News archive of October 2015

The Finance Ministry of Bulgaria reported a budget surplus of BGN 621.5 M at the end of September, which represents 0.7 % of projected GDP.

For comparison, Bulgaria had a budget deficit exceeding BGN 1.4 B at the end of September last year.

Greek-American filmmaker (Costas Papanikolaou) C.P. goes on an adventure to make a movie about skiing and snowboarding in the country of Greece.

Here’s a sneak peak of the film… but the director needs your support to help get the film across the finish line.

Bulgarian authorities detained 495 illegally residing foreigners and sixteen human smugglers during a large-scale joint operation of the Interior Ministry and the State Agency for Security (DANS) carried across the country.

Following the operation, actions have been taken against 525 people accused of committing crimes against the political rights of citizens.

A militant group affiliated to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Egypt claimed responsibility for the downing of a Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Oct. 31, the group said in a statement circulated by supporters on Twitter.

A Russian passenger plane carrying 224 people crashed on Oct. 31 in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Egyptian officials said.

A "Russian civilian plane... crashed in the central Sinai," the office of Prime Minister Sharif Ismail said in a statement.

A cabinet statement said Egyptian military planes have spotted wreckage of the plane.

The small Fourni archipelago is just 17 square miles large but is hailed as the ancient shipwreck capital of the world thanks to the discovery of 22 shipwrecks in the area. Underwater archeologists are excited by the secrets hidden around the collection of 13 isllands and islets between the eastern Aegean Islands of Samos and Ikaria.

The number of victims affected by the explosion and fire, which engulfed a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest on Friday, has risen.

According to the latest reports, the fire claimed the lives of 27 people, another 184 were transported to hospital for treatment, while 146 remain admitted for further treatment, AGERPRES news agency informs.

Wreckage of the Russian airplane, which crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, has reportedly been found near the al-Arish airport.

According to Egyptian officials, most of the 224 people on board are likely to have died, the BBC reports.

The Frankfurt-based European Central Bank announced the results of the Greek bank stress tests. The capital needs of the country’s four main banks were calculated to be at 14.4 bln euros:

– Eurobank 2.12 bln euros

– Alpha Bank 2.74 bln euros

– National Bank of Greece 4.6 bln euros

– Bank of Piraeus 4.93 bln euros

The refugee crisis and hundreds of deaths on the dangerous sea crossing to Europe have moved Daniel Craig and Bendict Cumberbatch – famous for portraying the characters of James Bond and Sherlock Holmes respectively. They join forces in spreading the message for compassion so that the tragedy can stop!