Новости за 13.01.2022

The National Operational Plan for Dealing with COVID-19 was presented today to the Council of Ministers.

"Vazrazhdane" will give the government 10-14 days to come up with a decision on the green certificate. We will insist for its abolishment, and if anyone thinks that we will give up our struggle, then they don’t know me or my party. If the government refuses to comply, there will be another protest. And on it, I guarantee you, we will storm not only the National Assembly but also the Council of Ministers, if necessary." This was announced by the chairman of Political Party "Vazrazhdane" Kostadin... Читать дальше...

The Sofia District Prosecutor's Office has prosecuted a 32-year-old man who “committed hooliganism.”

Telenor Bulgaria CEO Jason King published a letter on the telecom's website to the operator's customers, stating that the company has refused to increase prices with accumulated inflation in 2020 and 2021 and that the increase will be only one percent of the rise in price of life last year

"I have a simple question - if I decide tomorrow to call 500 or 1000 of the people who voted for me and tell them:" Come and storm the parliament illegally, come and push the police, I will pay for your buses, I can give you 40 leva. Isn't it right for the Prosecutor General to ask for my parliamentary immunity, for me to be tried and to be put in prison?"

"There will be a conjunction between Omicron and some flues. Of particular concern is the dominance of the H3N2 influenza virus subtype. It causes a high number of hospitalizations and higher mortality in people over 65 and those with chronic illnesses." This was stated by the virologist from National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) Prof. Nelly Korsun on Nova TV.

Whether you are a terrorist threatening with an explosion or infecting with covid - the difference is not significant. This was stated in a comment by the Bulgarian writer Teodora Dimova, specially made for BGNES Media in connection with the events before the protest yesterday.

"People are not convinced of the measures that are being taken. Political decisions are, in fact, unpopular, soft ones," said Petya Altimirska, an activist and chairman of the KAZHI association, on the Bulgarian National Radio

The Bulgarian Council for Electronic Media (CEM) has circulated a position on the attack on reporters during yesterday's protest against anti-epidemic measures and the Green Certificate.

As a result of the recalculation, there is no pensioner in January with a lower base pension than in December, said the Minister of Labor and Social Policy Georgi Gokov at a hearing in parliament.

In a statement, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov’s Party - "We Continue to Change," described yesterday's protest as a "reckless act of hooliganism."

The Omicron variant is particularly dangerous for the unvaccinated, the World Health Organization has warned. According to the WHO, the global growth of those infected is due to Omicron, which is many times more contagious than the previous dominant strain - Delta, AFP reported.

AstraZeneca announced on Thursday preliminary data from a trial of the company's vaccine against Covid-19 (Vaxzevria), which shows that it generates a higher response to antibodies against the Omicron variant and against other coronavirus variants, including Beta, Delta, Alpha, and Gamma when administered as a third booster dose, Reuters reported.

The French Senate approved tighter restrictions on the unvaccinated in order to stop the fifth wave of COVID-19 in the country, DPA reported.

The forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), led by Russia, began their withdrawal from Kazakhstan today, AFP reported, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Today it will be mostly sunny. This was announced for FOCUS News Agency by the weather forecaster on duty at the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) Boryana Markova.

5,703 new cases have been registered in Bulgaria in the last 24 hours, according to data published in the Unified Information Portal.