Новости за 06.06.2017

Prosecutor Dimitar Zahariev from the District Prosecutor’s Office in Pleven and an official from General Directorate Execution of Sentences - Pleven have been arrested on charges for participation in a criminal group and threats to witnesses. This was announced by Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov,  FOCUS News Agency reported.

The two were charged with participating in an organised criminal group, while the official was also charged with direct threats to another official, whose husband is a witness in the case. Читать дальше...

Construction of lot 3.1 of the Struma motorway will start in August, Minister Nikolay Nankov told BTV’s morning show, quoted by the press office of the Regional Development Ministry.

There is already a selected builder and financing for the stretch, while the construction permit is pending. The lot is nearly 13km long between Blagoevgrad and Krupnik.

Construction of lot 3.3 of the motorway between Strumyani and Sandanski is currently under way and should be completed in 2019.
There... Читать дальше...

The five-day Romanian vacation from 1 to 5 June led to absolute record on the Dunav most border checkpoint at Ruse, the BGNES correspondent in Ruse reported.

After months of inactivity real actions began on the strengthening of the two burned last year in August tobacco warehouses in Plovdiv. They were a gift to the city from the big benefactor Dimitar Kudoglu, BGNES correspondent reported.

The National Assembly cannot require a report for the Prosecutors' Office deals on a specific criminal case from the Supreme prosecutor. This was the solid response from The Constitutional Court on a question from Sotir Tsatsarov, Legalword reported.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva said in a TV interview that an official visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Bulgaria would help strengthen diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Atmospheric pressure will be close to the average for June and will remain without significant changes.

Today it will be mostly sunny. In western regions, clouds will again develop and there will be rains with thunders in some places in the afternoon and evening. There will be light southeast wind. Maximum temperatures will be 26°-31°, in Sofia around 27°.

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

On the Black Sea coast... Читать дальше...

Australian police are treating as a "terrorist incident" a Melbourne siege in which a gunman was killed, reported BBC.

Heavily armed officers arrived at an apartment building on Monday after reports of an explosion and found one man already dead in the foyer.

Another man, Yacqub Khayre, was armed with a shotgun and holding a woman inside the building against her will.

Khayre, 29, called a broadcaster during the siege to say he was acting in the name of the Islamic State (IS) group. Читать дальше...

The Specialized Criminal Court has sentenced to four years of imprisonment 20-year-old Ivan Zahariev for training and preparation of possible terrorist attacks, reported BNR.

''There will be Europe, it is important in what format, the Minister in charge of Bulgaria’s EU Council presidency in 2018'', Liliyana Pavlova, said during a discussion, quoted by  FOCUS News Agency.

She said Bulgarians have to find the best approach and consensus to discuss together topics of the European agenda, seen through Bulgarian priorities and challenges. She mentioned the five leading priorities during the presidency: economic development, social dimension, energy union, justice and security. Читать дальше...

Escalating tensions in the Middle East, the impending testimony of the former FBI director, British elections and a European Central Bank meeting this week, all took their toll on Asian stocks, oil and the dollar on Tuesday, reported Reuters.

Oil fell back following a brief recovery after Saudi Arabia and several other Arab states severed ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting extremism and undermining regional stability.

"A potential risk to monitor might be that Qatar will... Читать дальше...