Another ship has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia, the British maritime trade watchdog announced today. This increases fears that Somali pirates are active again, almost a decade after wreaking havoc on international shipping, the Associated Press reported, quoted by BTA. The vessel was seized by heavily armed men near the town of Ayl … Read more
Three bandits have been charged with the robbery of 5 million BGN from a collection agency last year in Sofia, and the iconic Ivan Turchina is wanted. They were arraigned on Tuesday. The accomplice of Turchina – Misho Konya – has been accused. Mihail Pavlov, as the man’s name is, is currently in prison for … Read more
The Central Criminal Court in London has handed down life sentences to the murderers of the Bulgarian student Gabriel Stoyanov, his mother Mariyana Petrova announced. The 21-year-old compatriot died last November after being stabbed on London’s Bromley Road as he walked home late at night. Alfie Kibble, 18, and the 17-year-old boy who stabbed Stoyanov … Read more
The Netherlands has finally removed all obstacles to Bulgaria’s full entry into Schengen. This came after a debate in Parliament last night. A proposal was made that our country be admitted to Schengen only by air – as Austria also wants. It gathered 59 votes “for” against 49 “against”. And although the supporters of our … Read more
Bulgaria still does not have the prospect of entering Schengen. The reason is Austria’s refusal. Possible relief with air travel does not mean that we are entering the space of free movement. According to the Austrian proposal, we should continue to be outside Schengen and any further step will require the unanimity of the member … Read more
The Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, today questioned the interpretation of the Russian attack on Ukraine as a war, calling it an “operation”, reported DPA, quoted by BTA. The agency notes that Orbán thus repeated the rhetoric used by Russian President Vladimir Putin. “This is an operation insofar as there is no declaration of … Read more
A Bulgarian prisoner strangled his Italian cellmate with his bare hands in the Viterbo prison, Apennine media reported. It is a city 80 km away. north of Rome. Our 22-year-old compatriot T.K. killed 49-year-old Sicilian Alessandro Salvaggio after a violent fight in the cell they shared. The alarm about what happened was filed at 10 … Read more
We found a solution for the missing funds for Sofia’s plumbing infrastructure. Together with the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria, not with the municipal council. This was announced by the mayor of the capital, Vasil Terziev, on his Facebook profile. “The Council of Ministers approved by decree an additional transfer for targeted … Read more
The historic agreement for refugees was achieved after 3 years of negotiations in the bloc A key deal on a common EU migration policy that makes it easier to deport asylum seekers and tighten entry into the bloc has been agreed by member states. This came after grueling tripartite negotiations between the EC, the EP … Read more
Plague survivors had higher incomes and ate more calorific food According to scientists, the plague, which killed 60 percent of Europeans, also led to a weakness for harmful food among people, reports “Daily Mail”, quoted by BTA. Experts say that the disease that ravaged Europe in the 14th century changed the composition of bacteria in … Read more