News archive of September 2017

A total of 406 illegal immigrants and refugees arrived on the northern Aegean islands from Monday to Friday morning September 29th. The number of those who passed to the islands since September 1st, and were added to those already living there, is 3.519.

From October 1st, paid parking spaces in Sofia will have new working hours from 8:30 to 19:30, the Center for Urban Mobility reports, quoted by bTV. 

On Saturday, the blue zone will work until 6 pm  not until 14 am. From the same date, the extension of the green zone in the regions of Sredets and Lozenets will enter into force.

Tens of thousands more UK citizens applied for citizenship in other EU countries in the 12 months after the Brexit vote than in the previous year, according to data obtained by the BBC.

Ireland received by far the most applications for dual nationality.

But for all the countries that had data covering July 2016 to June 2017, applications have more than doubled.

Deputy Serbian Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic is in Ankara on Friday, the government has announced.

Ljajic traveled to Ankara within "preparations for the upcoming visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the Republic of Serbia."

This week the U.S. celebrated 25 years of Combined Education and Training Programs in Bulgaria with an anniversary reception at the Ministry of Defense's Lozenetz Residence.

US President Donald Trump will travel to five Asian countries in November to participate in regional summits, the White House has announced, quoted by BBC. 

He will visit Japan, China, South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines and the US state of Hawaii for an 11-day trip.

In 1988, the Seoul Summer Olympic Games were held in the Republic of Korea, introducing the Land of the Morning Calm to the world. It was a historic moment for Korea. Ravaged by the Korean War (1950-1953), the country had long been dependent on foreign aid. However, within 30 years, Korea achieved a level of economic growth commonly described as the Miracle on the Han River.

Bulgaria will rely on the support of the European Commission during its Presidency of the Council of the EU'', said Prime Minister Boyko Borisov during his meeting with the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker in Tallinn.

Judicial experts have condemned Serbia's President for blasting a court verdict to send a tycoon for retrail, calling it an example of blatant political pressure on an already weak judiciary.

Appeal Court Judge Misa Majic said politicians commenting on ongoing court cases had become routine practice in Serbia, but it was wrong.

The fact that everyone acknowledges the need for Europe to create its own institutions, so it is not necessary to invite new institutions to support its needs, is very positive, stated Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras upon his arrival to the EU Summit meeting taking place in Tallinn, Esthonia.