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Total budget for presidential election 192.4 million lei

The government approved in its Tuesday meeting a draft decision on the budget and the structure of expenditure for the preparation, organization and performance of the presidential election in November; the amount is 192.4 million lei (1 euro = 4.39 lei), the press office of the Executive informed.

Old 3D print of Hagia Sophia emerges

In the 1990s Professor Ely Sachs of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was the first person to coin the phrase “3D printing.” Utilizing a printer, which worked with alumina powder and a binding agent, several prints were created in surprising detail for the mid-1990s. Most of these prints were lost, but one has recently emerged, a 3D print of the Hagia Sophia.

Tender for telecoms upgrade near

The Ministry of Administrative Reform and E-Governance is adding the final touches to its latest tender for an upgrade of the public sector’s telecommunications infrastructure.

The project, dubbed “Syzefxis II” and budgeted at 600-650 million euros, is expected to attract bids from both local and foreign players.

Experimental US hypersonic weapon destroyed seconds after launch

A hypersonic weapon being developed by the U.S. military was destroyed four seconds after its launch from a test range in Alaska early on Aug. 25 after controllers detected a problem with the system, the Pentagon said.
   
The weapon is part of a program to create a missile that will destroy targets anywhere on Earth within an hour of getting data and permission to launch.

Croatian Website Slated for Airing Execution Video

The Croatian internet portal Dalmacija News risks being fined between 13,300 and 133,000 euro, or even having its website shut down, for showing the gruesome video of the execution of captured US journalist James Foley.

On Tuesday, it published the full undisclosed video of Foley's execution at the hands of Islamic State fighters, one of whom spoke with a British accent.

Bulgaria's Health Minister Halts BGN 30 M of Procurement

Public procurement procedures worth BGN 30 M were launched in the healthcare sector during the last days of Plamen Oresharski's cabinet, the interim Health Minister revealed.

Miroslav Nenkov said on Thursday they were to be frozen as they contained a number of flaws, including in the tenders envisaged.

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