News archive of March 2018

Two coaches on a fast passenger train caught on fire at Konyovo station between Nova Zagora and Yambol.
 
The report of the incident was filed around 20.02. Two fire-fighting teams arrived on the scene and began extinguish the fire. Other teams of the fire brigade, police, ambulances and BDZ staff are traveling to the scene.
 

The lowest temperatures in April in Bulgaria will be between -1 and 4 degrees, and the highest - between 28 and 33 degrees, said Mariana Popova - a meteorologist from NIMH-BAS, reported BTA.

The United Nations mediator seeking to end a long-running dispute over the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, said on Friday difficult issues remained and talks with Greek and FYROM officials would continue.

Students clash with riot police during a protest outside Maximos Mansion, the official residence of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Friday. The demonstrators oppose reforms in the education sector and back teachers' demands for more hirings at state schools and universities.

The BBC submitted a new request to shoot scenes for an upcoming TV drama series at the Temple of Poseidon at Sounio next month, limiting the hours of filming, in an effort to placate the members of the powerful Central Archaeological Council (KAS) who voted down its initial application.

The Guardian newspaper has canceled an "educational and informative tour of modern Greece" which had sought to offer tours to tourists wanting to learn more about the impact of the financial crisis following an outcry by critics who described the venture as "poverty tourism."

Six men, aged between 18 and 23, were arrested on Friday in Oropos, north of Athens, on charges of violating the anti-racism law, arson, issuing threats, verbal assault and disturbing the public peace.

According to police, the suspects, all Greeks, had gathered outside the home of an Indian national in Oropos early on Thursday morning, throwing flares and setting off firecrackers.

A group of unknown assailants vandalized the facade of an office branch of ruling SYRIZA in the region of Xirokrini in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, late Thursday night. 

According to local news reports, the group smashed the main window of the office using pieces of marble.

In a statement, SYRIZA condemned the incident as an act of fascism. 

An Athens prosecutor has ordered a preliminary investigation into the recent spate of poisonings of stray animals, mostly dogs, as well as foxes, in the region of Hymettus in eastern Attica.

There were more road accidents in January of this year, according to figures released by the Traffic Police on Friday, but the rate of fatalities was lower than that in the same period of 2017.

There were 757 road accidents in January, an increase of 18.8 percent from the same month in 2017, the figures showed.