Linguistics

Oscar Wilde is undoubtedly one of the greatest writers and poets ever to have lived. Most people associate his name with Dorian Gray's Portrait, but there are also many of his works that have not been as popular as they deserve.

Saudi Arabia is interested in boosting trade with Bulgaria, said Deputy Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Dr. Aabed Al-Saadoun at a meeting with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov.

The gathering will be held in Paris November 25-26, the government has announced.

The theme of this year's conference is "New economies: blue economy, green economy - new generators of wealth creation, social inclusion and sustainable development."

A Japanese railway operator has issued a deep apology for the "tremendous nuisance" caused by a train departing 20 seconds early, surprising even a nation renowned for both punctuality and politeness.

There are fewer young doctors are in our country. More than half of the medics in Bulgaria are over 55 years old, bTV reports.

The working doctors in Bulgaria are about 28 thousand. Only 3,200 of them are under the age of 35, and more than 20% are medics over 60 years of age. There are also some in their 70s and 80s, and we continue to count on on them, adds bTV.

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree to change the Kazakh language from Cyrillic to Latin, the head of state said today. "There is a Latin script on the alphabet of the Kazakh language," he says. The government has been planning to set up a commission to draw up a schedule for moving to Latin from 2025. Control will be exercised by the administration of the president.

The Greek prime minister's visit to the United States is without doubt important. Relations between the two countries are in a very good place and have been for some years now, especially since the obsessive anti-American sentiment that dominated much of Greek politics in the aftermath of the 1967-73 military dictatorship became a thing of the past.

A little over BGN 300,000 will cost the oral and written translations for the need of the National Assembly for a period of 24 months or BGN 150,000 per year. This is understood as a procedure - a public competition which the parliamentary administration launched on Friday, reported BGNES.

A young lad from the city of Volos caleld Thanasis has gone viral on the internet after stealing the show on the TV reality talent production “Greece’s Got Talent” on Skai TV. The young man appears on stage in a very relaxed and easygoing manner immediately winning over the three judges with his demeanour.

Croatia's centre-right government on Thursday caved in to protests and withdrew a draft proposal for a new law defining the family that had infuriated activists.

Civil society groups welcomed the backdown - but said they were far from reassured and demanded to know who had been responsible for the wording.