News archive of November 2018

A 58-year-old man who had gone missing since October 30 in a region of the Sithonia peninsula in Halkidiki, northern Greece, was found dead on Thursday.

According to police, the man was fatally injured when the tractor he was operating overturned at a rural road near the village of Metagitsi.

The family of the farmer had alerted authorities on his disappearance on Tuesday. 

Divers on Nov. 1 recovered a flight data recorder from the crashed Lion Air jet on the seafloor, a crucial development in the investigation into what caused the 2-month-old plane to plunge into Indonesian seas earlier this week, killing all 189 people on board.

A mobile team of border police and customs officers seized a package of bank card sklimming devices transported by car to a country from Western Europe, the Ministry of Interior announced on 31st iof October, reports BNT. 

Bulgaria's Parliament established a Cyber Security Council with the Council of Ministers following the final adoption of the new Cyber Security Act. The chair of the council will be one of the Deputy Prime Ministers, who will be appointed by the Prime Minister, repors BNT. 

From 1st of November, the green area for paid parking in Sofia will be extended by additional 5,500 spaces. The extension of the zone is made at the request of the citizens and is expected to ease parking, reports BNT. 

"The crossing of the state border, beside Beckovic, has also been denied to historians Cedomir Antic and Aleksandar Rakovic, as well as Serbian politician and lawyer Dejan Mirovic," the daily Dan was told by the Border Police.

Syrian Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini was in Buenos Aires a few weeks ago, where she was named a role model in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games.

The Chairman of the Agency for Bulgarians Abroad is accused of leading an organised criminal group, bribery and trading in influence, prosecutor Angel Kanev who oversees the investigation said at a briefing, Focus News Agency reports. The criminal activity began in June 2017.

An increasing number of customers prefer to buy offal, which is a much cheaper form of red meat, shopkeepers at the Butcher's Market in Turkey's southern province of Adana have said.

The procedure for the selection of an investor for the Belene NPP project has been developed, some minor details still need refinement, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova told reporters after taking part in a meeting of the Energy Security Council at the Council of Ministers, Focus News Agency has reported.