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Youngsters from about 20 nations presented cultural and other aspects of their countries at the AIESEC annual programme ‘Global Village’ here on Sunday. AIESEC volunteers from different countries performed at a local mall for the visitors and interacted with them. They had souvenirs, photos, magazines and cuisine from their respective countries on display. There were various contests for the audience as well. Speaking about Global Village, AIESEC Dehradun president Upasana Ray said that it encourages social sustainability... Читать дальше...

SOFIA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Shares in Bulgaria’s leading poultry producer Gradus opened at their issue price of 1.8 levs ($1.06) on their debut at the Bulgarian Stock Exchange on Monday, following the biggest initial public offering in the Balkan country in 10 years.

More than 80 percent of the work has been completed for starting the construction of the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) that envisages transportation of Azerbaijani gas to Bulgaria, Teodora Georgieva, executive officer at ICGB AD joint venture company, the project’s operator, told Trend.

130 km/h is the standard speed limit on motorways in France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. In Poland you can drive 10 km/h faster, and since August 1st the same goes for two stretches on the Austrian A1.

Gas hub projects in Europe are growing like mushrooms after rain, Russia's Nezavisimaya Gazeta said in a statement, "TurkStream will inevitably become Bulgarian."
 
Bulgaria is ready to accept the second pipe from "Turkish Stream" and counts the days until it will be among Europe's gas hubs. The country has opened a new section of the transit gas pipeline, relying on gas from Turkey, Azerbaijan and Russia.

The US police found 11 starving children in a house in the desert of New Mexico. Children aged from 1 to 15 years were kept in miserable conditions dressed in rags and without shoes. Three adults, two of them heavily armed, were found in the house. The men were arrested, bTV announced.

"Dianabad", "Manastirski livadi-Iztok", "Geo Milev" and "Oborishte" are the four neighborhoods in Sofia, where there is the largest number of purchases of housing at the moment. Of these, prices are the lowest in Dianabad - an average of 950 euros per square meter, and the highest - in Oborishte - an average of 1300 euros per square meter. This shows analysis at the end of the second quarter of the year by Arco Real Estate, which specializes in real estate. Overall, however, the valuation of specialists... Читать дальше...

Four-year-old pianist from Burgas will play in two of the most famous concert halls in the world - Carnegie Hall in New York and Royal Albert Hall in London, BNT reported.

Innowave Summit 2018 is one of the best high tech conference in Southeast Europe with a major accent on Digitalization of business and public sectors and focus on Innovations in Marketing, Sales, E-Commerce and all industries. The event will take place on 19-20 October and together with Innowave Pre Summit are one of the main events of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the digital domain, aiming at setting a trajectory of growth of Europe, empowered by the innovation... Читать дальше...

Sofia. The prices of watermelons and melons are rising because the crop was compromised in the main growing areas, Assoc. Prof. Sava Tabakov, who teaches fruit growing, said in an interview with Focus News Agency regarding fruit crops in Bulgaria after the torrential rains in July. Peaches are quite expensive for the season after continuous rainfall caused rotting and largely compromised the crop. There was little to no crop in the areas where most rain poured down, such as Haskovo, Sliven and Burgas regions, he said. Читать дальше...

The hot wave, which covered parts of Europe, moved to the Western Balkans, but it will not be felt in Bulgaria.

Bangladesh authorities have shut down mobile internet across swathes of the country, officials and local media said Sunday, as the authorities try to quell massive student protests that have spiralled into violence.

BELGRADE (Sputnik) - NATO is planning to build its first air base in the Western Balkans near the municipality of Kucove in central Albania, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Saturday.

A new study reveals that the architects and builders of Stonehenge may have been Welsh, from more than 100 miles away. The journal Scientific Reports reveals some human remains excavated at the site were from the Preseli Mountains in Wales. While many studies have focused on the construction of Stonehenge, this is one of the first to explore who the people were that built it.

The powerful quake is 7.0 on the Richter scale – prompting terrified holidaymakers at the tourist hotspot to scramble for safety. 

Sofia. Three people died and 10 others were injured in traffic accidents in the country in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Interior said. A total of 11 serious road accidents occurred across the country. In Sofia, there were 25 light accidents with no injuries.

Sofia. The atmospheric pressure will decrease a little during the day and will be close to the average for August. The weather will be sunny again with some clouds in the afternoon. It will be hot with maximum temperatures of between 30°C and 35°C, in Sofia about 30°C. This is the weather forecast of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, meteorologist Evgenia Egova told Focus News Agency.

All twenty people on board died when a vintage plane crashed in the Swiss Alps, authorities have confirmed.