Новости за 13.06.2018

In connection with a new outbreak of African swine fever virus in feral pigs near the border of Bulgaria in Tulcea, Romania, the Executive Agency for Forests calls on Bulgarian hunters to strictly observe the preventive measures imposed to reduce the spread of the disease, the agency said.

This year's largest military exercise on Bulgarian territory, SABER JUNCTION 18, will be held in September and will involve eight NATO countries. The exercise will last for three weeks, and in the scenario, there will be real fighting to push away an unnamed aggressor. This is the culmination of a series of alliance maneuvers in Bulgaria that begin in less than a month - on July 5, writes Dnevnik.

The "Culture Reforms" Movement, established last month, invites to its first forums for critical monitoring of cultural policies in Bulgaria.

The Bulgarian society remains conflicted about the introduction of the euro. 51% of Bulgarians approve it as the currency of their country. This shows the Eurobarometer survey conducted by TNS, Investor.bg reported. The poll was conducted between 11 and 12 April 2018 in the seven EU Member States that have not yet joined the euro area.

789 violations of the rules for the use of safety seat belts in motor vehicles have been registered for 4 weeks, the Supreme Administrative Prosecutor's Office announced. 322 of the violations are with drivers or passengers in buses.

North America will host the 2026 World Cup after FIFA voters overwhelmingly opted for the financial and logistical certainty of a United States-led bid over a risky Moroccan proposal for the first 48-team tournament.

Eight Bulgarians raped a 13-year-old girl in the German town of Velbert, the German media reported.

Vision of Humanity - Measuring peace in a complex world: the 2018 Global Peace Index shows the world is less peaceful today than at any time in the last decade.

A group distributing drugs on the territory of Pleven and Lovech was busted and six people were arrested in a special operation of the Interior Ministry and the Chief Directorate for Combating Organized Crime, conducted under the direction of the Specialized Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday.

The Moscow Times - The cost of hosting the FIFA World Cup in Russia will reportedly exceed $14 billion, making it the most expensive football competition in history.

"We have achieved so much since we first met in Tel Aviv many years ago. Our personal friendship is a reflection of the friendship that exists between our two countries."

8-year-old child was injured last night during a game on the football field on Georgi Terter Street in Kyustendil. One of the doors has fallen over him.

Julen Lopetegui has been sacked as Spain manager on the eve of the World Cup after leaving the Spanish FA furious after accepting the Real Madrid job.

Bulgarian director of animated films Rumen Petkov has passed away said Nadezhda Slavova, a student, a colleague and a relative. Petkov is the winner of "Golden Palm" at the Cannes Film Festival in 1985 for "Marriage", directed by Slav Bakalov, reports TransmediumNews. 

On 12 June 2018, negotiators from the three institutions continued their discussions on strengthening the EU Transparency Register.

Representatives of the customs administrations of EU Member States, of countries participating in the Customs 2020 Programme and of the European Commission met in Albena, Bulgaria, from 7 to 8 June 2018, to discuss the exchange of customs-related information with third countries. The high level seminar was hosted by the Bulgarian Customs Administration within the framework of Bulgarian Presidency and jointly organised with the European Commission.   

The owner of a large Bulgarian dairy company was arrested for tax fraud worth at least BGN 900,000. According to unofficial information from the investigators arrested is the owner of "Elena" Stefan Vasilev.

About 41 percent of Bulgarians, or 4 out of 10 Bulgarians, live in overcrowded housing, according to Eurostat's analysis of the housing stock in the EU in 2017. The average overcrowding in the EU is about 17 percent, according to European Statistics .
 
Nearly 1.1 million Bulgarians, or about 15 percent of the population in Bulgaria, live in homes that are shared by more than one family, that is, the doubling of households in one apartment, it is quite common among lower-income Bulgarians in urban environment. Читать дальше...

A four-hour hostage standoff in central Paris ended with police moving in, arresting the armed suspect and freeing the people held in a ground-floor office, France's interior minister announced late Tuesday.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 shook the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the Geophysical Institute of the United States reported, quoted by Reuters and TASS.

A yellow code for heavy rainfall and thunder is in force today for 12 districts. The warning is in force for Vidin, Montana, Vratsa, Pleven, Lovech, Sofia-city, Sofia-region, Pernik, Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Pazardzhik and Smolyan.