Новости за 07.08.2018

Lovech. The torrential rains over the past 2 months caused tens of millions of leva in damage to the roads, Regional Minister Nikolay Nankov told journalists, FOCUS News Agency reported. Initially, about BGN 500,000 was allocated for repairs and emergency reinforcement works, the minister said. “If we need to analyse all damage inflicted to the national road network over the past 2 months, we are talking about tens of millions. In Teteven region alone, the municipal and state infrastructure damaged by the rain... Читать дальше...

Sofia. In July 2018, the consumer confidence index decreased by 0.6 percentage points compared to its level three months ago, which is due entirely to the decreased confidence among the rural population, said the National Statistical Institute.
The consumers’ views on the development of the general economic situation in the country over the past twelve months, as well as their expectations for the next twelve months, are slightly worse than previous observations. Their estimations and expectations... Читать дальше...

Sofia. By the end of the year, we will have an electronic register for people with disabilities, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told reporters. “Mr. Tomislav Donchev is ready with the information system. We will need up to BGN 1 million for it,” Borissov said, quoted by Focus News Agency. He recalled that an inspection is ongoing in the day care centres. “We have a lot of information about what is going on and we are taking measures,” he said. “In the new budget, we will have BGN 150 million more in this system. Читать дальше...

Sofia. Dimitar Zhelyazkov has been detained by the Turkish authorities for up to 30 days, Ministry of Interior Secretary General Mladen Marinov said at a briefing in Elin Pelin with regard to the investigation against a criminal group led by Zhelyazkov, Focus News Agency reports.
“At the moment Dimitar Zhelyazkov is detained by the Turkish authorities for up to 30 days – that’s the procedure,” the secretary general said.
Regarding the seven people caught together with Dimitar Zhelyazkov in Istanbul... Читать дальше...

Pazardzhik. Law enforcement officers from the regional directorate have seized cannabis plants grown on private property, said the Ministry of the Interior. A police raid that took place yesterday found 35 cannabis plants of one to two metres in height growing in the garden of an unoccupied house in the village of Sinitevo, Pazardjik municipality. A total of 41.5 kg of leaf was seized. The property is owned by a 72-year-old woman from Sofia but is currently uninhabited. The investigation is ongoing. Читать дальше...

ANKARA

As set out in Turkey’s 100-day action plan, a Turkish space agency will be founded this year, said the nation’s industry and technology minister on Tuesday.

"Work to form the Turkish space agency will be completed as soon as possible," Mustafa Varank said in a statement.

He said the agency will set up a system that ensures coordination in the aerospace sector while protecting Turkey’s national interests.

"Priority targets of the agency are to guide and coordinate the Turkish space sector... Читать дальше...

40 people have passed out because of the heat in Sofia since the morning, said Emergency Aid. There are no reports of fatal cases so far. In the words of Emergency Response Speaker Katya Sungarska, high temperatures are not so bad as the sharp change of weather. Emergency teams urge everyone, especially people with chronic illnesses, not to go outdoors during the warmest hours of the day.

A car hit a shop in downtown Sofia. According to Darik, the driver was injured.

There is work on large-scale construction and as promised to the people of Teteven, Sevlievo, Gabrovo, Tarnovo, Targovishte, Varna, by 2024 the Hemus highway will be ready. This was stated by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who inspected the construction of the section between Yablanitsa and Boaza.

A case of an attacked doctor was report from the General Hospital in Dobrich. The incident happened on August 5th in the Children's Ward.

A serious crash with a minibus with a Bulgarian registration has occurred in the southern Italian region of Puglia, the BNR reported. 

9 people, including 4 Bulgarian women, have been arrested by the Greek police on suspicion of leading a criminal gang selling infants to childless couples in Greece, the BNR said.

Repton School is broadening its horizons - by opening an educational offshoot in Bulgaria.

Varna. The perpetrators of an armed BGN-3,200 robbery from a casino in Aksakovo on July 7 have been identified, the Interior Ministry’s regional department in Varna said. During the investigation, the police found out that the case was about misappropriation by a casino employee together with two other people. Pre-trial proceedings are underway, the case has been reported to the District Prosecutor’s Office in Varna. The three perpetrators have been detained for 24 hours.

Sofia. The number of stray animals is decreasing, and more people adopt their pets, which is optimistic, Yavor Gechev of Four Paws Foundation told Focus Radio. The foundation counts the number of stray animals across Bulgaria. Large cities such as Sofia, Plovdiv, Burgas and Veliko Tarnovo report the best results, he said.
Only few cities are taking measures that are in full compliance with the law. Most places still solve their problems either by illegal killing, which is very difficult to prove, or by relocating the animals, Gechev said.

Sofia. The Special Prosecutor’s Office is expanding its investigation into a criminal racketeering group to money laundering and tax offences, Rumyana Arnaudova, Spokeswoman of the Prosecutor General, told Focus News Agency.
She said that Bencho Benchev, Nesrin Uzun and Yovcho Domuschiev helped Dimitar Zhelyazkov to avoid criminal prosecution by hiding abroad. The prosecutors found out that on August 3 Dimitar Zhelyazkov crossed the Greek-Turkish border in a van of a company owned by Bencho Benchev. Читать дальше...

Dobrich. About 5,000 vehicles enter the country every day via Durankulak border checkpoint during the summer season, said Julian Minev, traffic police chief at the Ministry of Interior’s regional department in Dobrich, a Focus Radiocorrespondent reported. The road surfaces and signs in the region have been inspected and there is enhanced police presence on the main roads, especially those to the Black Sea coast. At the end of June, Romanian and Bulgarian police patrols began joint inspections. Читать дальше...

Veliko Tarnovo. 203,253 tourists visited the museum sites in Veliko Tarnovo in the first half of the year, compared to 202,895 visitors in the same period last year, Sonya Petrova, PR manager at the Regional Museum of History, told Focus Radio. “The increase was minimal, but here is the trend. It continued also in the seventh month of the year, July, with a slight annual increase,” said Sonya Petrova, reporting of 60,705 Bulgarian tourists and 87,094 foreigners. She stressed that visitors are coming from all continents. Читать дальше...

Sofia. Three Bulgarian pupils injured as a result of the explosion on the motorway near the Bologna airport remain in hospital, Bulgarian Consul General in Milan Rossen Roufev told bTV this morning. Seven pupils from a school in Silistra were injured as a tanker truck exploded in Bologna. “Two of the children are in a hospital in Bologna and another one, more seriously injured and burnt, is in a hospital in Cesena. This kid has burns on the legs,” Roufev said. The other pupils were not seriously injured. Читать дальше...

Sofia. It will be mostly sunny today. In the afternoon rainy clouds will gather only in isolated places in northern Bulgaria and the mountains, bringing brief showers and thunder. Temperatures will rise further and the maximum will be between 31°C and 36°C, in Sofia - about 31°C. The atmospheric pressure will remain slightly higher than the average for August. This is the weather forecast of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, meteorologist Hristo Hristov told Focus News Agency. Читать дальше...

On 30 July, the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence published a tender for the general overhaul of two Mi-17 transport and four Mi-24V combat helicopters of the Bulgarian Air Force (BuAF). The deadline for submission of bids is 3 September, with a framework agreement covering a period of 48 months to be signed with the successful bidder.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), August 6 (SeeNews) - A 1.0 billion levs ($594.1 million/511.3 million euro) tender for modernisation of a railway section connecting the towns of Elin Pelin and Kostenets in western Bulgaria has attracted 19 offers, the transport ministry said on Monday. The project had been put at risk by complaints filed with the competition authority, which had delayed the procedure by 10 months, deputy transport minister Velik Zanchev said in a statement. The upgrade of the 51-kilometre long... Читать дальше...

Young Bulgarian professionals and students from across the world are working on a new vision of their country. Bulgarian society has experienced great socio-economic hardship during the 90s, known as the transition period. The young generation finally want to end the transition.

The Bulgarian Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 25 July placed details online of the project to procure 150 armoured vehicles for the Bulgarian Land Forces (BuLF). The 17-page document was approved by Bulgaria’s Council of Ministers on 16 May.