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Extra Fundsfor Urban Development to Be Raised
January 17 (BTA) - The Fund Manager of Financial Instruments in Bulgaria (Fund of Funds) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the FLAG Fund in partnership with the Bulgarian Consultancy Organization. The memorandum aims at ...
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Passenger Car Registrations in Bulgaria Up by 3% in 2019
January 16 (BTA) - In 2019, there were 35,371 passenger car registrations in Bulgaria, an increase of 3 per cent from 2018, according to figures by the European Automobile Manufacturers's Association released on Thursday. In December, there were 2,860 car registrations, or a 1...
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216,256 Unemployed People Found Work through Labour Offices in 2019
January 15 (BTA) - In 2019, 216,256 jobless people found employment through labour offices, the Employment Agency said on Wednesday. Since the beginning of 2019, 24,412 youths under 29 have found employment, as well as 24,398 long-term unemployed, 43,975 jobless over 55, 13,95...
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Nearly 12,000 Contraband Cigarette Boxes Seized at Kapitan Andreevo in 2020
January 14 (BTA) - Customs officers at Kapitan Andreevo border crossing, on the Bulgarian-Turkish border intercepted 232,740 illicit cigarettes and nearly 20 kg of tobacco in the first twelve days of the year, the Customs Agency said in Tuesday. Between January and mid...
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Four Banks Bid to Participate in Fund of Funds' Capped Portfolio Guarantee Scheme
Sofia, January 14 (BTA) - DSK Bank, United Bulgarian Bank, First Investment Bank and Eurobank Bulgaria have applied as financial intermediaries under a capped portfolio scheme for energy efficiency and innovations with the Fund Manager of Financial Instruments (Fund of Funds),...
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Bulgaria's Exports to EU Grew 3.4 Per Cent in January-October 2019, Y/Y
January 13 (BTA) - Bulgarian exports to the EU grew by 3.4 per cent in the January-October 2019 period in comparison with the same period of 2018 and amounted to 32,681.1 million leva, according to preliminary data released by the National Statistical Institute on Monday....
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16 Events Involving Radioactive Sources, Materials with Increased Activity Recorded in 2019
Sofia, January 10 (BTA) - A total of 16 events involving radioactive sources and materials with increased activity were recorded in Bulgaria in 2019, according to the Annual Report of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRA) that was presented here on Friday. Most events were regis...
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16 Events Involving Radioactive Sources, Materials with Increased Activity Recorded in 2019
January 10 (BTA) - A total of 16 events involving radioactive sources and materials with increased activity were recorded in Bulgaria in 2019, according to the Annual Report of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRA) that was presented here on Friday. Most events were registe...
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Consultative Council on National Security Discusses Risks and Threats from Crisis in Middle East
Sofia, January 9 (BTA) - The Consultative Council on National Security (CCNS) with President Rumen Radev convened on Thursday to look into potential national security risks and threats in the context of the complicated security environment in the Middle East. Participating w...
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Four Government Services Investigate Pernik Water Crisis and Waste Disposal Scandal, Environment Minister Questioned in ...
Pernik/Sofia, January 9 (BTA) - It transpired Thursday that four government services have started probing a water shortage that has led to draconian water rationing in the western town of Pernik, as well as a scandal over the storage and disposal of huge amount of imported was...
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Bulgaria Has Not Sanctioned Import of Medical Waste from EU or Other Countries
Sofia, January 8 (BTA) - Bulgaria has never sanctioned the import of medical waste from EU member states or other countries, informed the Ministry of Environment and Water (MEW) on Wednesday in a release. This came following public statements by BSP leader Kornelia Ninova clai...
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World Bank Upgrades Economic Growth Projections for Bulgaria
Washington, D.C. January 9 (BTA) - In a report published on Wednesday, the World Bank revised up its projections for Bulgaria's economic growth in 2019-2021. The World Bank has projected a 3.6 per cent growth for 2019 after its June forecast for 3 per cent growth. This wi...
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Bulgarians' Transport Costs Decline Considerably in 2018 - Eurostat
January 8 (BTA) - In Bulgaria, the share of transport costs of the population was 13.3 per cent of all costs in 2018 and the country showed one of the most considerably declines of this parameter for the 2008-2018 period, Eurostat said Wednesday. EU-wide, households spent for...
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Entire Transport Branch to Protest against Road Toll System on January 13
Sofia, January 7 (BTA) - On January 13, representatives of passenger, freight, international and taxi transport branches will stage a national protest against what they consider a road toll system with unfair coverage and prices, as well as against unregulated transport opera...
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Financial Literacy Taught in 81 Bulgarian Schools
January 7 (BTA) - Our Money, a financial literacy programme, is taught in 81 Bulgarian schools. By the end of the 2019-2020 school year, more than 2,050 students, organized in 85 groups, will learn how to organize their personal finances. The Our Money programme, launche...
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Electricity Distributor CEZ Working to Protect Birds from Power Lines
January 6 (BTA) - The second stage of field research under a project to protect endangered bird species from power lines in Natura 2000 areas in Western Bulgaria was completed at the end of November 2019, electricity distributor CEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria AD reported. During t...
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Wholesale Food Prices Index Rises 8.16% in Two Weeks
January 5 (BTA) - The index of wholesale food prices rose by 8.16 per cent to 1.604 points this past two weeks, the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Wholesale Markets said on Sunday. This is the first increase above 1.600 points since the Easter holidays in 201...
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Bulgarian State Railways Announces Lv 247 Mln Tender for 16 New Electric Trains
January 3 (BTA) - The passenger services division of Bulgaria's national railway company BDZ launched a public procurement procedure for the supply and warranty of up to 16 newly built electric multiple-unit trains which will be used for over-three-hour inter-city passenger servi...
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E-Vignettes Worth Lv 392 Mln-Plus Sold for Road Use in 2019
January 2 (BTA) - The 392 million leva-plus that Bulgarian and foreign motor-vehicle owners paid for electronic vignettes in 2019 were by some 35 million leva more than the revenues in 2018, the Road Infrastructure Agency said in a press release on Thursday. Of the 8,233,000 e...
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Курсове на българския лев към отделни чуждестранни валути и цена на златото, валидни за 30.12.2019
Наименование Код За единица валута/злато Лева (BGN) Обратен курс: за един лев Австралийски долар AUD 1 1.22301 0.817655 Бразилски реал BRL 10 4.33396 2.30736 Канадски долар CAD 1 1.33769 0.747557 Швейцарск...
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