Новости за 26.10.2022

35 illegal migrants were found in a house in Sofia during a police operation. The illegal migrants were caught during an operation of the Metropolitan Directorate of Internal Affairs in the "Banishora" district. They were found in a house on Sofronii Vrachanski Street. ...

The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria adopted a decision approving the project "Acquisition of 8 new F-l6C/D Block 70 aircraft, ammunition, training equipment, maintenance equipment, spare parts, initial maintenance and training for the Bulgarian Air Force". The cabinet also gave the go-ahead to the "Multipurpose Information Distribution System - Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS) and related support and equipment" project. The Government authorizes the Minister of Defense to... Читать дальше...

The Council of Ministers approved a draft Law on Amendments and Supplements to the Law on Cadastre and Land Registry. It provides for the provision of full digitization of the property register maintained by the Registration Agency, by creating electronic batches of real estate and electronic batch files with the registered acts and the documents attached to them. Already in 2000, a legislative reform in the registration system was envisaged by moving from a personal to a real system of registration (not by persons... Читать дальше...

President Rumen Radev began consultations with the parties represented in the parliament before handing over the first mandate to form a cabinet. The representatives of the largest parliamentary force GERB-SDS were invited first to "Dondukov" 2. "I congratulate you on the victory in the elections....

In 1974, Narayana Murthy, who is now the father-in-law of the new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, was arrested in Bulgaria for trying to talk about life in the country with a local couple. Murthy himself, who has been called the "Bill Gates of India," has repeatedly spoken over the years in interviews and at public events about his three-day arrest in the communist country. According to the businessman's story, it was the attitude towards him that made him reconsider the socialist ideas in which he believed at the time. Читать дальше...

The caretaker government approved changes to the Public Procurement Law, which provide for the abolition of in-house procedures in public procurement. This was announced by acting Finance Minister Rositsa Velkova at a briefing in the Council of Ministers. Before the start of the cabinet meeting, Acting Prime Minister Gulab Donev stated that in-house orders have become an emblem of draining funds. ...

The south-eastern Bulgarian region is among the 23 regions in the EU with the smallest share of young people who have completed secondary education, according to Eurostat data for 2021. There, less than three-quarters of the 20- to 24-year-old population have a high school diploma. The Bulgarian south-eastern region - according to the European classification, which divides the territory into 240 statistical regions - includes the districts of Burgas, Yambol, Sliven and Stara Zagora....

The representatives of the taxi industry have received assurances that a 15 percent increase in fares is set in a report that will be considered in the Sofia Municipal Council (SOC) on October 27. The speakers are the chairman of the transport commission Carlos Contrera, its vice-chairman Zafir Zarkov, as well as Ivan Takov, vice-chairman of the finance and budget committee. According to data of the Municipal Directorate "Transport" as of September 1 of this year the number of valid permits for taxi passenger transport is 5,015. Читать дальше...

The Bulgarian government will allocate BGN 20 million for a one-time aid for heating, announced acting Prime Minister Galab Donev. The decision is expected to be taken at the cabinet meeting that has already started, at which a number of legislative texts related to the commitments to receive the second tranche of funds under the Recovery and Sustainability Plan will be voted on. Donev did not specify what the criteria will be for receiving heating aid, but only its parameters: ...

For two years, businesses received significant government support because of the pandemic, but now rising energy and debt service costs, along with general inflationary pressures, are putting the recovery of small and medium-sized businesses at risk, EURACTIV writes. Business bankruptcies, especially SMEs, increased steadily in 2022 and are expected to continue in 2023 across the EU, "due to a weaker economic outlook with high inflation and energy prices, as well as monetary tightening policy and... Читать дальше...

US President Joe Biden has fallen to an all-time low in approval ratings just two weeks before the U.S. midterm elections that will determine the remainder of his term, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed. ...

More than 29,000 people have died on migration routes to Europe since 2014, and 5,000 migrants have died in the last two years alone, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a report published yesterday. The IOM warned of "increasing deaths along migration routes across the Mediterranean, along land borders to Europe and within the continent". According to the report, the deadliest migration route continues to be the Central Mediterranean, where 2,836 migrants have died since... Читать дальше...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has until Friday to close his USD 44 billion Twitter acquisition deal or face a trial, reported CNN Business. The clock is ticking as billionaire Musk has till 5 p.m....

In the United States, gambling regulations are regulated on a state-by-state basis and can vary significantly between jurisdictions. Today, we take a look at Florida & its attitude toward this popular pastime, as well as how other parts of the country compare to Florida in this regard. Online Casino Laws in Florida ...

With 5,949 tests performed over the last 24 hours, 665 new cases (i.e. slightly more than 11% of those tested) of COVID-19 were registered in Bulgaria, according to the data of the Unified Information Portal. ...

On October 26, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors the memory of Saint Demetrius and Prep. Dimitra Dorostolska. Bulgarian celebrate St....

Rugby league legend Jamie Peacock says England reaching the final of the World Cup would be massive for the sport. England are one of the traditional powerhouses in rugby league alongside Australia and New Zealand, but the sport is gaining traction in other regions. Just seven European teams are in this year’s finals including France, Greece and Italy, but organisers hope to welcome more on board in the future. ...