Новости за 30.11.2022

If the Netherlands continues to oppose the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen, it may not get the leadership post of the European border control agency Frontex. This is written by the Dutch newspaper Algemeen dagblad ", quoted by BTA. General Hans Leijtens will today present his candidacy for the head of Frontex to the European Parliament....

Croatian citizens will be able to purchase from tomorrow an initial package of euro coins, which will contain 33 euro coins with Croatian national symbols worth 13.28 euros, which will be worth one hundred kunas, announced the Croatian National Bank (HNB). One month before the introduction of the euro as the official currency in the Republic of Croatia, citizens have the opportunity to purchase initial packs of euro coins....

42 foreign citizens without documents were found in a truck during a check by police officers, announced the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Sliven. The truck with Plovdiv registration was stopped for inspection late at night in the Nova Zagora village of Karanovo. A task force has been dispatched to the scene. ...

The number and share of jobs in highly knowledge-intensive companies in Bulgaria decreased in 2020, but in 2021 Bulgaria returned to its long-term trend of growth of brain business jobs.   Sofia remains a strong knowledge-region of Europe, ahead of cities such as Vienna and Brussels. The Geography of Europe's Brain Business Jobs: 2022 Index, from ECEPR, with support from Nordic Capital, measures the share of the working age population across Europe employed in highly knowledge-intensive enterprises, in 31 countries and 284 regions. Читать дальше...

More than half a million Bulgarian citizens were not counted in the population census in 2021, according to data of the National Statistical Institute from the control studies to verify the accuracy of the registered data and the completeness of the scope of the monitoring units. NSI announced their results today. Correlating the data to the total population shows that the uncounted are between 573....

"Bulgaria is a strategic partner and ally of the United States," said the new US ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, Kenneth Merten, during his Senate hearing. "Bulgaria is a strategic partner and ally of the United States. Since joining NATO in 2004, Bulgaria has consistently demonstrated its commitment to the Alliance....

Additional funds from the budget of the Ministry of Social Affairs will be allocated today by the caretaker government in order to pay the one-time heating allowance of BGN 400 in December. They apply to 50,000 households that did not receive approval for targeted support. It is also expected that the municipalities will be allocated funds for preventing, controlling and overcoming the consequences of disasters, as well as for the purchase of school buses, as well as for the repair of schools, kindergartens and nurseries. Читать дальше...

InterContinental Sofia received a new prestigious distinction. The Foundation for Environmental Education handed over the Green key certificate to the Area General Manager of the Balkans and InterContinental Sofia, Mr. Zuccala....

France could face power shortages if the winter turns cold. This was stated yesterday by government spokesman Olivier Veran, quoted by DPA and BTA. "It can happen that electricity production and demand cannot fully balance during few very cold days," Veran pointed out. ...

The new cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria for the past 24 hours are 163 with 3,496 tests performed (4.66% positive), according to the data from the Unified Information Portal. In the last 24 hours, six people diagnosed with Covid-19 have died. ...

Over the next 24 hours, it will remain mostly cloudy over the country. Light rain will fall in many places, mainly in southern Bulgaria, and light snow in the Pre-Balkans. During the day, mainly in the Danube Plain and Dobrudja, precipitation will temporarily stop....

In Sofia, in front of the building of the National Assembly, a CITU (Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria) protest began. Unionists are demanding higher wages. The participants came and hour before the protest, announced for 9 o'clock, in front of the official entrance of the parliament and waited for the deputies who were coming to work to hand them their demands. ...

In the past couple of years, it seems that there are more options than ever when it comes to trading. In this context, one form of trading that is gaining speed is CFD trading which can be explained as the method of speculating on the underlying price of an asset – like shares, indices, commodities, forex and more. This type of derivative has gained so much attention as it means that the trader is not required to own any underlying assets....