Новости за 29.08.2018

Some days ago, it became clear that President Rumen Radev's father, Georgi Radev, was involved in a mild accident on August 17th. Radev's car hit an invalid tricycle on a crossroad in Harmanli.

The highest temperatures in September in Bulgaria will be between 28 and 33 degrees, and the lowest - between 3 and 8 degrees, announced Krassimir Stoev, a meteorologist at the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
 
According to him, in September the average monthly temperatures are expected to be around the norm, which for the plains is between 18 and 21 degrees, for the high fields - between 15 and 17 degrees, and for the mountains - between 3 and 8 degrees. Читать дальше...

DW - A European Union online survey has concluded that a vast majority of the bloc's citizens are against switching between summer and winter time. All signs point towards the EU now putting a stop to changing the clocks.

The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) will be taken out of the structure of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. This was announced by Minister of Education Krasimir Valchev after the meeting with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov with representatives of the protesters of the Institute and the President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
 
The issue will be discussed at a general meeting of the Academy on September 10th.

AFP - Russia will flex its military muscles and hold the biggest war games since the Cold War era next month, including almost 300,000 troops and 1,000 aircraft, the defence ministry said Tuesday, leading NATO to warn of a "more assertive Russia".

AFP - Bumblebees acquire a taste for food laced with a pesticide known to harm them, according to a study suggesting the chemicals pose an even greater threat to pollinators than previously thought.

Okay, British Prime Minister Theresa May just cannot dance.

When the Department of International Relations and Cooperation in South Africa tweeted a video clip of the British PM dancing, it obviously overshadowed her trip to South Africa that aims to deepen trade and economic ties.

DW - The confusing golden effigy of the Turkish president has been removed by the fire brigade in the western German city of Wiesbaden. It was put up without the knowledge of city officials, and was not generally welcomed.

GMR Infrastructure is evaluating options to bid for a €3.9-billion, or about Rs 32,370-crore, project to develop and manage Sofia airport, Bulgaria’s largest, two people familiar with the matter said. Bulgaria had in June last year invited bids for a 35-year concession agreement that included building a new terminal and an upfront payment of €281million, or about Rs 2,332 crore. 

The final date of bid submissions to take over operations of the airport from the state is October 22. 

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Bulgaria has completed the construction of a wire fence on the border with Romania to prevent the arrival of migratory animals infected with African swine fever, an official said on Tuesday.
“The fence is completed along the 133-km stretch of the border, and is currently being equipped with Bruno’s spiral and repellents to reinforce the deterrent effect on migratory animals,’’ said Yanko Ivanov, deputy minister of agriculture, food and forestry, after an inspection of part of the fence.
The fence was built over four weeks. Читать дальше...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com), 28 August 2018, Author: Boyko Nikolov, Photo credit: U.S. Army Photo

Veliko Tarnovo. A burial site with the body in foetal position from the Early Iron Age and two medieval graves from the 13th century have been found during archaeological excavations at the Rahovets fortress, team leader Ilian Petrakiev said, quoted by Focus Radio. For a second year in a row, the team came across graves from that period. “Interestingly, the graves found this year are located outside the fortress wall, proving that the wall was not a defence fortification. We will try to do DNA... Читать дальше...

Sofia. It will be mostly sunny today, with light north-northeast wind, increasing to moderate in Eastern Bulgaria. Maximum temperatures will rise slightly and will be mostly between 27°C and 32°C, in Sofia - about 27°C. This is the weather forecast of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, meteorologist Georgi Tsekov told Focus News Agency. The pressure will rise and will be slightly higher than the average for August.
The mountains will be mostly sunny. In the afternoon some... Читать дальше...

Veliko Tarnovo. On September 23 (Sunday), a vintage steam train with a carriage from the former royal train Crown Express will travel from Gorna Oryahovitsa thourgh Veliko Tarnovo to Tryavna and back, said the state railway company (BDZ). The event is jointly organised by BDZ and Veliko Tarnovo Municipality on the occasion of the Independence Day of Bulgaria. A special attraction for the travellers will be the vintage carriages, including the personal saloon coach of Tsar Boris III, pulled by a steam locomotive. Читать дальше...

Sofia. Dozens of meteorologists from across the country have gathered in a protest in front of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Focus News Agency reports. They want the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) to be separated from the academy and the government to make a definite decision about NIMH’s future.
“Our decision is firm – we do not want to be part of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences any more. More than two weeks of “negotiation”, solely on BAS’s proposal, has convinced us,” NIMH said in a press release. Читать дальше...

The fast train from Burgas to Sofia was delayed by 5 hours, arriving at Sofia Central Station at 3 am this morning. The long delay was due to yesterday's incident, in which two trains hit a car at the crossing by the village of Mihailovo, the BNR reported.

Budget airline easyJet are celebrating their 15th anniversary at Bristol Airport by announcing three new routes from Bristol Airport.