ARCHIVE - 9 March 2018

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Business

FT: Trump Adopts Steel Tariffs but Opens Door to Exemptions

Politics

Sergei Lavrov: Russia Hopes the Meeting Between Trump and Kim Jong-un will Happen
Trump Agrees to Meet with North Korea's Kim Jong-un for Nuclear Talks
GERB and EPP Open a Campaign for the European Elections in Sofia
The EU Budget will be Discussed in Sofia
Night Transport in Sofia Starts from Easter

Society

Turkish MPs got into Physical Altercation Because of the Operation in Afrin
Tomorrow Prison Staff go to a National Protest
Sun and High Temperatures over the Weekend, Next Week - Clouds and Rain
Sofia University will Create its own Educational TV Network
Eggs from a Poultry Farm in General Toshevo will be Withdrawn from the Stores
The Death of a Pregnant Woman in a Hospital in Kardzhali is being Investigated
A Part of the National Library's Facade Fell (Video)

Sports

Former No. 7 in the World is Dimitrov's First Rival in Indian Wells

Crime

A Suicide Bombing in Kabul took at Least Seven Victims

World

Canadian Doctors Protest a Large Increase in their Wages
Over EUR 10 Billion of Gaddafi's Frozen Assets Disappeared in Belgium
The Turkish Court Sent 25 Journalists to Jail
The World Championship for Tattooing - 420 Artists from 40 Countries (Video)
Saudi Crown Heir has Included Turkey in the "Triangle of Evil"
Theresa May: If it Turns out that Russia was Involved in the Poisoning of the Former Spy, Britain will Respond
80 Million Europeans have Never Used the Internet

Novinite Insider

Rositsa Kratunkova: Bulgaria (not) only for Bulgarians

Business

FT: Trump Adopts Steel Tariffs but Opens Door to Exemptions

Donald Trump formally adopted new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports on Thursday while allowing US allies to apply for exemptions, a sign of growing concern in Washington that the president was alienating America’s closest international partners.

Business | March 9, 2018, Friday // 09:14

Politics

Sergei Lavrov: Russia Hopes the Meeting Between Trump and Kim Jong-un will Happen

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday hailed a proposed meeting between US president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as "a step in the right direction".

Politics | March 9, 2018, Friday // 15:57

Trump Agrees to Meet with North Korea's Kim Jong-un for Nuclear Talks

President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by May, setting in motion the most significant development in years of intermittent negotiations about North Korea's nuclear weapons program, reports CNBC.

Politics » Diplomacy | March 9, 2018, Friday // 09:08

GERB and EPP Open a Campaign for the European Elections in Sofia

The European People's Party (EPP) and GERB today open the campaign for the upcoming European elections in 2019.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | March 9, 2018, Friday // 10:28

The EU Budget will be Discussed in Sofia

European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources Günther Oettinger will take part today in the high-level conference in Sofia, whose main topic is the EU budget.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | March 9, 2018, Friday // 10:14

Night Transport in Sofia Starts from Easter

Four night bus lines will cross Sofia from April 7 - a day before Easter.

Politics » Domestic | March 9, 2018, Friday // 16:15

Society

Turkish MPs got into Physical Altercation Because of the Operation in Afrin

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Kurdish-defending Democratic People's Party (NPD) exchanged blows during talks on a Turkish-run operation in the northwest Syrian Afrin region, reported Turkish edition Hurryiet.

Society | March 9, 2018, Friday // 10:50

Tomorrow Prison Staff go to a National Protest

A second national protest of prison staff and judicial guards will take place tomorrow in Sofia.

Society | March 9, 2018, Friday // 10:06

Sun and High Temperatures over the Weekend, Next Week - Clouds and Rain

On weekends and partly on Monday, we should expect nice weather, mostly sunny, with rising daily temperatures.

Society » Environment | March 9, 2018, Friday // 16:23

Sofia University will Create its own Educational TV Network

10 years after its launch, the University TV "Alma Mater" is about to become a true TV network dedicated exclusively to education and culture, reports sega.

Society » Education | March 9, 2018, Friday // 12:16

Eggs from a Poultry Farm in General Toshevo will be Withdrawn from the Stores

Eggs from the poultry farm in General Toshevo, where avian influenza was detected, are being withdrawn from the commercial network in Varna and the province, BNT reported.

Society » Health | March 9, 2018, Friday // 16:01

The Death of a Pregnant Woman in a Hospital in Kardzhali is being Investigated

A 23-year-old woman died on Friday morning in the obstetric-gynecological department of the Kardzhali hospital, the hospital reported.

Society » Incidents | March 9, 2018, Friday // 16:12

A Part of the National Library's Facade Fell (Video)

A piece of frieze on the visor broke of the National Library "St.

Society » Incidents | March 9, 2018, Friday // 16:07

Sports

Former No. 7 in the World is Dimitrov's First Rival in Indian Wells

Fernando Verdasco (Spain) is the first rival of Grigor Dimitrov in the Tennis Masters Series in Indian Wells (US $ 7.

Sports | March 9, 2018, Friday // 10:40

Crime

A Suicide Bombing in Kabul took at Least Seven Victims

A suicide bomber exploded in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least seven people, Reuters reported.

Crime | March 9, 2018, Friday // 15:37

World

Canadian Doctors Protest a Large Increase in their Wages

Over 700 doctors and healthcare professionals from the Canadian province of Quebec have joined a protest petition against the increase in their own wages agreed by local trade unions.

World | March 9, 2018, Friday // 15:51

Over EUR 10 Billion of Gaddafi's Frozen Assets Disappeared in Belgium

Authorities in Belgium have discovered the disappearance of 10 billion euros of frozen Libyan assets kept in the Euroclear Bank during the period 2013 to 2017, according to the Le Vif magazine.

World | March 9, 2018, Friday // 15:42

The Turkish Court Sent 25 Journalists to Jail

A court in Istanbul sentenced 25 journalists to different terms of imprisonment - up to seven and a half years - on allegations of ties to the group, blamed as organizer of a failed coup d'état in 2016Twenty-three of the journalists were convicted of memb

World | March 9, 2018, Friday // 11:05

The World Championship for Tattooing - 420 Artists from 40 Countries (Video)

This year it is not only the World Football Cup, but also the World Tattooing Championship.

World | March 9, 2018, Friday // 10:56

Saudi Crown Heir has Included Turkey in the "Triangle of Evil"

Saudi Arabia's mighty crown heir Prince Mohammed bin Salman has included Turkey in the "triangle of evil" along with radical Islamist groups and Iran, the electronic edition of the Greek newspaper Protothema reports.

World | March 9, 2018, Friday // 10:21

Theresa May: If it Turns out that Russia was Involved in the Poisoning of the Former Spy, Britain will Respond

Britain will respond appropriately if evidence is found that Moscow has sponsored the poisoning of the former Russian spy and his daughter in southern England, UK Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday, Reuters reports.

World | March 9, 2018, Friday // 10:02

80 Million Europeans have Never Used the Internet

Women in the new technologies sector are just under 20%, Europe's commissioner for digital economy and society, Maria Gabriel, said citing a new study by the European Commission.

World » EU | March 9, 2018, Friday // 15:27

Novinite Insider

Rositsa Kratunkova: Bulgaria (not) only for Bulgarians

At this year’s summit of G20, the newly elected French president Emanuel Macron stated that the problem with the slow economic development of Africa was civilizational.

Novinite Insider » Opinions | March 9, 2018, Friday // 14:20
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