Новости за 22.05.2017

''It is highly likely for Bulgaria to become part of the Schengen area after a successful presidency of the EU Council'', Tsvetan Tsvetanov, deputy chairman of Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party and MP, said, Focus News Agency reported.
 According to Tsvetanov, the issue has become a political one.

He expressed confidence that Bulgaria has the capacity and is reliably guarding EU’s external border.

In the past six months, the number of refugees and migrants in Bulgaria has decreased significantly, according to Interior Ministry figures cited by the Independent Balkan News Agency.

Stara Zagora is the best city for living in Bulgaria, according to the jury of Darik Radio, quoted by Focus News agency.

 The city ranked first under special criteria representing expectations of modern man about the city where he works and lives. Among them is ecology, investments, new jobs, possibility to raise children, medical equipment, and educational institutions.

The prize was handed over to mayor Zhivko Todorov at a ceremony in Sofia, Stara Zagora’s municipality said in a press release. Читать дальше...

By end-June, an analysis will be made of the ingredients in some foodstuffs which are on sale in Bulgaria, Austria and Germany, Dr. Kamen Nikolov from the Food Safety Agency told the Bulgarian National Radio, cited by the Bulgarian National Radio.

E-government is a strategic priority for Bulgaria, an irreversible process and the only way to achieve effectiveness, transparency, success in the fight against corruption, accountability and control, President Rumen Radev said at a meeting with the management of State e-Government Agency.

E-government is a comprehensive issue requiring serious expertise, active participation and commitment by each administration and institution in Bulgaria, Radev said, quoted by his press office. The... Читать дальше...

76-year-old Bulgarian cosmonaut Georgi Ivanov was taken to hospital this morning, reported BNR.

Novinite Group organizes a conference dedicated to problem payments in the utility sector.

Visits to museums in Bulgaria totalled to 5,230,000 in 2016, going up by 9.8% compared to 2015. Approximately one fourth of them (1,223,000) were during days of free entry. An increased number of visits of foreigners has been registered - by 271,000, or by 36.8% compared to the previous year. This was announced by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) and cited by FOCUS news agency.

By December 31, 2016, a total of 195 museums have been operating in Bulgaria, registered under the Cultural Heritage Act. Читать дальше...

Bulgaria is once again on the first place with the biggest number of people who lost their lives in car accidents in the EU, reported the Union of the Bulgarian Automobilists, quoted by BGNES.

One of the most ambitious Bulgarian projects in recent years, Heights is an adaptation of Milen Ruskov’s novel of the same name, published in 2011. The EUR 1.35M project explores the Bulgarian realities of the 1870s a few years before the war, that would liberate the country from the Ottoman occupation, writes Cineuropa.

Directed by Victor Bojinov and adapted by Neli Dimitrova, the story follows Gicho – a young man in a revolutionary group led by Dimitar Obshti, a real-life revolutionary fighting against the Turks. Читать дальше...

The Romanian printed media write that Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece are the most preferred tourist destinations by the Romanians, when it comes to sea resorts, cited by the Bulgarian National Radio.

However, the terrorist attacks and political instability in Turkey has resulted in decreased tourist interest towards the state.

Bulgaria has taken advantage of the situation and increased the volume of its tourist packages by 20-30%, as the Romanian tourists opt for all-inclusive system and prefer Bulgaria now, instead of Turkey. Читать дальше...

Today cloudiness will develop across the country. There will be short rains, in more places and more serious, with thunders – in the afternoon.

There will be little to moderate northwestern wind. Maximum temperatures will mostly range between 20° and 25°, in Sofia around 20°.

This is the forecast of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH), according FOCUS News Agency.

Atmospheric pressure in the morning was the average for May, and it will remain nearly... Читать дальше...

A 2 – magnitude earthquake is registered on the territory of Bulgaria, nearby Devin, reported BGNES.

The earthquake is felt at 10.19 am with an epicenter 6 km northeast of Devin, 32 km northwest of Smolyan and 136 km southeast of Sofia, with a depth of 15 km, the European Seismological Center said.

No information on damage from the quake has been provided yet.

Bulgarian’s athlete Antoaneta Boneva won silver medal at 25 meter pistol women at the ISSF World Cup in Munich, Germany, BNR reported.

The narcotic substance was found in a cargo truck with terracotta tiles delivered to a warehouse in Bulgaria from Iran, according to Standart newspaper, cited by BNR.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to fight Turkey's enemies at home and abroad on Sunday as he was re-elected leader of the ruling AK Party. This makes him the first Turk in nearly 70 years to serve simultaneously as head of state and of a political party, according to Aljazeera.

"Rather than facing our people with our heads down tomorrow, we prefer to stand tall today against the scum at home and abroad," he told thousands of rapturous supporters who gathered for an AKP congress, where he is the only leadership candidate. Читать дальше...

The  National Theater '' Ivan Vazov'' will welcome the new theater season in September after a refreshing renovation. This became clear from the four public contracts published so far, BGNES reported. The value of the announced renovation amounts to more than BGN 500,000M, excluding VAT.

Bulgaria’s boxer Kubrat Pulev is to face the current world heavyweight boxing champion Antony Joshua in a match for the IBF world title within the next five months, Pulev’s promoter and manager Kalle Sauerland told media, quoted by the Bulgarian National Radio.

‘’The first National Security Council meeting convened at the presidency will be on the topic of ‘’Risks and threats to the national strengthening’’, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev told the Bulgarian National Radio in an interview on Sunday.

‘’We all see that the security environment is extremely complex in both regional and global context. This generates potential threats and security risks for all of us’’, the President pointed out.

According to his words, the meeting was scheduled... Читать дальше...

Britain has “no time to waste” in Brexit talks, Theresa May will warn as she says formal negotiations about leaving the European Union will start just 11 days after the election, writes The Telegraph.

The Prime Minister will tell supporters in Wales - which voted overwhelmingly to leave the European Union at the referendum – not to risk letting Jeremy Corbyn lead these talks.

On her first visit to Wales of the official election campaign, Mrs May will stress that she will not take... Читать дальше...