Новости за 20.06.2018

This is un-American!” has been one of the more common reactions to the news about the Trump administration’s decision to enthusiastically tear apart immigrant families and throw toddlers in cages – or, as Fox News’s Steve Doocy delicately put it, not cages but “warehouses with walls built out of chain-link fences”. “This is not who we are!” cry my fellow American liberals. But when does what a country does become what a country is?

In 2017, 68 innocent victims lost their lives as a result of terrorist attacks in the European Union (EU) – reason enough for Europol not to reduce its efforts in combatting terrorism in all its forms. Even though the number of casualties decreased last year, the number of attacks on European soil did not. The number of jihadist-inspired attacks more than doubled. Europol’s 2018 EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT), published today, provides a concise overview of the nature of the terrorist threat the EU faced in 2017. Читать дальше...

Coreper today endorsed an agreement between the Bulgarian presidency and European Parliament representatives to set up a single digital gateway which will provide access to online information and procedures, assistance and problem-solving services to citizens and companies.

The EU's committee of permanent representatives (Coreper) today endorsed an agreement between the Council, represented by the Bulgarian presidency, and the European Parliament on new measures to bring the enforcement of competition rules in line with the digital age and to tackle illegal competition practices in the EU.

The Council has agreed its negotiating stance on a proposal that would make it easier for people to put money aside for their old age.

On 19 June 2018, EU ambassadors endorsed, on behalf of the Council, a mandate for negotiations on a proposal amending the visa code. On the basis of this mandate, the Council Presidency will start negotiations with the European Parliament once the latter has adopted its position.

On 19 June 2018, EU ambassadors endorsed, on behalf of the Council, a mandate for negotiations on a proposal amending the Schengen border code as regards temporary reintroduction of controls at internal borders. On the basis of this mandate, the Council Presidency will start negotiations with the European Parliament once the latter has adopted its position.

The Green Parking Zone in four Sofia areas will be expanded from November 1. 1,500 new places in the Vazrazhdane district, 700 in Krasno Selo. The places for paid parking will be increased by 2200 in Lozenets and 1100 in Oborishte.

TIME - Canada passed a landmark bill Tuesday legalizing recreational marijuana, becoming the second country to make pot legal nationwide.

Bulgarian Meteorologists are protesting on Thursday - June 21st, the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology reports.

AI knows when you’re going to die. But unlike in sci-fi movies, that information could end up saving lives.

Joint Press statement by Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos, Commissioner for the Security Union Julian King, the Ministers of Interior of the Western Balkans and of the current and future presidencies of the Council of the European Union*.

French customs officers have discovered nearly 400 kilograms of cannabis in a truck with a Bulgarian registration, reports the French edition of "L'Est Républicain"

Low incomes do not prevent Bulgaria from joining the Eurozone's "waiting room" and later the eurozone itself. This was stated in an interview with the Bulgarian National Radio "Horizon" by the Commissioner for the Euro and Social Dialogue Valdis Dombrovskis.