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Sofia University Moves Up to 551st Place in 2021 International Ranking
March 5 (BTA) - The Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia has climbed to the 551st place among world universities in the QS World University Rankings by Subject for 2021.Announcing its new ranking, this university said that for yet another year, its achievements place it mong...
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Greenpeace Bulgaria Study Finds Alarming Pollution Levels near Bobov Dol Coal-Fired Power Plant
March 4 (BTA) - A study by Greenpeace Bulgaria has concluded that the Bobov dol coal-fired power plant (CFFP) has a serious impact on the environment in Southwestern Bulgaria, the NGO said on Thursday. The study findings were published in a report titled "The Dirty Legacy...
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Greenpeace Bulgaria Study Finds Alarming Pollution Levels near Bobov Dol Coal-Fired Power Plant
Sofia, March 4 (BTA) - A study by Greenpeace Bulgaria has concluded that the Bobov dol coal-fired power plant (CFFP) has a serious impact on the environment in Southwestern Bulgaria, the NGO said on Thursday. The study findings were published in a report titled "The Dirty ...
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Surplus in Foreign Trade in Electricity Increased 306% in January-Feruary
March 2 (BTA) - The surplus in the foreign trade in electricity increased by 306 per cent in January-February from this time last year, according to recent statistics published on the website of the Electricity System Operator (ESO). Export exceeded import by 599,679 MWh in ...
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Balkan Gas Hub Applies for 35-Year Licence to Organize Nat Gas Wholesale Trade Platform
March 2 (BTA) - Balkan Gas Hub EAD has applied for a 35-year licence to organize a natural gas wholesale trade platform, the energy regulator said. A report on the application has been posted on the regulator's website and the regulator's experts say there that they find the appl...
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Bulgarian National Bank to Hold Auction for Interest-bearing Treasury Bonds Worth Lv 200 Mln
Bulgarian National Bank to Hold Auction for Interest-bearing Treasury Bonds Worth Lv 200 Mln
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Google to Provide Bulgaria with Digital Tools for Online Education
March 1 (BTA) - Google will provide some of its digital tools for collaboration and productivity for all students and teachers in Bulgaria, according to a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Ministry of Education and Science and the technology company, the Ministry's p...
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42nd Bulgarian Military Contingent Ready to Join NATO-Led Mission Resolute Support in Afghanistan
February 26 (BTA) - Bulgaria's 42nd military contingent has been found to be "combat-ready" for participation in the NATO-led train, advise and assist Mission Resolute Support in Afghanistan, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry said in a press release on Thursday. The degree of pre...
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Average Interest Rate on Non-financial Corporations' Leva-denominated Deposits Was in Negative Territory in January 2021
February 25 (BTA) - In January 2021 compared to January 2020, the average interest rate on non-financial corporations' leva-denominated deposits with agreed maturity declined by 0.11 percentage points to minus 0.07%, and that on euro-denominated deposits with agreed matur...
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Organized Tourist Trips in Bulgaria Resume on March 1, Trips Abroad Resume on April 1
Sofia, February 24 (BTA) - As of March 1, tourist trips can be organized in Bulgaria, and tourist trips abroad will resume as of April 1, BTA learned on Wednesday from the Future for Tourism Association (FTA). The decision was made during a meeting of FTA and other branch orga...
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President Refers to Constitutional Court Amendments Establishing Procedure for Investigation of Prosecutor General
Sofia, February 24 (BTA) - A day after the publication in the State Gazette of the Act to Supplement the Criminal Procedure Code, introducing a special prosecutor empowered to investigate the prosecutor general or a deputy prosecutor general, President Rumen Radev referred th...
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Total Turnover Index in Travel Agency, Tour Operator Activities Slumps 73.2% in Q4 of 2020 Y/Y
Sofia, February 24 (BTA) - According to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), the total turnover index, working day adjusted, in travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities declined by 73.2 per cent in the fourth qu...
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Returning to the Office Will Be Just as Hard as Adjusting to Remote Work - Expert
Sofia, February 24 (BTA) - Todor Kapitanov, labour law expert and National Secretary of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria, predicts that returning to the office will be the next major issue. Re-adjusting to the physical workplace will be just as hard as...
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A Sofia Theatre Premieres Play Rehearsed Online during Lockdown
February 23 (Rositsa Ilieva of BTA) - Sofia's Vazrajdane Theatre is opening its new season with a play it staged during the strictest coronavirus lockdown in 2020. BTA joined the theatre company during online rehearsals of Act Three of "The Night of the Iguana" last April when no...
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Undeclared Work Is Commonest Informal Practice on Labour Market
Sofia, February 22 (BTA) - Undeclared work is the most common informal practice on the labour market, Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA) Board Chairman Vassil Velev said during a presentation of a survey entitled "National Map of Undeclared Work in Bulgaria" at a ...
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Bulgarian President Calls for Prompt Response to Alerts about Discrimination against Bulgarians in North Macedonia
Sofia, February 22 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has called on the responsible institutions in Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia to respond promptly to alerts about significant issues confronting Bulgarians in North Macedonia, the head of State's Press...
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Deputy PM Nikolova Opens Bulgarian Tourism Representation in Warsaw
Warsaw, February 22 (BTA) - Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Tourism Minister Mariyana Nikolova inaugurated a Bulgarian tourism representation in Warsaw on Monday, Nikolova's Ministry said in a press release. The office was opened jointly with Andrzej Gut-Mostowy, Secre...
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Undeclared Work Is Commonest Informal Practice on Labour Market
February 22 (BTA) - Undeclared work is the most common informal practice on the labour market, Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA) Board Chairman Vassil Velev said during a presentation of a survey entitled "National Map of Undeclared Work in Bulgaria" at a roundtable...
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Bulgaria's Current and Capital Account Positive at EUR 1,009.6 Mln in 2020
February 19 (BTA) - Bulgaria's current and capital account showed a deficit of 115.6 million euro in December 2020 against a deficit of 248.1 million euro in the same month of 2019, the central bank said Friday. The current and capital account had a surplus of 1,009.6 million eur...
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Almost Half of Bulgarians Believe COVID-19 Has Changed General Way of Life - Opinion Poll
February 18 (BTA) - Almost one year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, close to half of Bulgarians believe it has changed not only separate aspects of their everyday lives, but their general way of life, show the results of a nationally representative survey conducted by A...
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