Новости за 03.04.2018

The tenth anniversary edition of Webit.Festival Europe will be held on 26 and 27 June this year, announced the organizers. The most influential forum for innovation, politics, investment, digital economy and entrepreneurship in Europe in 2018, the festival will be a gathering point for leading world businessmen and innovators, investors, as well as politicians, commissioners, prime ministers and ministers from Europe. The invitation for participation comes personally from the first humanoid robot Sophia. Читать дальше...

(CNN) - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former wife of the late President Nelson Mandela, has died at age 81.

Military uniforms that can be worn throughout pregnancy are being sewn in Germany.

An unknown man raped a woman during a match in Sweden. The crime was committed at the "Tele2" stadium in Stockholm on Sunday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives on a two-day visit to Turkey. In Ankara, he will meet with Turkish counterpart Recep Erdoğan as well as with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

The German Krautrock Legends Embryo will perform in Plovdiv at the Bee Bop Café on Thursday, April 5th.

About 50,000 will travel abroad for the upcoming holidays, most will be in neighboring Greece. Some of them have already started - from the previous week, announced Rumen Draganov, director of the Institute for Tourism Analysis and Appraisals, in the morning block of BNT.

Four countries are about to boycott the summit for the Western Balkans in Sofia on May 17th. Integration of the Western Balkans into the EU is a key priority of the Bulgarian EU Council Presidency and such a boycott is a challenge to Bulgarian diplomacy, according to commentators.

Dozens of dead song thrush birds were found in the area of ​​Basarbovo monastery near Rousse. The Regional Food Safety Directorate investigates the dead birds for bird flu.

Most homes in Sofia are being built in  ''Vitosha'' district. This became clear from the study of the consultancy company Cushman & Wakefield Forton for the needs of a large construction and investment company.

The process of investing in "Passenger Transport" starts - the investments consist in the purchase of new trains. The Bulgarian Government will make this on two stages - the first stage - 41 new trains will be bought and on the second stage - 44. This wa announced by Vladimir Vladimirov, Executive Director of Holding BDZ. 

"These are wagons that are practically refurbished and they meet absolutely all the requirements related to the safety and conditions for the movement on the rails of Bulgaria'', he added. Читать дальше...

More than 25 per cent of the car crashes in Bulgaria were due to the technical failure of the vehicles, according to an analysis of the Road Safety Institute, presented during a discussion on bad commercial practices in the market for the sale of used cars.

DW - An elephant was killed and two others were injured after the truck carrying them crashed on a highway in southeastern Spain on Monday.

Yulia Skripal was poisoned with a nerve agent just days after gaining access to a £150,000 'secret bank account' with proceeds from a house sale in Britain, it has emerged.

Jaguar Land Rover is to supply up to 20,000 of its new electric I-Pace cars to Waymo, a subsidiary of Google owner Alphabet,to be converted into self-driving vehicles for its ride-hailing service.

Due to the reconstruction of street water pipes, the water supply will be stopped tomorrow, April 4, in the districts of the ''Belite Brezi'', ''Manastirski Livadi'', ''Krasno Selo'' and ''Strelbishte' districts.

The starting point of the four lines is the ''Knyaz Alexander l'' Square in Sofia.

Traffic organization change is being introduced in connection with the Croatian President's visit, the Sofia Municipality announced.
 
It is forbidden to stay and park  vehicles from 12:00 on April 3 until the departure of the delegation on April 4 in the parking lot of Sofia Hotel Balkan.
 
The same ban was introduced from 07:00 am to 10:30 am on April 4 in the northwest arc of St. Alexander Nevski Square between Oborishte Street and 11th August Street, Oborishte between GS Rakovski Street and St. Читать дальше...

Nine people have suffered a blast of an oxygen bottle in a restaurant in the center of Armenian capital Yerevan, Russian agency Interfax reports.
 
In a restaurant of a popular chain, explosion injured two Iranian citizens, three Russian citizens and four Armenian citizens.
 
Most of the victims are children aged 6-16.
 
According to the Russian television channel Russia Today, an 8-year-old girl from Armenia is in the most serious condition.
 
The restaurant was opened about two months ago.

A 37-year-old miner died at work last night in one of the mines near the Madan, Darik learned. Initial information is about a health issue, not an accident at work. It is believed that the young man had a heart attack or stroke during a shift.

More than fifty people, including 15 children, were evacuated from a burning five-storey residential building in the center of the Russian city of Sochi.
 
At 19:19 local time, the fire was localized, and half an hour later, the fire was extinguished.
 
The flames covered an area of 600 square meters. The fire occurred on the roof of the building. 133 people and 38 machines were involved in the extinguishing of the flames.
 
The mayor of Sochi Anatoly Pahomov came to the place. Читать дальше...

The Regional History Museum (Sofia Museum of History) and its affiliates will work without an entrance fee today celebrating 139 years since Sofia has been declared as the capital of Bulgaria. This was announced by the press center of Sofia Municipality.
 
Open to a free visit today will be the underground archaeological museum of Hagia Sophia, the West Gate, and the Mausoleum-tomb of Prince Alexander the First Battenberg.
 
The Regional History Museum organized a lecture on "New Bulgarian Education in Sofia (1839 - 1878)... Читать дальше...

Calls for Muslims to be attacked are spreading in Belgium, local media reported. Numerous worrying signals have been received in news agencies.

It’s not likely that you’ll ever be offered the opportunity to visit Venus. But on the odd chance you are, you might want to decline. The temperature on the surface of the planet is around 870° F (465° C)—hot enough to melt lead—and the atmospheric pressure at Venusian sea level (not that there are any seas) is 92 times what it is on Earth.

For nearly ten years, gambling revenues in Bulgaria have doubled, and in just 2017 they have reached over BGN 3 billion. As the tax cuts are huge, the taxes paid in 2016 are only 177 million leva. Biggest profit is recorded by the game of scratching tickets.