Новости за 01.06.2018

Grigor Dimitrov could not surpass his best performance at Roland Garros and again got eliminated in the third round of the second Grand Slam tennis tournament. The best Bulgarian tennis player lost 6:7 (4), 2:6, 4:6 to Fernando Verdasco (ESP) and ended his participation in the first week of the French Open in Paris.

China's food supply company Ele.me, owned by Alibaba, was authorized by the authorities to provide 17-droned shipments at Jinshan Industrial Park in Shanghai.

From April 24th to May 28th, 101 active anti-hail impacts were conducted, 459 cloud cells were processed with just over 5000 missiles. This was said by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forests Rumen Porozhanov during Friday's parliamentary scrutiny in response to a question by the MP of the Bulgarian Socialist Party BGP for Bulgaria Rumen Georgiev on anti-flood protection.

Technology can dramatically change and improve education. This is illustrated by the experience of a 51 Primary School Elisaveta Bagryana, where the average result of PISA's natural sciences has improved over the years with a total of 84 points, director Asen Aleksandrov told NOVA.

Lukoil plans to build a complex for the production of polypropylene on the territory of "Neftochim" in Burgas, Vagit Alekperov, president and co-owner of the Russian company, told the RNB business magazine, calling the facility "a small petrochemical complex" and "modernization of the old production" without specifying the amount of the investment.

The dollar is about to send the fourth session in a row, taking into account lower values and although monthly dollar index stood at plus, analysts say the mood is minor,  Market Watch wrote in his analysis.

There is nothing better than resting for a week without anything to worry about, except where to eat or where to swim, especially if everything is already paid.

Interior Minister Valentin Radev admitted that the drivers of cars and trucks with foreign numbers do not pay their fines.

A blue whale has turned up in the Red Sea, the long spit of water separating Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea from the Arabian Peninsula.

Switzerland extends the restriction on the number of work permits for Bulgarians and Romanians from today until May 31 next year. Between 1 June 2018 and 31 May 2019, a total of 996 work permits may be issued to Bulgarian and Romanian migrants.
 
The free movement of citizens of Bulgaria and Romania came into force in June 2016. However, there is an option of limiting the number of work permits issued each year if this is in favor of the local labor force.

SputnikNews - Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and flight engineer Oleg Artemyev played soccer on board the ISS with a Telstar-18 ball, which will return to Earth on June 3 and open the World Cup 2018 in Russia.

The day it became clear that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are engaged, the world knew that something unacceptable so far will happen in the royal family.

The repair in the lanes for Burgas of 22 km from Trakia highway in the section between Plovdiv and Stara Zagora is completed. The movement between the 134th and 156th kilometer moves to the repaired lanes for Burgas and work starts immediately in the direction of Sofia. The aim is to complete the construction works as soon as possible before the start of the active tourist season and to make travel on Trakia highway comfortable and safe, the Travel Agency announced.

Facebook has a lot of problems this year, but one of them can have much more serious consequences in the long term. Pew Research Center survey shows a large outflow of the most important audience of the social network - teenagers.

The political crisis in Italy is over after professor Giuseppe Conte has agreed to head the new coalition government formed by the anti-immigrant right-wing League and the 5-star anti-Syndicate Movement, surrendered by global agencies.

ZAD BULSTRAD VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP has been awarded the highest recognition on the insurance market in Bulgaria, during the 10th anniversary edition of the prestigious competition organized by the VUZF University of Finance, Business and Entrepreneurship, the Association of Bulgarian Insurers, the Bulgarian Association of Supplementary Pension Security Companies, Prof. Dr. Veleslav Gavriyski Foundation and Bulgarian Association of Insurance Brokers. The “Insurer of the Year” award was presented to Nedyalko Chandarov... Читать дальше...

The day of the child is celebrated in Bulgaria every year on 1st of June. However, few know that in the past it was also celebrated on another date. In an interview with BTA, Mariana Dimitrova, curator of the New History Department at the Rousse Historical Museum, explains that the celebration of the Children's Day dates back to the World Conference on Child Health, which took place in Geneva in 1925.

A new study shows which European nations have the tallest men.

First is the Netherlands, where the average height of the representatives of the strong sex is 1.84 m.

The second place is shared by Swiss and Germans with an average height of 1.81 meters.

After them remain the Finns, Danes, and Czechs with a height of 1.80 m.

Norwegians, Austrians, Slovaks, and Estonians occupy the tenth place with an average height of 1.79 meters.

They are followed by Bulgarians... Читать дальше...

Representatives of a number of large European companies, included in the European Industrialists Round Table, warned British Prime Minister Theresa May that Brexit's insecurity may lead to a reduction in investment in the British economy. This was reported by The Guardian.

Every May, Deutsche Bank publishes its annual report on the prices of goods and services in the world's largest cities. To determine the cost of staying in one place or another, the bank considers a number of factors like the value of a pack of cigarettes to rents for housing.

The US will impose extra charges on imports of aluminum and steel from European Union countries, Canada and Mexico as of midnight on July 1. This was announced by US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross.