Neuropsychology

The Ministry of the Interior has announced a public procurement contract for the purchase of 4165 cartridges for small-scale devices to check the use of drugs by drivers. Reports Sega. 

The value of the order is over BGN 115 000 without VAT. 2000 cartridges have to be delivered to the Traffic Police authorities within 60 days of the conclusion of the contract.

Have you ever thought about what life would be like without the internet? Given the volume of time people spend immersed in their smartphones, iPads and laptops, an unconnected life is pretty hard to imagine these days.

A female suspect (30), who was among five detained in a police operation against a drug gang on Aug. 24, has been determined to be a kindergarten teacher at a private school.

The suspect had been undertaking in courier services for the drug gang, according to police records.

Hotel managers, members of the Union of Owners in Sunny Beach, requested an urgent working meeting with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and representatives of all institutions involved with Bulgarian tourism. This became clear from a letter to the media from the Union of Owners in the resort, reported bTV. 

Photo: Tanjug, Z. Zestic

President of the Serbian Commission for Missing Persons Veljko Odalovic says there are still 10,600 persons listed as missing in the region.

"Time is not an ally in solving the issue," he remarked.

Officers of the Greek Police's cyber crimes squad have traced four members of an international racket believed to have sold illegal drugs, including heroin and ecstasy pills, online to customers in Greece, sources said Thursday.

Greek authorities have arrested a man for receiving illegal drugs through the mail with intent to sell them to others.

Officers of the Greek Police's anti-narcotics unit began investigating a 66-year-old Polish native after Belgian authorities alerted them to two suspicious packages destined for an address in the Athens neighborhood of Dafni.

An additional 7.8 percent special consumption tax has been added for alcoholic beverages in July, automatically in line with Turkey's producer price index in the first half of the year.

The government announced last week that tobacco products would not see any tax hike in the second half of the year over inflationary concerns, but it did not mention alcoholic beverages.

Music has always been the language of intense emotion: we use it to mark great victories, mourn the passing of monarchs and loved ones alike, and soundtrack our relationships. Life without it is, for most of us, almost unthinkable. But why does it touch us so deeply?

New research suggests bouts of forgetfulness could be caused by a safety mechanism in the brain designed to make sure we’re not overloaded with information. In other words, it’s a healthy part of the brain’s operation.