Новости за 20.04.2018

The Spaniards have become richer than the Italians, writes the Financial Times. This is a encouraging sign for Spain's economic revival, but it is a worrying news for Italy, the third eurozone economy that has fallen into a political stalemate.

Iraqi woman was captured today at the Ruse-Giurgiu border checkpoint while attempting to enter illegally into Romania with a British passport, Agency Agerpres reported, citing the Territorial Inspectorate of the Romanian border police.

Bulgarian fourth seed Grigor Dimitrov reached his first Monte Carlo Masters semi-final with a hard-fought win over Belgium's David Goffin.

Independent - A broken spine, signs of electric torture, asphyxiation, knife wounds and rape – these were just a few of the grim and unexpected findings of an official medical report into the death of a Russian inventor in pretrial custody.

About 16 percent of the working population in Bulgaria over 16 years of age (just over 6 million people), or nearly 960 thousand Bulgarians, had health problems and had a certain discomfort on their daily lives and their lifestyle, according to research data of Eurostat. The analysis looks at the problems that Europeans older than 16 years of age have experienced in their normal daily activities due to various health problems in 2016.

TEXAS CITY, TX (WCMH) -- First responders are investigating after a massive fire and explosion were reported at a Valero refinery in Texas City, Texas, according to KPRC.

A father brutally slaughtered his son in Novi Han. This was reported by the prosecutor's office. .

Syria has returned the prestigious Legion d’honneur that was presented to its president Bashar al-Assad by France, saying would not wear the award of a “slave country” to the US.

Mighty and beautiful, but equally treacherous, many climbers have perished on the slopes of  the world’s tallest mountain, Mount Everest. One such unlucky soul was Bulgarian climber Hristo Prodanov. On 20th April 1984 he became the first climber from his country to summit Mount Everest and the first climber to scale West Ridge solo without the use of supplementary oxygen. Sadly Prodanov lost his life while descending from the West Ridge. (explorehimalaya.com)

After the colder Friday with more clouds and drizzle in places, from Saturday, weather will stabilize and will be mostly sunny with rising temperatures. This indicates the medium-term weather forecast based on computer models.

More than 11% is the growth of the revenues from international tourism for the period December 2017 - February 2018. Thus, the receipts for most of the winter season reach almost 796 million BGN. This is clear from the latest BNB data, the Ministry of Tourism announced.

The establishment of a new European Energy Agency was discussed during the informal meeting of the ministers in Sofia. The new structure will include all state regulators of the EU countries. This was stated at a press conference after the meeting of the Minister of Energy Temenuzhka Petkova.

From April 23, 2018, the Bulgarian National Bank puts into circulation a silver commemorative coin "The Old Elm in Sliven".

Changes in the traffic in the center of Sofia due to the construction of the subway. From today, for more than 2 months, restrictions have been introduced near Orlov most.

BBC - Arsene Wenger is to leave Arsenal at the end of the season, ending a near 22-year reign as manager.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to the United States during a phone call, and said he would be glad to see Putin in the White House, RIA Novosti reported on Friday, citing the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Seven police officers were injured in fierce clashes in Paris. The unrest broke out during a demonstration organized by the largest syndicate against President Macron's reforms, NOVA reported.

Bulgarian photographer Veselin Atanasov became Photographer of the Year in the "Amateur" section of the Sony World Photography Award 2018.

Up to 40 people were injured, most of them lightly, when two train carriages collided in the Austrian city of Salzburg on Friday, rescuers and the rail company said.

At first glance eSwatini reads like the name of a Silicon Valley start-up company. But rather than an overnight success story, eSwatini is the name Africa's King Mswati III will change Swaziland's to overnight.

THE PLANNED DISPOSAL of an unexploded World War II bomb today will force a mass evacuation around Berlin’s central railway station and likely spark transport chaos in the German capital.

Saudi Arabia has unveiled its first cinema in over 35 years with a private screening of the blockbuster Black Panther, reported the Guardian. 

At least 9,880 Syrians in Turkey have returned to their country through the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey's southern Hatay province in last three-and-a-half months, Turkish officials said, reported Anadolu Agency

The officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said Syrians who live in different provinces of Turkey come to Hatay's Reyhanli district and cross back to their country from the border gate.

Syrians are said to be returning to the secure areas that were cleared of PYD/PKK... Читать дальше...

57 percent of the people in Germany want the government to put more effort into protecting the country’s economy from foreign competitors, according to a new study, The Local reports.

The study, which was carried out by the Bertelsmann Foundation and published on Thursday, also showed that 52 percent of Germans don’t feel the government is doing enough to protect its citizens from the negative consequences of globalization.

But the majority of citizens in Deutschland aren’t opposed to globalization. Читать дальше...

Today it will rain in some parts of the country, rain with thunder is expected in the southwestern regions in the afternoon. By the evening, the precipitations will stop and the clouds over most of the country will decrease to clear weather.

There will be light to moderate wind from north-northeast that will bring cold air. The maximum temperatures will range between 17°C and 22°C,  the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology told Focus News Agency.