News archive of January 2018

Today it will be mostly sunny with increasing clouds sometimes. The wind will ease and even stop in many areas.

The temperatures will decrease a little during the day, the maximum temperatures will range between 9°C and 14°C, the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) told FOCUS News Agency.

As of today, a flu epidemic has been declared for the municipalities of Aksakovo, Beloslav, Provadia, Valchi Dol, Vetrino, Dolni Chiflik, Byala, Suvorovo, Avren, Dalgopol and Devnya, in the Varna region.

The health authorities have recommended the suspension of school classes from today until February 6, the Ministry of Health said.

A proposal to form a constitutional committee was agreed on Tuesday at the Syrian National Dialogue Congress in the Russian city of Sochi, organized by Ankara, Tehran, and Moscow, Anadolu Agency reports.

Parties at the two-day congress said in a final statement they wanted to bring an end to the ongoing conflict in the region as soon as possible.

Small businesses in Romania that don't have enough cash to pay taxes and social welfare contributions on time could either cut their employees' wages or shut down altogether because of a deluge of fiscal changes and general political uncertainty, small business owners say.

A civilian support worker for the Turkish Armed Forces was killed in a terrorist car bomb attack on a military convoy in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, the Turkish General Staff said late on Jan. 30.

An Albanian gangster jailed in the UK for 25 years in 2016 has angered the UK Prison service - and risks lengthening his jail term - by illegally posting messages on social networks complaining about the lack of prostitutes in British prisons.

The Jasenovac concentration camp was an extermination camp established in Slavonia by the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during World War II. The camp was established by the governing Ustaše regime and not operated by Nazi Germany.

The website index.hr is citing a Belgrade newspaper to report that a Croatian delegation left the hall during a conference on antisemitism in Rome on Monday.

The Croatian media outlet is also citing the reaction of Croatian authorities, who denied the report.

Spain has submitted a letter in the form of a non-paper ahead of the adoption of EU's enlargement strategy for the Western Balkans.

According to reports, the goal of the document is to block Kosovo.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to decorate a number of foreign nationals.

They are recognized for making significant contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation with Russia.

Serbia's First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic is among the recipients of the Medal of Pushkin, TASS reported on Tuesday.

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