Новости за 05.10.2018

Sofia. “The Balkans are at the heart of Europe, a region with a young, highly motivated and talented population. These young people deserve our support,” Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva said at the opening of an interparliamentary conference on the role of parliaments in the process of Western Balkans’ accession to the European Union, her ministry’s press office said. The forum gathered today in Sofia members of the European Parliament, representatives... Читать дальше...

Sofia. The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) said it has registered a primary outbreak of avian influenza in a farm in the village of Manolsko Konare, Plovdiv region. A laboratory test report has confirmed the disease. The agency has ordered humane killing of all birds in the farm and disinfection. A 3-km protection area and a 10-km area of observation have been set up around the site. Transportation of birds and related products within and out of the protection and observation areas is prohibited. Читать дальше...

Residents of Sofia gathered on 5th of October to protest against repairs in the central city area. According to them, most repair works in Sofia are carried out with poor quality, giving as an example the repairs on Graf Ignatiev Street and adjacent spaces. The new appearance of the garden in front of the church of St. Sedmochislenitsi Church provoked a turbulent public reaction.

Sofia. Ukrainian citizens of Bulgarian descent will always be a bridge for understanding and cooperation between the two countries, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said during a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the government press office said.
The Bulgarian prime minister stressed that the joint celebration of the Bolhrad high school’s anniversary shows the shared view about the importance of preserving the linguistic and cultural identity of the Bulgarian community in Ukraine. Читать дальше...

SOFIA, Bulgaria, (Transmedium.news) The winners of the 36th edition of the Golden Rose Festival are clear. Co-production of Bulgaria, France and Germany “Aga” directed by Milko Lazarov won the grand prize. The film also received the awards for direction and cinematography, and the film also received the award of accredited journalists. This is another success of the production, which was chosen to close this year’s edition of Berlinale.

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Fabrice Fries (58) has been President of news agency “Agence France-Presse” (AFP) – one of the three largest news agencies worldwide – since 2018. Its 2,400 employees from 80 nations are distributed throughout 151 countries. They report around the clock on world affairs in six different languages. Sven Lilienström, founder of Faces of Democracy, spoke with Fabrice Fries about quality journalism, right-wing populism and the new mission for AFP. Читать дальше...

Wind turbines, designed as an alternative to fossil fuels, still contribute to climate change due to the way they redistribute heat and moisture in the atmosphere, according to a study published Thursday, reports AFP. 

Ministers of social policy, health and education, lawmakers, trade union representatives, the national ombudsperson and protesting mothers of disabled children held at a joint meeting in Parliament on 4th of October and discussed the speeding up of legislation on social issues, reports BNT. 

The government and the Bulgarian Orthodox Church have agreed that the controversial amendments to the Religious Denominations Act will be changed between first and second reading in the Parliament. The salaries of clerics will be increased and will be equated with those of the teachers. Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said after a meeting in the Synodal Palace on 4th of October. The state would give at least 15 million BGN for the pay rise, reports BNT.

Sofia. Today, the Members of Parliament have voted to elect Krasimir Vlahov member of the Constitutional Court on Parliament's quota, Focus News Agency reports. The proposal was adopted with 127 votes in favour and 55 abstentions.
Krasimir Vlahov was proposed by the ruling GERB party and supported by coalition partner United Patriots. During his hearing at the parliamentary committee he also received the support of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), while the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) abstained from voting. Читать дальше...

Sofia. All 4- and 5-star hotels are fully booked as early as March, this is also happening for the season 2019, Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova told Nova TV this morning. “For the first eight months of the year, we have 6.9 million foreign tourists, an increase of almost 6%. Alone for the key months of June, July and August, we have 4,480,000 foreign tourists, a 3.6% increase,” the minister said, adding that the figures were in line with the forecast 5% growth.

The refurbished area on Graf Ignatiev Str. And the garden at the church "St. Sedmochislenitsi" have not yet been completed. We will make sure that the final product is done in the way we paid for and want. Designer, supervisor, builder, we are going to go all the way, chief architect, Zdravko Zdravkov said today to NOVA TV.

Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist treating victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State in Iraq, won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, reports the Irish Times.

Sofia. Today it will be sunny. In the morning, low clouds will form in some places in Eastern Bulgaria. Light wind from east-southeast during the day. Maximum temperatures mostly in the range of 19°C to 24°C. The atmospheric pressure exceeds the average for the month and will further rise a little. This is the weather forecast of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, meteorologist Krasimir Stoev told Focus News Agency.

The Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River in Bulgaria’s city of Rousse already has a new marking vessel and a cutter. Its main function would be to perform fairway designation to ensure seamless navigation by preventing seams from being jammed. The new ship will be named “Osam”, reports BNT. 

Lausanne, Switzerland, October 4, 2018 – The last four participants in the second round of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship in Japan became known on Thursday, as Bulgaria, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Mexico finished among the top four in their respective pool standings to stay alive in the competition.

SOFIA, Oct. 5 -- As many as 23 percent of Bulgarians aged 18-64 consider going to work abroad, a nationally-representative survey showed here on Thursday.

SOFIA (Reuters) - Vandals have again daubed with graffiti a monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia, which has long been a focus of disputes between Bulgarians who want it demolished and those who treasure it as a symbol of communism or the country’s historic ties with Russia.

The UN Human Rights Committee, which monitors implementation by States of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), will meet in Geneva from October 8 to November 2 to review Belarus, Belize, Bulgaria, Guinea, Sudan, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recalled its Ambassador to Bulgaria Babar Hashmi along with an accounts official after receiving reports of huge financial embezzlement at the Pakistan Embassy in Sofia, reports Daily Times.

Bulgaria is moving closer to a ban on fur farms, according to the NGO The Civic Initiative for Banning the Extraction of Valuable Skins in Bulgaria, reports Livekindly.

SOFIA, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Bulgaria has extended the deadline for submitting bids to run and operate Sofia airport by a month to Nov. 22, after several requests for clarification about the concession contract, the Transport Ministry said on Thursday.

The new data centre is the second facility the firm will have in the country’s capital once the first phase of the quick build-out is completed next year.