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Scientists have detected the most distant star ever viewed, a blue behemoth located more than halfway across the universe and named after the ancient Greek mythological figure Icarus.

The electricity company EVN submitted its proposal for the price of the electricity supplied by it to the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission, the company announced. It refers to the price period from July 1, 2018 to June 2019.

Nearly 40 per cent of Bulgarians can not keep their homes warm enough. This share is the highest for the European Union, where the energy poor are on average 8%. This was announced yesterday by Deputy Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov before the Bulgarian National Radio.

On March 19, between 7:00 and 8:00 hours, the director of Metropolitan Regional Health Inspectorate (RZI)- Stara Zagora, Dr. Zlatina Naneva, will be in the center of the village of Kazanka in connection with the established overweight content of natural uranium in drinking water.

Global oil demand is expected to pick up more quickly this year, but supply is still growing at a faster pace leading to a rise in inventories in the first quarter of 2018, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on March 15.

In connection with the increased accidents and interruption of the heat supply, the Minister of Energy Temenujka Petkova ordered a team of the department to check in "Toplofikacia-Pernik". The fuel reserves maintained by the district heating company as well as the technical conditions for heating will be checked.

The inhabitants of Pernik protest against the local heating company, reported BNT.

People say rarely the steam works, and when is working, the radiators are not actually hot.

The protest is organized through social networks due to constant accidents and frequent stopping of heating since the beginning of the heating season.

The world-renowned British scientist Stephen Hawking says he knows what happened before the Big Bang and the birth of the universe, the BNR reported.

The oil industry needs to quickly step up investment to meet rising demand as the booming US shale sector will only be able to quench the global thirst for crude for the next two years, the International Energy Agency said on March 5.

More than 200 cardboard boxes containing counterfeit goods were found in a warehouse in Aspropyrgos, western Attica and confiscated by financial crime squad (SDOE) officers Thursday, authorities said.

Most of the products seized were imitation big-brand sunglasses and sports shoes, authorities said.