Technology assessment

Global spending on Internet of Things products is forecast to reach $1.1 trillion next year

Bulgaria is becoming the first country in the world with a system for monitoring the vital parameters of patients with COVID-19 at home

The Military Medical Academy now has its own system for monitoring patients at home. It is developed by the Bulgarian IoT company Allterco Robotics and is an innovative oximeter for monitoring vital parameters.

The Greek Film Academy's annual Golden Nights festival returns to the Astor cinema with a selection of 35 short films from different parts of the world that were awarded last year by their respective countries' academies.

The European Commission urged today Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Lithuania, Malta, Slovenia, Spain and the UK to fulfill their reporting obligations on the status of marine waters.

New loan issues by local lenders will become harder from January as they must adhere to strict risk assessment criteria. Meanwhile Morgan Stanley has warned that the price Greek banks will pay for slashing their bad loans will be major reductions in their stock values.

The environmental impact assessment (EIA) report that led the way to fish farming on the shores of the western province of İzmir's Seferihisar district has been revoked by the Council of State's (Danıştay) 14th department. 

Representatives of the pharmaceutical industry have appealed to the Health Ministry not to proceed with legislation that they say will limit access to new therapies.

Bulgarian lawmakers on Thursday agreed to procedural rules barring them from submitting bills that have no environmental impact assessment.

In case the draft legislation does not contain such assessment, it will not be sent to parliamentary committees and will therefore not make it further to Parliament's floor.

After a negative environmental assessment report (ÇED) for a thermal power plant in Turkey's Black Sea province of Samsun, the Environment Ministry has decided not to proceed with the construction of the plant. 

At present no exploration works are being carried out at the Vranino field in northeastern Bulgaria, as the verdict of the Supreme Administrative Court (VAS) is awaited.
This was announced by the Minister of Environment and Water Ivelina Vasileva in a response to a question posed to her in Parliament on Friday, electronic daily Dnevnik reports.