Section: Novinite (Bulgaria)
NSI: 9.1% Increase in Foreigners Visits in Bulgaria
In January 2020, 423.1 thousand Bulgarian residents made trips abroad, or by 5.1% more than those in January 2019. An increase was observed in the total number of the trips of Bulgarians to: Turkey – by 15.7%, Italy – by 11.1%, Serbia – by 9. 8%, Austria – by 6.7%, the United Kingdom – by 6. 4%, Republic of North...
Ukraine Returns to the Eurovision Contest
Ukraine returns to Eurovision after missing the song contest last year, DPA reported. The country plans to send the band Go_A to Rotterdam in May. Over the weekend, the group won the competition to represent Ukraine with the song “Solovey.” five performers. In 2019, Ukraine canceled its Eurovision appearance in Tel Aviv, Israel,...
Two People Died from COVID-19 in Iran
Two Iranians have died in hospital after being infected with the new coronavirus in the holy Shi’ite city, Iranian Mehr news agency quoted Reuters as saying. The University of Medical Sciences said that this morning the two patients tested positive for the virus and subsequently died of respiratory disease. A spokesman for the Iranian...
Trump Fired Deputy Defense Secretary, who Approved Military Aid for Ukraine
US President Donald Trump has fired Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs John Rood, the Associated Press and TASS reported. A senior official confirmed last year that Ukraine has made sufficient progress in fighting corruption to merit the release of $ 250 million from Congress by the Trump administration in a conflict with...
Officially! Lauda Launches Flights from Burgas in March
The low cost airline Lauda launches flights from Burgas to Vienna in March. The first flight is on March 31st this year. There will be flights twice a week, according to Fraport, a Burgas airport operator. Up to now, six new destinations have been requested – the three cities Lviv, Kharkiv and Vinnytsia in Ukraine, Rostov in Russia and...
Jens Stoltenberg: The US Military Exercise in Europe is not Directed against Russia
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg assured today that the upcoming major US military exercise in Europe is not aimed at Russia, AFP reported. Exercise “Defender-Europe 20” will be the largest American transatlantic military deployment in 25 years. About 37,000 troops from 18 countries will take part in the May and June maneuvers,...
A Strong Earthquake Hit Eastern Romania, it was also felt in Bulgaria
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale was registered in eastern Romania, in the Vrancea region. The earthquakes was recorded in 3.26 am local time in Vrancea. The epicentre of the earthquake was at a depth of 140 kilometers. There is no information on casualties or property damage. The earthquake was felt throughout Romania, Moldova,...
BNR: Turkish Stream has Delivered 460 Million Cubic Meters of Gas to Turkish-Bulgarian Border
Since January 1, when Russian gas sales to Turkey and Europe started, the Turkish Stream pipeline has delivered 1 billion cubic meters of gas, BNR reported. About 54% of this volume was aimed for the Turkish market, and about 46% was delivered to the Turkish-Bulgarian border, Russian Energy Company Gazprom has informed. Turkish Stream is planned...
6.4% More Foreigners’ Visits to Bulgaria in December 2019
In December 2019, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 673.4 thousand or by 8.6% more in comparison with December 2018. An increase in the trips with all observed purposes was registered: ‘others’ (including as guest and passing transit) – by 9.9%, ‘professional’ – by 8.0% and ‘holiday and...
Iran has Requested Assistance from the US and France to Read the Ukrainian Plane’s Black Boxes on its Territory
Iran has said it has asked the US and French authorities to help them decrypt the information from the black boxes of the Ukrainian jetliner that was accidentally shot down, which has provoked anger in countries demanding the data to be analyzed abroad, Reuters reports. Canada, 57 of which citizens are among the 176 people killed in the crash,...
