Новости за 01.02.2022

The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) announced a yellow and orange warning code for heavy snowfall and snow cover in eight areas of the country on February 2nd. This is what the map shows with the warning codes for dangerous meteorological phenomena, published on the NIMH website.

Cryptocurrencies have become increasingly popular around the world in recent years, and in Bulgaria, it turns out, there is already a store where you can shop for basic necessities and pay with bitcoins.

Ukrainian lawmakers raised flags, in the parliament, of countries that have backed the country, including the United States, Britain and Canada, on Tuesday (February 1st).

Sarajevo's mayor's office shone in the colors of Bulgaria's flag, the first country to recognize Bosnia and Herzegovina's independence 30 years ago, the local daily Dnevni Avaz reported.

As of today - February 1 - the payment of the one-time BGN 75 to the vaccinated pensioners will begin, the National Social Security Institute announced.

Again, a high number of newly infected - every fourth test is positive. As of today, the changed validity of the green certificate when traveling in the European Union comes into force. It will be valid for 9 months after the last dose but remains indefinite for those who have a booster dose.

The EU is talking about securing gas supplies to Europe with several countries, including the United States, Norway, Qatar and Azerbaijan. This was announced today by a spokesman for the European Commission at a press conference in response to questions.

From today, all issued European green certificates for completed vaccination course will be valid for 270 days from the date of the last dose. The change is necessary due to the decision EU 2021/2301 of the European Commission of December 21 last year, which specifies the validity of the certificates and introduces uniform rules for the countries of the European Union (EU). The change covers the issued certificates for completed vaccination course, with both single-dose and two-dose vaccines,... Читать дальше...

Additional US troops on alert in Eastern Europe will not be part of the 8,000 US troops ready to support the NATO Response Force, said Defense Secretary John Kirby.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman had a conversation with Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, the US State Department announced.

Today is the Day of Remembrance and Respect to Victims of the Communist Regime. On this date, February 1st, in 1945, the so-called “People's Court” (Naroden Sad) sentenced regents, deputies, ministers, officers and members of the public to death, and the sentences were carried out on the same day.

This morning, shortly before 8:00 a.m., in the area of the intersection between Burgas streets “Zahari Stoyanov” and “Georgi Panov” traffic police at the OD of the Ministry of Interior in Burgas noticed a crashed vehicle - a truck with a falling board, without a driver.

“Bulgaria is not a target for Russia because there are no strategic weapons on its territory.” This was stated by the Ambassador of Russia Her Excellency Eleonora Mitrofanova on Nova TV.

Bulgargaz EAD submitted its updated application for approval by the EWRC of the price of natural gas for February 2022, including the last requested quantities from customers and reported values ​​of the price-forming components as of 31.01.2022, the supplier announced.

Denmark on Tuesday became the first European Union country to lift all restrictions on Covid-19, AFP reported. The country plans to deal with the lighter variant of Omicron, despite the record number of cases, relying on the high level of vaccination.

How can we not think about the Cold War? Russia and the United States tore apart the UN Security Council on Monday over Russian troops gathered near Ukraine, and Western nations are threatening Russian oligarchs to make them pay for any military escalation.

It will be cloudy today. This was announced for FOCUS News Agency by the weather forecaster on duty from the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology Victoria Kleshtanova.

10,151 are the new cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria for the last 24 hours. 24% of the 42,246 tests performed were positive. 77 out of 100 newly infected people have not been vaccinated, according to data from the Unified Information Portal.