ARCHIVE - 12 October 2016
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The Bulgarian government has approved amendments to the Labour Code which ensure better protection for Bulgarian workers sent on working trips in the EU, reported the press centre of the Council of Ministers.
Business | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 16:51
A delegation of the United Arab Emirates has been received by Bulgarian Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski in Sofia on Wednesday, the Economy Ministry has said.
Business | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 11:52
The Council of Ministers has proposed that Parliament ratify a guarantee for the EUR 100 M withdrawn by the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) from Germany’s KfW, reported the government’s press centre.
Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova is travelling to Moscow to discuss the forthcoming steps concerning the fulfillment of the decision of the Arbitration Court on the Belene nuclear power plant.
The Bulgarian Petroleum and Gas Association (BPGA) has expressed its surprise at the competition watchdog's claims of a cartel agreement involving six major oil and gas retailers.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working within the limits set by the Electoral Code and may not open more election sections than the number stipulated by law, stated on Nova TV Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov.
Politics | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 16:38
A delegation of DOST party, led by its chair Lyutvi Mestan, held a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an in Ankara, the party's press office has said.
Politics | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 15:09
The UAE will open an embassy in Bulgaria in 2017, announced the Economy Minister of the Emirates Sultan al Mansouri.
Twenty-five Slovak police officers will help Bulgaria protect is border with Turkey as part of the effort to tackle the migrant crisis in Europe.
The Bulgarian government has approved a strategy for the development of the electronic management of the National Customs Agency.
Toplofikatsiya Sofia is prepared to turn on the heating for all subscribers in the capital, said on Radio Sofia the spokesperson of the venture Elizabet Pavlova
The Plovdiv Regional Court has not heeded the request for changing former mayor Ivan Evstatiev’s arrest sanction to a lighter penalty.
Bulgarian lawmakers have surprisingly agreed to take a month-long break due to the presidential elections on November 06.
Miners from Babino pit, at the Bobov Dol mines in Bulgaria, continue their protest action on Wednesday as their talks with the management and trade union have failed, the public broadcaster has said.
Society | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 10:24
There are eight offers submitted by companies willing to build a 16 km section of Hemus Motorway in Northern Bulgaria, the Road Infrastructure Agency has said.
Society | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 09:40
The National Art Gallery of Bulgaria has unveiled a collection of works by Russian Impressionists for the first time.
Karatsi ("Losers") of Ivaylo Hristov is among the 85 movies vying in the Foreign Language Film contest of the 89th Academy Awards.
Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has been defeated by Vasek Pospisil in the second round of the ATP Masters Tournament in Shanghai (5:7, 6:7 (2)).
Sports | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 15:37
The Appellate Court of Plovdiv has decided to leave six of the detained border police and customs officers in custody after their arrest late in September.
Crime | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 08:17
“He is defaming me but you are not my interlocutor; you are not on my level and are not my value or quality.
Quotes | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 08:37
Hungarian police announced that it will charge seven Bulgarians and an Afghani male after it concluded the investigation of the death of 71 migrants discovered in a truck in Austria last year.
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EU | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 18:25
The German government approved a law on Wednesday which stipulates that citizens of other EU member-states who have not worked in Germany will not be eligible to apply for full compensation for unemployment during the first five years of their stay in Ger
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EU | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 17:18
Turkish President Recep Erdogan can radicalise Muslims in Bulgaria, warned the Director of the National Security Studies Center at the University of Haifa Dr.
Turkey has fired hundreds of its senior military – representatives at NATO both in Europe and the USA after the unsuccessful coup attempt on July 15, showed documents to which Reuters has secured access.
Novinite publishes profiles of presidential candidates running in the forthcoming elections on November 06.
The Bulgarian government has given the green light for Austria to open its honorary consulate in Bulgaria.
Ambassadors newly posted to Bulgaria have presented their diplomatic credentials to Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev.
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