News archive of September 2018

Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova said on Saturday that 5.2 million foreign tourists visited Bulgaria in the first seven months of 2018, an increase of 7% compared with the first seven months of 2017. Angelkova said her ministry's goal of 10 million foreign tourists visiting Bulgaria in 2019 was "realistic".

By Neeta Lal 

As we drive 70 km southwest of the Bulgarian capital city of Sofia towards Pernik province, the urban Legoland paves way for a Van Gogh-esque setting. 

Blooming flowers, emeraldgreen fields, towering pine and oak trees fill our car's glass windows like vibrant watercolours. 

After Human Rights Watch on Sunday appealed for a stop to weapons exports to Saudi Arabia following last month's airstrike in Yemen that killed at least 26 children and wounded at least 19, new pictures show Serbian-made weapons being used in the conflict in Yemen. 

A U.S. law firm hired by Turkey to look into state-owned Halkbank's dealings with Iran found that it did not violate U.S. sanctions, Turkey's treasury and finance minister told Reuters, and Ankara does not expect the bank to face any fine.

Police uncovered on Friday (31 August) over 10 million leva (€5 million) in cash from hotels owned by a rich businessman in Sofia and in Bulgaria's second largest city, Plovdiv. A prosecutor reportedly said he had never seen anything of the kind in his whole career.

Sofia. Today it will be mostly sunny. In the afternoon and during the night, clouds will develop over Western Bulgaria and in some areas there it will rain and thunder. Light wind, moderate in Eastern Bulgaria and the Danube plain, will blow from east-northeast.

The Turkish Central Bank has said it would take necessary actions to support price stability and monetary stance will be adjusted at a monetary policy committee meeting in September after official data showed the annual inflation rate exceeded forecasts. 

President of India Ram Nath Kovind is on an official two-day visit to the Republic of Cyprus, where he is expected to sign a number of bilateral agreements between the two countries.

The president thanked Hahn, who is in charge of EU's enlargement negotiations and neighborhood policy, for the help that the EU has given to build the bridge, calling it a true friend of Serbia.

Hayko Cepkin, a Turkish-Armenian musician, has made an unconventional start to his latest concert when he arrived at the scene from the sky with a parachute.