News archive of November 2018

An anonymous social media drive mobilizing middle and high school students to oppose Greece's name deal with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is expected to culminate with protest rallies and school gatherings on Thursday.

Students at a few dozen high schools have already held sit-ins and marches.

An EU official on Nov. 28 said that Turkey is close to completing all criteria for visa-free travel of citizens.

Reggae music, whose calm, lilting grooves found international fame thanks to artists like Bob Marley, on Thursday (Nov 29) won a spot on the United Nations' list of global cultural treasures, reported Channel News Asia.

Bulgarian was sentenced to seven years in prison in Austria after plans for a terrorist attack were discovered, the France press reported, referring to the prosecutor's office, reports Darik. 
 
The 24-year-old man returned from Syria in 2015.
 

The expectations of the experts are 2019 to be stable on the credit market - both in terms of mortgage loans and consumer loans. This was stated by the credit consultant Tihomir Toshev, reported BNT.

Several ferry services were disrupted on Thursday due to gale-force winds up to 10 on the Beaufort scale blowing in the Aegean Sea, the Shipping Ministry said.

All planned services from Rafina port to the Cyclades have been suspended, while the "Adamandios Korais" ferry scheduled to sail to the western Cyclades will remain docked.

After closing the doors at 22.00 last night, today MPs in Parliament will continue  with state budget debates for the next year.

It contains the main financial parameters for 2019, as well as the money for the different ministries.

Wages in the budget sector will increase by 10%, while those of teachers will increase by 20% on average.

The Kosovo prime minister wrote the article published in the US daily, where he presented a series of accusations against Serbia, and claimed that the Serbian president, with Russia's support, was offering Kosovo independence in exchange for a part of Kosovo's territory.

The continuation of the TurkStream pipeline in Europe will be ready for at least a year's delay, Russian Interfax news agency reported.

The reason is the delay in the construction of the respective gas transport infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe.

At today's regular meeting, the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria has approved the investment costs of the projects for the repair of the old Soviet aircraft MiG-29 and Su-25, providing additional BGN 46 million for the first and BGN 82 510 000 million for the Su-25s, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.