ARCHIVE - 12 May 2017

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Business

The Village of Belozem Hosts 12th Edition of White Stork Festival
Finance Ministry Foresees Increasing Minimum Wage to BGN 510 From Jan 2018
Government Proclaims Its Mid-Term Budget Forecast
Bulgaria May Fall Short of Forecast 3% Growth Next Year
Bulgaria Attracted Record Number of Tourists from Abroad Last Year
Hotel Accommodations Increased By 5.5% In March
Valeri Simeonov Against Wild Camping, Won’t Permit It By This Governance

Politics

Superintendant Ivaylo Ivanov Is The New SDIA’s Director
Protest in front of The Ministry of Justice To Be Held Today
Special Commission To Investigate Allegations of Frauds in US Presidential elections
Vladimir Putin And Boyko Borisov Discuss Bilateral Relations on a Telephone Conversation
Sofia Opposes Any Border Changes Across Southeast Europe
Veselin Mareshki From Volya Gave Up His MP Immunity
First Parliamentary Monitoring With Only One Minister To Be Held Today
Vezdi Rashidov, GERB: No One Is Married To The Power
Miroslav Nenkov To Become The Deputy Minister of Health

Society

Bulgaria, Latvia, And Lithuania – The Countries With The Lowest Life Expectancy in EU
Kristian Kostov Goes To The Eurovision Finals
Small Earthquake Near Devin
The Temperatures Go Up Between 22°-27°
The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games Kick Off In Baku
Unknown Attacks Bank in Austria
Explosion Outside Post Office in Central Rome
Attempted Suicide Blocked Sofia Subway

World

Final Push on Syria's Raqa in Early Summer
Explosion Outside Post Office in Central Rome (Updated)
Merkel to Host Macron For Talks on Monday
Serbia Moves Migrants From Makeshift Belgrade Camps

Business

The Village of Belozem Hosts 12th Edition of White Stork Festival

The village of Belozem in South Bulgaria hosts for a 12th year in a row the White Stork Festival, unveiled this Saturday, according to BNR.

Business | May 12, 2017, Friday // 16:25

Finance Ministry Foresees Increasing Minimum Wage to BGN 510 From Jan 2018

The government foresees increasing the minimum wage from BGN 460 to BGN 510 as of January 1, 2018, to BGN 560 as of January 1, 2019 and to BGN 610 as of January 1, 2020.

Business » Finance | May 12, 2017, Friday // 18:33

Government Proclaims Its Mid-Term Budget Forecast

The financial ministry has proclaimed its draft mid-term budget forecast up till 2020.

Business » Finance | May 12, 2017, Friday // 16:57

Bulgaria May Fall Short of Forecast 3% Growth Next Year

''Bulgaria may fail to achieve even the forecast economic growth of around 3% in 2018'', said the economist Krasen Stanchev, according to FOCUS Radio’s Good Morning Bulgaria.

Business » Finance | May 12, 2017, Friday // 16:40

Bulgaria Attracted Record Number of Tourists from Abroad Last Year

‘’An enormous amount of work has been done with record results.

Business » Tourism | May 12, 2017, Friday // 16:05

Hotel Accommodations Increased By 5.5% In March

In March 2017, the overnight stays in hotels are altogether 782.

Business » Tourism | May 12, 2017, Friday // 11:38

Valeri Simeonov Against Wild Camping, Won’t Permit It By This Governance

The prime minister of demographic and economic policy, Valeri Simeonov announced on BNT that he is against the wild camping, and he will not permit it to happen by the current governance, reported Dnevnik.

Business » Tourism | May 12, 2017, Friday // 11:23

Politics

Superintendant Ivaylo Ivanov Is The New SDIA’s Director

The Minister of Internal Affairs Valentin Radev hired as a Director of the Sofia Directorate of Internal Affairs (SDIA) the superintendant Ivaylo Ivanov, according to BGNES.

Politics | May 12, 2017, Friday // 12:22

Protest in front of The Ministry of Justice To Be Held Today

A wreath of rotten apples will be put outside the Ministry of Justice this morning, as a gift for the hard fight for preservation of the organized crime, reported BGNES.

Politics | May 12, 2017, Friday // 08:55

Special Commission To Investigate Allegations of Frauds in US Presidential elections

A special commission is going to investigate the allegations of frauds in the U.

Politics | May 12, 2017, Friday // 08:13

Vladimir Putin And Boyko Borisov Discuss Bilateral Relations on a Telephone Conversation

The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin wished Prime Minister Boyko Borisov a successful 3rd term of office in a telephone conversation between the two, the government press service has announced, quoted by BNR.

Politics » Diplomacy | May 12, 2017, Friday // 15:39

Sofia Opposes Any Border Changes Across Southeast Europe

Bulgaria opposes any change of borders within Southeast Europe and it supports the territorial integrity of the Republic of Macedonia, the foreign ministry states, quoted by BNR.

Politics » Defense | May 12, 2017, Friday // 17:57

Veselin Mareshki From Volya Gave Up His MP Immunity

Veselin Mareshki from Bulgarian political party Volya has given up his MP immunity.

Politics » Domestic | May 12, 2017, Friday // 14:13

First Parliamentary Monitoring With Only One Minister To Be Held Today

Today is to be held the first parliamentary monitoring for the ministers in the “Borisov 3” cabinet.

Politics » Domestic | May 12, 2017, Friday // 10:35

Vezdi Rashidov, GERB: No One Is Married To The Power

"Everything has an end.

Politics » Domestic | May 12, 2017, Friday // 10:02

Society

Bulgaria, Latvia, And Lithuania – The Countries With The Lowest Life Expectancy in EU

The Bulgarian average life expectancy, investigated for the period 2014-2016, is 74.

Society | May 12, 2017, Friday // 12:10

Kristian Kostov Goes To The Eurovision Finals

The Bulgarian’s Representative of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 goes to the Finals this Saturday after his last night’s performance on the stage, reported BNR.

Society | May 12, 2017, Friday // 07:37

Small Earthquake Near Devin

A 2.

Society » Environment | May 12, 2017, Friday // 09:39

The Temperatures Go Up Between 22°-27°

The atmospheric pressure will decrease, and get lower than the average for the month.

Society » Environment | May 12, 2017, Friday // 07:58

The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games Kick Off In Baku

The Islamic Solidarity Games is a multinational, multi-sport event held by the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF).

Society » Culture | May 12, 2017, Friday // 16:44

Unknown Attacks Bank in Austria

An unknown person attacked a bank in the Austrian city Erpfendorf, Tirol, he might have taken hostages inside, reported BGNES, announced from APA Agency.

Society » Incidents | May 12, 2017, Friday // 13:07

Explosion Outside Post Office in Central Rome

An explosion happened outside a post office in Rome, reported the Independent.

Society » Incidents | May 12, 2017, Friday // 11:49

Attempted Suicide Blocked Sofia Subway

An attempted suicide blocked the subway transport in Sofia last night, reported BNR.

Society » Incidents | May 12, 2017, Friday // 08:28

World

Final Push on Syria's Raqa in Early Summer

A US-backed alliance of Arabs and Kurds will launch their final assault on the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqqa in early summer, a commander said on Friday, AFP reported.

World | May 12, 2017, Friday // 16:26

Explosion Outside Post Office in Central Rome (Updated)

A rudimentary explosive device has exploded between parked vehicles outside a post office in Rome, causing no injuries but damaging a car, according to the Guardian.

World | May 12, 2017, Friday // 15:48

Merkel to Host Macron For Talks on Monday

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will host Emmanuel Macron for talks in Berlin on Monday, a day after the new French president is due to take office, AFP reported.

World » EU | May 12, 2017, Friday // 17:27

Serbia Moves Migrants From Makeshift Belgrade Camps

Serbian authorities moved hundreds of migrants from dilapidated buildings in the center of Belgrade to special reception centers on Friday, ending a months-long standoff, Anadolu News Agency reported.

World » Southeast Europe | May 12, 2017, Friday // 18:21
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