News archive of August 2018

316 kilograms were found in 292 packages in a Croatian license plates truck driven by a citizen of Bosnia-Herzegovina, while another truck, with Serbian license plates, carried another 274 kilograms in 253 packages.

The Interior Ministry said that the suspects will be brought before a prosecutor, charged with illegal manufacturing and trafficking of narcotics.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on July 31 congratulated Pakistan's Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan over the phone, sources said.

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos visited the fire-stricken east coast of Attica on Wednesday to inspect the damage caused by last week's deadly blaze and efforts to help those affected.

At least 91 people were killed and scores were injured in Mati, a holiday spot 17 miles east of Athens, when flames fanned by gale-force winds burned down the town.

The biggest item of spending in the "shopping basket" of Bulgarians for 2017 was food according data from an analysis of Eurostat financial characteristics of household consumption in the EU.

In this indicator, our country is in the company of Romania, Latvia and Estonia, where "food" is the most important indicator in household consumption expenditure.

Stocks rose Tuesday as investors welcomed apparent moves by the United States and China to restart trade talks while oil prices slid following an offer by US President Donald Trump to meet with his Iranian counterpart.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), July 31 (SeeNews) - Germany's VOSS Automotive will start production of car parts in Bahovitsa Industrial Park, near the Bulgarian city of Lovech, the municipal government said on Tuesday.

The Council of the EU has recorded here that Bulgaria deposited its instrument of ratification of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement's Protocol on Provisional Application (PPA) with the Council's General Secretariat on 24 July 2018.

In an effort to show that the message from last week's deadly fire in east Attica has been received, the Greek government announced on Tuesday it plans to demolish 3,185 illegal constructions, built in forrests and along the coastline of Attica.

The decision concerns buildings for which final demolition rulings have been issued.

Environmentalists are celebrating after winning a court case over plans to expand a ski resort in one of Bulgaria's national parks.

The scheme, approved by Bulgaria's government late last year, was ruled illegal by the country's special administrative court on Monday.

It was called regarding the situation with organized crime in Serbia and the killing of lawyer Dragoslav Ognjanovic, the Serbian government announced.