Новости за 11.01.2017

Low-cost carrier Wizz Air will launch a new route Varna-Tel Aviv with three weekly flights as of July 21, 2017, announced the company.

Hungary plans to take serious steps against non-governmental organisations linked to the billionaire George Soros after the election of Donald Trump as President of the USA.

Canada’s Prime Minister has appointed an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin as Foreign Minister.

I have no deals with Russia, I have no deals that are happening in Russia; I have no loans from Russia, announced at his first press conference US President-elect Donald Trump.

Bulgaria’s economy registered growth of 3.5% for 2016, showed the latest data of the World Bank.

A Chinese company wants to create a logistics centre in Bulgaria for online trade servicing all of Europe, and offering Bulgarian goods and foods as well.

Power supply has been restored in southeastern Bulgaria, announced EVN. EVN has promised to restore electricity supply to the few villages that have been cut off as soon as possible.

Outgoing Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova is of the opinion that the number of Russian tourists to Bulgaria could increase by 40% in 2017.

Bulgaria’s Stock Exchange – Sofia reported a turnover of BGN 416,003,870 for 2016, or BGN 5,224,827 more than in 2015.

There is a kilometer-long queue of trucks and cars at the exit of Dobrich in the direction of Varna.

More than three years after receiving bribes, three customs officers have been sentenced but at first instance only.

The government has proposed to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria to issue a decree appointing Vice Admiral Emil Eftimov as temporary chief of defence until a permanent chief is appointed, but for a period no longer than one year, reported the government’s press centre.

The government has allocated an additional BGN 22.88 M as advance financing for the completion of the Hemus highway, reported the press centre of the Council of Ministers.

The Bulgarian government has tasked outgoing Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova with signing a Memorandum of Understanding on the gas interconnector with Serbia.

The draft MoU was approved last year and aims at speeding up construction activities.

The document reflects updates to technical parameters of the gas link which have become necessary since the initial bilateral agreement of December 2012, according to a cabinet statement.

A technical project for the Bulgarian stretch... Читать дальше...

Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev is the only sitting head of state to sign a letter to US President-elect Donal Trump advising him against rapprochement with Russia.

The message to Trump, signed by 17 current and former officials from across Central and Eastern Europe (and obtained and uploaded by the Washington Post), appeals to "Americans in the new U.S. Administration and Congress to stand firm in the defense of our common goals and interests: peace, Atlantic strength, and freedom.”

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Lawmakers have voted to drop out of their agenda a bill foreseeing amendments to Bulgaria's electoral system, in line with a referendum held in November.

The move has been backed by a majority of 90 to 76 lawmakers, with three abstentions, news website Dnenvik.bg has said.

No further date has been set for the item to be restored onto the agenda.

Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) lawmaker Chetin Kazak, having proposed the step, has argued Parliament will not have time... Читать дальше...

Lawmakers in Bulgaria have turned down a proposal to scrap a ban on proceeding with the construction of Belene nuclear power plant (NPP).

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP)'s proposal has been defeated in Parliament just weeks before the current legislature
is dissolved, months after the outgoing administration announced it might be looking into ways to revive the construction of Bulgaria's second nuclear plant.

"Look what's happening outside. Bulgaria's electricity system... Читать дальше...

Bulgaria's outgoing Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova has said as many as 3000 police officers will be appointed by the end of the year as part of government plans to crack down on petty crime.

Former police and military officers' ranks will be used to recruit the staff, she has told the Bulgarian National Television.

But she has warned even this particular number will not be enough to put into practice outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's idea to station a police patrol in every Bulgarian village. Читать дальше...

There will be intermittent snowfall and rainfall over Bulgaria over the course of a week, the head of the country's weather service has said.

The northeastern Bulgarian regions of Dobrich, Varna and Silistra have been blocked by heavy snowfall, public radion BNR reports.

As many as 117 towns and villages have been left cut off from the power supplies due to severe weather conditions in Eastern Bulgaria, the outgoing Energy Minister has said.