BGNES

The Bulgarian government sees no alternative to Russian gas supplies to Europe and is ready to examine the terms of receiving deliveries via Turkish Stream, according to Deputy Prime Minister Ivaylo Kalfin.

In 20 work days, since December 4, the Bulgarian Deposit Insurance Fund (BDIF) has paid off 90% of the insured deposits at the Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB, Corpbank), or BGN 3 250 000 000, according to BDIF Chair Radoslav Milenkov.

Bulgaria guarantees bank deposits of up to EUR 100 000.

The first snow has fallen in the western and northern parts of Bulgaria overnight.

Temperatures early this morning were between 0 and 7 degrees Celsius, in the southeast and along the seaside - up to 10-12 °. Temperatures are expected to drop in the afternoon when they will be between -1 ° and 4 °, at the seaside up to 9-10 °.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale was registered in northern Greece, early Saturday.

The quake occurred at 3.16 a.m. some 20 km from the northwestern city of Arta, and 249 km northeast of the capital Athens, Bulgarian news agency BGNES informs.

No damages or victims have been reported.

Bulgaria and Romania will sign a Memorandum of Understanding to implement feasibility studies on the construction of two new bridges over the Danube River, Transport Minister Nikolina Angelkova said, Tuesday.

The facilities will connect Nikopol with Turnu Magurele, and Silistra with Calarasi, Bulgaria's news agency BGNES reports.