Новости за 30.07.2019

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today that Britain would leave the European Union at any cost on October 31, Reuters and TASS reported, quoted by BTA.

    "The Prime Minister has made it clear that the UK will in any case leave the EU on October 31st," Johnson's office said.

    The Prime Minister stressed that the safeguard mechanism at the Irish border should be removed from a possible Brexit deal.

    "The Prime Minister has made it clear that the government will... Читать дальше...

The Regional Epizootic Commission in Plovdiv is currently holding an extraordinary meeting due to a possible case of African swine fever in Southern Bulgaria.

A Roman wall was found during the renovation work started on the capital's street "Malko Tarnovo". The find was confirmed by Sofia Municipality.

The State Agricultural Fund ceases to carry out on-the-spot physical checks on pig holdings throughout the country. The ban has been imposed by an Order of the fund’s Executive Director, Vasil Grudev. It is part of the state's crisis response measures to prevent and combat the spread of African swine fever (ASF).

We expect 50% less honey bee production this year compared to last year, Mayor of Tutrakan and beekeeper Dimitar Stefanov said in an interview with Focus News Agency. 
"This is not a good year, there was a lot of torrential rain and sharp cold spells just when the acacia trees were supposed to be blooming, and that contributed to a lower yield," Stefanov said. He further said that it was very warm during the blooming season of the linden, which is not good for the collection of nectar. When the temperatures are very high... Читать дальше...

On July 31, 2019 (Wednesday), in connection with the interconnection of street water plumbing at Gen. Ivan Kolev "Krustova Vada" quarter, it is necessary to stop the water supply from 09:00 to 21:00 for the customers of Sofiyska Voda living in the area of:

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate General seized 7,690 liters of energy products with diesel fuel at three separate inspections in Burgas and Yambol.

A record number of more than 12,000 children were killed or injured in armed conflict last year, the UN reports.

Most children have been killed in Afghanistan, Palestine, Syria and Yemen, according to a UN report cited by the BTA.

    The killings and injuries are among more than 24,000 serious crimes against children established by the UN, which also include the recruitment and use of youth for soldiers, sexual abuse, abductions and attacks against schools and hospitals, the report said. Читать дальше...

Lower Saxony Prime Minister Stephan Weil says there is still no final decision on the new Volkswagen plant, BGNES reported.

The euthanasia of pigs in Vidin has started, there is no need to declare a state of emergency over the African swine fever outbreak, Tsvetan Asenov, Deputy Mayor of Vidin Municipality, told Focus Radio after a “backyard” pig tested positive for African swine fever last week.

All four unsuccessful bidders in the tender for a 35-year concession contract to run Sofia Airport have filed complaints against the Bulgarian transport ministry's ranking of the offers, data by the country's competition authority shows, reports SeeNews. 

A capsule with messages for future generations was built at the Rome Forum in Bulgaria’s second-largest city of Plovdiv. Its reconstruction is part of a major renovation in the city's main square. The capsule contains information about the history and life of the ancient city, as well as interesting facts about 2019, the year in which Plovdiv is the European Capital of Culture.

This year, Bulgaria is starting to build a new modern scientific-research laboratory in Antarctica on the place of the existing Bulgarian polar base there. This was announced by Professor Hristo Pimpirev, Director of the National Center for Polar Studies, at the international meeting of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), held in Plovdiv. The event was attended by 175 delegates from 36 countries.

Another protest against the nomination of Ivan Geshev, nominated by all 11 members of the Prosecutorial Board of the Supreme Judicial Council last Monday, gathered hundreds in front of the court building.

Deputy Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev remains the only Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) nomination for Prosecutor General, BGNES reported. According to Justice Minister Danail Kirilov, only one nomination is a historic event.

Bulgaria is the shortest route that connects China with Europe, making our country the most advantageous entry door to China for the European Union. This was stated by Head of State Rumen Radev at a meeting of Dondukov 2 with representatives of Chinese companies involved in the implementation of the One Belt, One Road initiative. The conversation is a continuation of the Bulgarian President's state visit to China in early July this year, on which a number of leading Chinese companies were invited... Читать дальше...

At least 18 people were killed in a small military plane crash. The plane belongs to the Pakistani Army's aviation unit, Nova TV reported. The incident occurred in a residential area in Rawalpindi on Tuesday morning during a routine training flight.

During the period 2018-2019 a total of 4305 employment accidents were registered in Bulgaria. This was stated by the social minister Biser Petkov, BGNES reported.

The main danger for the spread of African swine fever are the backyards. Domestic pigs are released down the streets and to the dunghills where wild pigs go and the infection is transmitted. The executive director of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency Damyan Iliev explained this in the BNT’s Morning Bloc. “People must get accustomed to the fact that if there are backyard diseases in the 20-kilometer sanitary zones, the danger to industrial farms will be extremely high," he further explained.

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov met with the Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus, Demetris Syllouris. During their talks at the Council of Ministers, they both gave an excellent assessment of the Bulgarian-Cypriot relations, which are developing stable, in a spirit of friendship and cooperation since their establishment so far.

Cyber-terrorism accused Ivan Todorov, owner of TAD Group, has returned to Bulgaria this morning with a flight from Istanbul, BTV reported. A week ago, before he received the charge, he left for Canada, explaining that he had a long-planned meeting related to on of his other businesses.

The sale of monthly electronic vignettes for vehicles with a total Maximum authorised mass (MAM) of over 3.5 tonnes has been restored. The service is available in the known channels for the purchase of electronic vignettes - the site www.bgtoll.bg, the mobile application, the terminals for self-charging and at the registers of the regional roads.

The average person living in Europe loses two years of their life to the health effects of breathing polluted air, according to a report published in the European Heart Journal on March 12, quoted by the World Economic Forum. 

More than 100 people have been tested for Hepatitis C on the first day of the campaign at Sofia City Hospital, BNT reported.

The personal data of 106 million people in the United States and Canada were stolen after a hacker attack by a US financial company.