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Energy Cooperation in Focus of Bulgarian Foreign Minister’s Visit to Azerbaijan
Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum to Hold Meeting with Foreign Ambassadors May 16
Bulgarian PM Proposes Deputy of Kalfin to Head Labour Ministry
Bulgarian Deputy PM Donchev Reportedly Refuses to Take Over Labour Ministry
Bulgarian Cabinet Allocates BGN 6.2 M to Continuing Fence on Border with Turkey
Two Referendums Might be Held in Bulgaria Simultaneously with Presidential Elections
Large-Scale Police Operation Against Illegal Migrants Taking Place Across Bulgaria

Society

Deflation Helps Keep Cost of Living Little Changed in Bulgaria in Q1 2016
Life Expectancy at Birth Drops in Bulgaria in 2013-2015 vs 2012-2014
Bulgaria's Poli Genova Proceeds to Eurovision Final
Firefighters Battle Blaze at Film Studios in Bulgaria’s Boyana

Crime

Bulgarian Police Detain 75 Migrants, Human Smugglers in Countrywide Sweep
Two Sentenced for Injuring Police Officers during Protests in Bulgaria’s Radnevo
Former Mayor of Bulgaria's Petrich Charged with Malfeasance in Office

World

Estimated 188,000 Migrants Arrive in Europe across Mediterranean Jan 1-May 11 - IOM

Bulgaria's GDP Grew by 2.9 % Y/Y in Q1 - Flash Estimates

According to flash estimates of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) released on Friday, Bulgaria's GDP increased by 2.

Business | May 13, 2016, Friday // 14:14

Bulgaria Registered 0 % Inflation in April

According to the latest figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) released on Friday, Bulgaria registered 0 % monthly inflation in April.

Business » Finance | May 13, 2016, Friday // 15:16

Energy Cooperation in Focus of Bulgarian Foreign Minister’s Visit to Azerbaijan

Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov, on an official visit to Azerbaijan, held talks with the country’s President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

Politics » Diplomacy | May 13, 2016, Friday // 22:03

Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum to Hold Meeting with Foreign Ambassadors May 16

Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum will hold an annual meting with over 20 ambassadors accredited in Sofia next week to discuss measures to improve the business environment in Bulgaria, the country's economic policy priorities and investment opportunities.

Politics » Diplomacy | May 13, 2016, Friday // 16:49

Bulgarian PM Proposes Deputy of Kalfin to Head Labour Ministry

Speaking to journalists in parliament on Friday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov revealed that Deputy Labour Minister Zornitsa Rusinova will be nominated as labour minister after the resignation of the previous holder of the position Ivaylo Kalfin

Politics » Domestic | May 13, 2016, Friday // 13:05

Bulgarian Deputy PM Donchev Reportedly Refuses to Take Over Labour Ministry

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev has reportedly refused to accept the nomination of his party to become Labour and Social Policy Minister after the previous holder of the position Ivaylo Kalfin resigned on Tuesday.

Politics » Domestic | May 13, 2016, Friday // 12:09

Bulgarian Cabinet Allocates BGN 6.2 M to Continuing Fence on Border with Turkey

The Bulgarian cabinet has approved additional expenditures to the budget of the Council of Ministers amounting to nearly BGN 6.

Politics » Domestic | May 13, 2016, Friday // 11:03

Two Referendums Might be Held in Bulgaria Simultaneously with Presidential Elections

There is a possibility that two referendums might be held simultaneously with the forthcoming presidential elections in Bulgaria in the autumn.

Politics » Domestic | May 13, 2016, Friday // 10:10

Large-Scale Police Operation Against Illegal Migrants Taking Place Across Bulgaria

Large-scale police operation against illegal migration is taking place in downtown Sofia and several other places across Bulgaria on Friday morning.

Politics » Domestic | May 13, 2016, Friday // 08:08

Society

Deflation Helps Keep Cost of Living Little Changed in Bulgaria in Q1 2016

An average Bulgarian household of four needed BGN 2,230 (EUR 1,140) per month to meet its needs at the end of March 2016, a new survey has shown.

Society | May 13, 2016, Friday // 17:53

Life Expectancy at Birth Drops in Bulgaria in 2013-2015 vs 2012-2014

Life expectancy at birth of Bulgaria’s population calculated for the period 2013 - 2015 was 74.5 years, 0.2 years lower than it had been for the period 2012 – 2014, the country’s stistical office NSI announced on Friday.

Society | May 13, 2016, Friday // 16:00

Bulgaria's Poli Genova Proceeds to Eurovision Final

Bulgarian singer Poli Genova, who represents Bulgaria at this year's edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "If Love Was a Crime", qualified for the final which will take place in Stockholm on Saturday.

Society » Culture | May 13, 2016, Friday // 00:09

Firefighters Battle Blaze at Film Studios in Bulgaria’s Boyana

A fire has broken out at the film studios in Boyana, on the outskirts of Sofa, the Ministry of the Interior said on Friday.

Society » Incidents | May 13, 2016, Friday // 20:40

Crime

Bulgarian Police Detain 75 Migrants, Human Smugglers in Countrywide Sweep

Bulgarian police detained 75 people in raids targeting irregular migrants and human traffickers across Bulgaria, the Ministry of the Interior announced on Friday.

Crime | May 13, 2016, Friday // 20:05

Two Sentenced for Injuring Police Officers during Protests in Bulgaria’s Radnevo

The District Court in Radnevo issued a suspended sentence of five months imprisonment and one-year probation to a young man found guilty of injuring police officers during clashes in this town in southern Bulgaria earlier this month, public radio broadcas

Crime | May 13, 2016, Friday // 19:21