News archive of April 2019

The Bulgarian NRA will Investigate 400 People without Income - Buying Luxury Goods

400 people are targeted for tax investigation because of heavy spending without reporting income, bTV reported.

The NRA inspectors will check the holders of luxury goods worth more than BGN 30,000 who do not appear as recipients of income at all and therefore did not pay any taxes in 2018.

During the Easter Holidays: 68 Vehicle Crashes with Two Dead and 98 Injured

Unfortunately, these holiday days did not go without road accidents. There are a total of 68 crashes involving 98 injured and two perished. Six other people are at risk for life. This was stated by the Inspector General Ilia Georgiev of the Traffic Police in relation to the traffic situation and the safe travel in the last days of the holidays.

Lowest Hourly Labour Costs Are Recorded in Bulgaria

Hourly labor costs in the EU member states were characterized by a huge gap in 2018, with the residents of the richest country of the bloc, Denmark, receiving about 43 euro () per hour, and the citizens of its poorest member, Bulgaria, getting only 5.4 euros hourly, a report released by Eurostat.

The EC Refused to Comment on the Case with the Bulgarian Guest Houses

The European Commission refused to comment on the case of the Bulgarian guest houses built with funds from European funds as private villas, BNR reported.
 
Speaker Daniel Rosario said that an investigation into these cases is currently underway in Bulgaria, and it is precisely this that needs to answer the problem.

No Injuries after a Piece of Concrete Falls on Sidewalk in Sofia City Centre

A piece of concrete from a private building fell on the sidewalk at the intersection of Graf Ignatiev St. and Shesti Septemvri St., Sofia Municipality Public Order and Security Director Krasimir Dimitrov told Focus News Agency. The incident was reported at 9.10 in the morning. There were no injuries or material damage.

Trump, Erdogan discuss working group on Russian S-400 missile system

US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on Monday discussed a Turkish proposal to strike a joint working group on its planned purchase of a Russian S-400 missile defense system, the Turkish Presidency said.

Vucic in Berlin: Media campaign, arguing with Albanians

Vucic, when asked about the campaign in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) media, deliberately launched ahead of the meeting in Berlin, noticed that this was an established media recipe, where something is first invented, and then "elaborated" in regional media, to the detriment of Serbia, to then state:

1,800 People Visit Pirogov Hospital During Easter Holidays

1,800 people have sought medical help in the emergency department of University Hospital Pirogov since April 26, the institution said, quoted by NOVA TV.

Its teams had difficult shifts in the Easter holidays. Of those 1,800 people, 260 had to remain in the hospital. The number of admitted patients with no health insurance was 15.

Erdoğan, Trump hold phone call

In a phone call on April 29, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump discuss a proposal for the working group on S-400 Russian air defense system, according to a statement by the Turkish presidency.

Grigor Dimitrov Dropped Out with Six More Places in the World Rankings

Our best tennis player is already No. 49 in the world rankings of ATP.
The best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov fell with six more places and is now № 49 in the world ranking of ATP, BTA reported.

Dimitrov lost in the third round of the Barcelona tournament last week and failed to defend his position from the quarterfinals in the race a year earlier.

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