Новости за 08.06.2017

The government is proposing to the Parliament the ratification of a framework agreement for a EUR 200 million loan between the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) and Bulgaria, the government’s press office said.

This is a mechanism for the co-financing of projects developed with EU funds under the operational programmes, co-financed by the European structural and investment funds for the 2014-2020 programming period.

The agreement was signed on December 21, 2016.

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The Spokesperson of Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor Rumyana Arnaudova announced that 12 people from the Executive Agency Automobile Administration as well as 2 owners of driving schools were arrested for selling driver's licenses.

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute, the Industrial Production Index decreased by 1.2% in April 2017 as compared to March 2017.

In April 2017 working day adjusted Industrial Production Index rose by 4.8% in comparison with the same month of 2016.

The European Commission (EC) has approved another EUR 86.6 million from the European Regional Development Fund to finance further construction works on the western part of Line 3 of the underground in Sofia, according to a EC press release.

The funds will be used for four new stations along a stretch of 4km, from the city center to the ring road through Ovcha Kupel neighbourhood.

Last year EC approved the first package of over EUR 368 million for Line 3.

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The Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Biser Petkov, informed on 8th of June in the Council of Ministers that the government approved the draft amendments to the State Social Security Budget Act and will be submitted to the National Assembly.

''This is the first step toward raising the minimum pensions'', Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Demographic Policy Valeri Simeonov said and noted that this was one of the main tasks and priorities in the United Patriots programme, reporten the Bulgarian National Television. Читать дальше...

The twenty-fourth edition of the Week of Spanish and Ibero-American Cinema this year takes place between June 1 and 11. The festival screenings are going to be at Lumiere Lidl Cinema (NDK), Euro Cinema and G-8 Cinema. The program includes titles such as The Queen of Spain starring Penelope Cruz, Barca Dreams, telling the story of the football club of the same name, Altamira with Antonio Banderas and Rupert Everett and many other hit titles. Part of the program is also the title Nobody Wants the... Читать дальше...

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Thursday, June 7, adopted a bill which sets as Ukraine's foreign political objective the accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, according to an UNIAN correspondent.

The adopted legislation provides that the main principle of Ukraine's foreign policy is to deepen cooperation with the North Atlantic Alliance in order to gain membership in this organization.

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''The government will disburse BGN 28 million to increase the capital of the National Palace of Culture (NDK)'', the Minister in charge of Bulgaria’s EU Council presidency in 2018, Liliyana Pavlova, told journalists.

NDK will host events during the presidency.

''The sum includes some BGN 7 million with VAT for an annex to the contract for construction and repair of the building. The money will be invested in additional works, unforeseen in the existing contract'', Pavlova said, quoted by FOCUS News Agency. Читать дальше...

Speaking in Parliament, Ombudsman Maya Manolova said the fight against the unuquity of monopolies in Bulgaria was heavy and uneven, reported BNR. 

In a report on her activities during the year, the Ombudsman pointed out that there was little to boast when it came to the battle against the iniquity of monopolies.

A cold atmospheric front will be moving from West to East. There will be a lot of clouds and in many areas, initially in Western Bulgaria and later in the rest of the country, there will be short, in some places intense rains combined with thunderstorms.

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

Hails are also possible. The wind will blow from Northwest, and in the Danube plain it will become stronger, bringing colder air. Читать дальше...

The Supreme Prosecutor's Office of Cassation has announced that it had ordered the State Agency for National Security (SANS) to carry out an inspection in connection to the construction of the temporary fence along the Bulgarian-Turkish border, reported BNR.

Two hundred visa stamps have disappeared, suspected stolen, from a Swedish embassy also probed over claims a former staff member issued visas on false grounds, The Local reported.

It was discovered after an individual carrying fake travel documents including a visa stamp from a Swedish embassy was stopped in November last year at the Turkish border. The Swedish Migration Agency then found that 200 visa stamps had gone missing at the embassy in 2016.

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''The budget of Bulgaria’s EU Council presidency will be updated'', the Minister in charge of the presidency in 2018, Liliyana Pavlova, said before the parliamentary committee of European issues, quoted FOCUS News Agency.

Further funds will be provided for additional construction works in the National Palace of Culture, additional works linked to sound systems, interpretation systems and new public procurement for IT security and for equipment of the Bulgarian National Television.

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The number of victims of human trafficking in Bulgaria for the purpose of labour or sexual exploitation is increasing. Alone in 2016, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) helped to nearly 90 people, while the number in 2015 was around 35, IOM local manager Radoslav Stamenkov said, quoted by FOCUS Radio - Veliko Tarnovo.

IOM has been present in the country since 1999, having helped to over 1 000 victims. Between 2007 and 2012, 10 affected people were registered on average a year. Читать дальше...

Polls opened in Britain on Thursday in an election Prime Minister Theresa May had expected to win easily but one that has proved increasingly hard to predict after a campaign shadowed by terrorism, AFP reported.

Polling stations across the country opened at 7.00am (0600 GMT) and will close at 10.00pm, with voters set to chose between May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who has seen his huge polling deficit close dramatically in recent weeks.