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21 Fewer Newspapers Came Out in 2016, Circulation Dropped by 38.4 Mln
June 21 (BTA) - The 262 newspapers that were published in Bulgaria in 2016 in an annual circulation of 229,008,000 were 21 fewer (7.4 per cent) than in the previous year, and their circulation decreased by 38,338,000 (14.3 per cent), the National Statistical Institute reported.
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In 10 Years, Donors Message Service Has Organized 700-Plus Fund-Raising Drives
June 21 (BTA) - During the ten years since the system was established in Bulgaria, the Donors Message Service (DMS) 17777 has organized more than 700 fund-raising programmes, the organizers of the charity initiative reported at a BTA-hosted news conference on Tuesday.
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Launch of First Bulgarian Geostationary Communications Satellite Postponed
June 20 (BTA) - The SpaceX company postponed the launch of the first Bulgarian geostationary communications satellite BulgariaSat-1 from June 19 to at least June 23, SpaceFlights.news reported.
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Fewer Nesting Birds Found in Mixed Colonies along the Danube
June 19 (BTA) - The Green Balkans Federation of Nature Conservation NGOs has reported a decrease in the number of nesting birds in mixed colonies along the Danube observed during a June expedition down the river from Vidin to Silistra.
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Bulgarian Man Will Go on Motorcycle Tour along Silk Route
May 26 (BTA) - Bulgarian Rousko Rouskov will go on a motorcycle tour along the Silk Route. Beginning on May 28, he will travel through Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Georgia. The notorious Door to Hell and the Pamir Highw...
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International Research Team Says Oldest Pre-Humans Lived in the Balkans
May 23 (BTA) - An international research team including scientists from Germany, Bulgaria, Greece, Canada, France and Australia said that the oldest pre-humans lived in the Balkans 7.2 million years ago. Headed by Prof. Madelaine Bohme from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolut...
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Vegan Climber Skatov Reaches Everest Summit
May 22 (BTA) - Bulgarian climber Atanas Skatov reached the Everest summit in the early hours of Monday Bulgarian time, his team said. This is the second time when the climber, who is a vegan, reaches the peak.
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Lone 80-year-old Bulgarian Sailor Completes Round-world Trip
May 18 (BTA) - Eighty-year-old Bulgarian sailor Vasil Kourtev and his yacht "Odessos" were welcomed home on Wednesday after sailing around the world for two years. The "trip" began on August 5, 2015. The sea lion has sailed 26,000 nautical miles. "I had a dream and I achieved it....
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PM of Pakistan Congratulates Bulgarian Counterpart on Re-election corrected headline
Sofia, May 17 (BTA) - The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, has sent a message of congratulations to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on his re-election as Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Embassy of Pakistan said Wednesday. In his message the Pa...
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PM of Pakistan Congratulates Bulgarian Counterpart on Re-election
May 17 (BTA) - The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, has sent a message of congratulations to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on his re-election as Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Embassy of Pakistan said Wednesday.
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PM of Pikistan Congratulates Bulgarian Counterpart on Re-election
Sofia, May 17 (BTA) - The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, has sent a message of congratulations to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on his re-election as Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Embassy of Pakistan said Wednesday. In his message the Pa...
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International Youth Centre Stara Zagora to Receive Council of EuropeТs Quality Label for Youth Centres
May 15 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The Council of Europe (CoE) will award on Tuesday its Quality Label to the international Youth Centre in the southern city of Stara Zagora, the Council reported Monday.
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Bulgarian Student Team Places First in 34th Balkan Mathematcs Olympiad
May 9 (BTA) - Bulgarian school students won four gold and two silver medals at the 34th Balkan Mathematical Olympiad held in Ohrid, Macedonia, from May 2 to 7. The team came first with 226 points out of the 240 possible, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) said.
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Pakistan, Bulgaria Sign Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement
May 2 (BTA) - On April 26, Pakistan and Bulgaria signed an Agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Regard to Taxes on Income, the Pakistani Embassy in Sofia said.
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Pakistan, Bulgaria SignAvoidance of Double Taxation Agreement
Sofia, May 2 (BTA) - Pakistan and Bulgaria April 26 signed an Agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with regard to Taxes on Income. It was signed in Islamabad after the second round of negotiations, held on April 24-26, 2017. The first rou...
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Cherry Crop in Bulgaria's Biggest Cherry Growing Region Entirely Destroyed by Winter and Spring Frost
April 24 (BTA) - The cherry crop in the southwestern Kyustendil region has been entirely destroyed by the harsh weather conditions in winter and spring, Dr Nikolai Hristov of the Kyustendil Agriculture Institute told BTA Monday.
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Chess Kings Exhibition
April 7 - On March 22, 2017 in the Forum Art Gallery in Haskovo was the artist Roman Gumanyuk's exhibition entitled "Chess Kings".
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People are Rediscovering Traditional Bulgarian Crafts and Learning Them, Elena Artisans Say
March 30 (BTA) - An increasing number of people are rediscovering traditional Bulgarian crafts and are beginning to learn them, potter Valentin Dimitrov told BTA. The master artisan from Elena has been working with clay for over 40 years. He graduated from the School of Crafts in...
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Bulgarian Video Wins New York City Drone Film Festival
March 22 (BTA) - The 2D Run video by freerunner Ilko Iliev and photographer Marin Kafedjiiski won the New York City Drone Film Festival and the X-factor category award, dnevnik.bg reports. The video has over half a million views on YouTube, after parts of it were used in a Samsun...
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Pink Flamingo Population Increasing in Bourgas Lake
March 21 (BTA) - The population of pink flamigoes in the Atanassovsko Lake near the Black Sea city of Bourgas has increased to 13, which is all-times high for the region, the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) said. Long years of observation so far have not regi...
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