News archive of November 2018

The government announced it has granted BGN 18 799 067 for the construction of "Arena Burgas". The funds will be used to complete the construction of the hall.

The railway station in Stara Zagora will be modernized with BGN 11 mln. This was announced by the Minister of Transport Rossen Zhelyazkov, who announced the start of the project, announced the press center of the agency, reports Dnevnik. 

Three companies - "Ber-Hella Thermocontrol", "Axidia" and "Turbo Garant" will invest over BGN 36 mln and will open nearly 400 jobs in Bulgaria. They received investment certificates under the Investor Encouragement Act by Emil Karanikolov, Minister of Economy, announced the Ministry of Economy.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said at a solemn meeting in Alba Iulia on Thursday that that is "probably the most exciting moment" of the incumbent government, adding that public policies will continue to be implemented in the service the country and to the benefit of the citizens.

Georgia has elected ruling party candidate Salome Zurabishvili as its first woman president, final results showed Thursday, but the opposition claimed fraud, reports AFP. 

With all votes counted, the French-born ex-diplomat had taken 59.52 percent of the vote in Wednesday's second round run-off, the election commission said.

The Pristina newspaper says that Nedeljko Spasojevic, one of the suspects, allowed other members of the group to leave the crime scene using a police car.

Koha Ditore writes that evidence was found on three Serbs arrested by Rosz linking them wih a fourth person connected to Ivanovic's murder.

The epic tales of Dede Qorqud, passed on for centuries by the Oghuz Turks, have been added to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

A bus was caught on fire in the area of 26-27 km from Trakia highway in the direction of Sofia, reports Nova TV. 

The signal was filed shortly after 10:00 am this morning, the Ministry of Interior announced.

Initial information says the fire started from the rear section of the bus. Passengers are safe.

A fire team came on the spot.

Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, and Thaci "reviewed the latest developments in the context of the EU facilitated Dialogue for normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia."

Greece's anti-money-laundering authority has confiscated Folli Follie's property assets, according to sources, in a move that torpedoes the streamlining plan being debated with the troubled jewelry maker's creditors.