarian tourism in 2021 compared with a year earlier. In 2019, tourism and related sectors accounted for 10.7 per cent of Bulgaria GDP, or some 13.1 billion leva, In 202...
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Classical Swine Fever Restrictions Lifted for Bulgaria
Sofia, December 8 (BTA)- Bulgaria is no longer on the list of countries subject to control measures for classical swine fever, such as bans on movements of live swine, the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) said. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2158 of December 6...
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Classical Swine Fever Restrictions Lifted for Bulgaria
December 8 (BTA)- Bulgaria is no longer on the list of countries subject to control measures for classical swine fever, such as bans on movements of live swine, the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) said. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2158 of December 6 removes B...
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Income Inequality Increases in 14 EU Member States, Including Bulgaria
Sofia, December 8 (BTA) - Income inequality has increased in most EU Member States in the last decade, according to a European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) report, quoted by the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria on Wednesday. Between 2010 and 2019, ...
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Institute of Biodiversity, Ecosystem Research Participates In a Project Studying Penguins, Vegetation on Livingston Is...
December 7 (BTA) - As of this year, the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBER-BAS) has been entrusted with a project related to remote multiparameter monitoring of representative elements of biological diversity on L...
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Project for Underwater Control Contributing to Resilence at Sea Goes under Implementation
December 6 (BTA) - A project entitled "Comprehensive Underwater Intervention Information and Support System" (CUIIS) has gone under implementation, now that a grant financing agreement with the European Commission was signed on December 2, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry s...
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FAAC Bulgaria CEO Svetlana Stefanova: "Sense of Morality, Emotional Intelligence Make a Good Manager"
Rousse, December 6 (BTA correspondent Martin Penev) - FAAC Bulgaria EAD Executive Director Svetlana Stefanova spoke to BTA shortly after she was named among the ten finalists in the 2021 Manager of the Year Competition of the Manager magazine. FAAC Bulgaria is a company specia...
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Over 30 Companies Participate in Trust the Bulgarian Trade Fair
Sofia, December 6 BTA) - The nineteenth edition of the Trust the Bulgarian trade fair will take place from December 8 to 23 on the ground floor of the Central Sofia Market Hall, the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), organizer of the event, announced. The offi...
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Central Bank Governor: "Eurozone Entry Will Push Incomes Up"
December 6 (BTA) - Bulgaria's entry into the Eurozone will lead to an increase in people's incomes, Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) Governor Dimitar Radev said in a bTV interview on Monday morning. "It is not by accident that the trade unions are among the strongest advocates of...
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Poda's Unique Biodiversity Attracts Visitors from Bulgaria and Abroad All Year Round
Sofia, December 5 (Dimitrina Solakova of BTA) - Bulgaria's Poda Protected Area is a year-round nature destination popular among both local and foreign visitors. The marshland territory some 4 km south of Burgas (on the Black Sea) attracts tourists, birdwatchers and wildlif...
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Poda's Unique Biodiversity Attracts Visitors from Bulgaria and Abroad All Year Round
December 5 (Dimitrina Solakova of BTA) - Bulgaria's Poda Protected Area is a year-round nature destination popular among both local and foreign visitors. The marshland territory some 4 km south of Burgas (on the Black Sea) attracts tourists, birdwatchers and wildlife photographer...
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Telus Bulgaria General Manager Kristina Ivanova: The Most Important Quality for a Manager Is to Create a Stress-Free Atm...
December 3 (Elena Savova of BTA) - Telus Bulgaria General Manager Kristina Ivanova believes that the most important quality for a manager or the leader of an organization is to create a stress-free atmosphere for the employees. Ivanova spoke to BTA shortly after she was named a...
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Sofia's Christmas Tree was lit up on Wednesday. The 13 m high live pine is decorated with over 10,000 string lights, snowflakes and baubles and has an 80 cm star tree topper and two illuminated reindeer at its base BTA Photo//
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Bulgaria's Economy Minister Daniela Vezieva (left) conferred with Egypt's Planning and Economic Development Minister Hala Helmy El-Said (centre) Economy Ministry Photo //
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