News archive of October 2017

In July I wrote that in the general election that took place on September 24, Chancellor Angela Merkel could be "re-elected with a mandate to say no to Macron." What I meant was that the German public looked set to give an endorsement to Merkel's approach to the eurozone and reject the alternative offered by Social Democrat candidate Martin Schulz, who was (slightly) more open to the new French

Islamic State has taken responsibility for the knife attack in France, killing two women at a railway station in Marseille, France press reports, quoted by Focus. The attack that forced the evacuation of a major train station, the authorities said.

Guided by the method of the expressionism, the academic artist Trajce Catmov at the exhibition "Creativity and Misery", presents before the audience canvasses on which he painted the experiences of the essence of the human emotional aspect.

He completely abstracts himself from the visual realm of the reality, and abandons every usual thing which the normal eye tends not to notice.

The details from the police operation that rescued Michalis Lempidakis from his captors are shocking.

According to the information so far the businessman was found on a mattress literally chained to the ground.

Valentin Goshev's first feature film The Motorbike screens in the main competition of the 35th Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival(30 September - 7 October, 2017).

More than twenty people have been killed and at least 100 injured in a mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert, BBC reported. 

A gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel toward an open-air music festival being held close by.

Police said a suspect identified as a local resident had been shot and killed by officers.

Fines from the Traffic Police can now be paid online as well - through the "Easypay" platform, announced Dnevnik.

Payment of pensions for October will begin on 9 October (Monday) and will end on 20 October (Friday) 2017, reported BGNES. 

The payment of pensions will be through post offices and will be made in accordance with a prepared schedule, which will be announced in advance at each post office.

Rock musician Marilyn Manson was hospitalized after being injured during a New York concert, world news agencies reported.

He performed the cover of "Sweat Dreams (Are Made of This)" when a piece of giant pistol-shaped decoration fell on him.

A court in Chicago dismissed WWII victims’ relatives’ lawsuit against Croatia, a case marred by allegations of identity theft, after the plaintiffs’ lawyer failed to appear in court.