BNR

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay paid a visit to a Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) photo exhibition arranged in the UNESCO building in Paris, presenting, to the international community, the work of the academy on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of its foundation, BNR reported.

The National Revenue Agency did not take enough measures to protect the personal data it held, the Chairman of the Commission for Personal Data Protection Ventsislav Karadjov said in his report to the National Assembly ad-hoc committee which was summoned to conduct an inquiry into all facts and circumstances surrounding the hacker attack against the servers of the revenue agency, BNR reported.<

30 foreigners were detained in Turkey in an operation against the Islamic State organization, the BNR reported. Intelligence Councils and the Counter-Terrorism Task Force in Istanbul have carried out a simultaneous operation of 12 addresses in 7 districts. The operation was done at night, but it was reported this afternoon. Searches of documents and electronic materials have been seized.

Sofia is now third in Europe, after London and Berlin, as a starting point for startups.

''I am convinced that these companies will someday become the major forces in the world of innovation.'' This was stated by Stamen Yanev, Executive Director of the Bulgarian Investment Agency, BNR reported.

After a three-day strike by Lufthansa pilots, the German company is already operating, said public broadcaster BNR on November 26.

Sofia Airport confirmed that earlier this morning, two airplanes of Lufthansa left Sofia to Munich and Frankfurt.

Bulgaria's opposition Socialists have held consultations with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) over a potential motion of no-confidence in the minority coalition government led by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, a leading DPS official has said.

Damages after Saturday's incident when a passenger train went of the tracks in Eastern Bulgaria could exceed BGN 2 M, Transport Minister Danail Papazov announced.

Papazov told public broadcaster BNR that the entire rolling stock of the train was damaged in the incident.