Новости за 03.05.2018

Subway Restaurants, the largest restaurant chain in the US, has some serious problems. The Chief Executive Officer Susan Greco announced that she will leave the position.

98 people were killed and 160 were injured in sandstorms last night in northern India, authorities said.

In the first quarter of this year, the global gold demand decreased sharply. This was announced by the World Gold Council, AFP reported.

The US Marriott Hotel chain is interested in two sites on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. One of them is in Varna and the other is on the southern coast. This was announced by Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova in Varna. But she says it is too early for more specific information.

Bulgaria is building the cheapest highways in Europe, said Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Nikolay Nankov at a hearing in parliament. Nankov, however, specified that despite the low prices, the quality of highways in Bulgaria is good.
 
Prices of highways in Bulgaria are relatively lower than in Europe, explained Minister of Regional Development Nikolay Nankov. He noted that the average cost per kilometer of the motorway in Bulgaria since 2000 is 3.1 million euros, in Serbia - 5.5 million euros... Читать дальше...

The European Commission has announced that this summer 15,000 young people will travel around EU and will have the chance to explore, Darik Radio reported. The travels are paid with 12 million euros from the EU budget.

14 people were injured in a collision of two passenger trains in the South of the Czech Republic, TASS reported, citing the representative of the South Bohemian Rescue Service Petra Kafkova, reports Darik. 

Over the night most of the country will be mostly clear, with a slight high cloudiness. By morning in the eastern regions and the Upper Thracian Lowland, a mist or low clouds will form again. The minimum temperatures will be between 10 and 15 degrees, according to the NIMH-BAS forecast.
 
Tomorrow (Friday) will be mostly sunny. By midday, low clouds in the eastern regions will break, visibility will improve. Clouds will develop in the mountainous areas of the western part of the country after midday... Читать дальше...

When you plan your next trip, you prepare a route, select the sights you want to see and ... you always get to the point where you have to choose an accommodation. You have to stay somewhere and rest after the long walks. Yes, but how many times you have been in a place that meets your expectations for a relaxing holiday?

The trade with Austria amounts to 1.2 billion euros, which makes Austria a leading foreign investor in Bulgaria. This is what President Rumen Radev said during a press conference after meeting the Austrian President, Alexander van der Belen, ''FOCUS'' News Agency reported.

Political party "Volya" will start to promote the idea of ​​a referendum on Bulgaria's exit from NATO. Tovaya told the Bulgarian National Radio party leader Veselin Mareshki.

Major repairs of key locations in the center of Sofia and completion of projects which started last year. These are the main highlights of Sofia municipality's building program this year, reports Mediapool. 

The bill for partial smoking in the restaurants will be submitted now so that the tourist business will not be damaged in the summer. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov before the Bulgarian National Television.

At least 106 people have suffered an earthquake in the Iranian province of Boyer Ahmad and Kohgluie, said the head of the Emergency Medical Center in Jalal Puraranfar province, quoted by the BBC.

7 million people die each year from exposure to polluted air, Darik Radio reports, citing DPA and TASS. According to a World Health Organization  report, external air pollution is responsible for 4.2 million deaths annually, and household pollution is responsible for 3.8 million cases.

The Foreign Ministry advises Bulgarians, who intend to visit Armenia, to postpone their trip, FOCUS News Agency reported.

"Liverpool" became the second finalist in the most prestigious European club tournament - the Champions League. The English team had difficulty overcome Roma in the 1/2-final after a 2:4 loss in Rome, but a with a 7:6 aggregate score they are through.

British company Cambridge Analytica, which is at the center of a Facebook scandal, has announced that it has begun insolvency proceedings and "stops all its operations immediately," says Bgnes.

According to a research of the German IMC Institute, the possibilities to begin a global financial crisis very soon has sharply increased and is now 32.4 percent.

The conference "Intelligent Specialization and Transfer of Technologies as Drivers of Innovation for Regional Growth" will be held at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia.

Forty-four people were listed as still missing Wednesday after a 24-storey building used by squatters in central Sao Paulo was engulfed in fire and collapsed, the Brazilian city's fire department said.

A car got in fire while the owner was driving on the Sofia boulevard "Christopher Columbus",  in Druzhba district.

An earthquake measured 2.2 on the Richter scale is registered on the territory of Bulgaria near Topolovgrad.

The President of the Republic of Austria Alexander van der Belen will be on official visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of the head of state Rumen Radev.
 
On May 3, at St. Alexander Nevski "in the capital from 10.00 am will take place the ceremony of the official welcome of the Austrian President. Alexander van der Belen will set a wreath at the monument to the Unknown Soldier, the press secretary of the head of state said.
 
Then the presidents of Bulgaria and Austria will hold a "four eyes" meeting of Dondukov 2... Читать дальше...

4-year-olds must go to pre-school. This envisages the adoption by the Council of Ministers of a plan to implement the strategy for reducing the share of early school leavers. Thus, compulsory pre-school education becomes three, instead of two years, as it is so far.
 
To do this, however, a change in the Preschool and School Education Act has to be adopted, explained to Darik Vanya Traykova, an expert in the "Pre-school and School Education" Directorate in the Education Office.
 
Otherwise... Читать дальше...