Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

A mild earthquake was registered in Sliven, said Slajana Kaneva, Head of the Public Order, Crisis Management and Mobile Mobilization Training Department in Sliven Municipality, BTA.
 
According to data from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the earthquake with magnitude 2.8 on the Richter was registered at about 20:00 last night.
 

Earthquake at 2.1 on the Richter scale and epicenter in Sofia was registered at about 21:50 last night, BNT reported.

According to the Institute of Geophysics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the epicenter is in the South Park area, near Gotse Delchev district. 

The atmospheric pressure will be slightly higher than the average for the month. During the day, it will rise slightly. Today the wind in the whole country will be oriented from the northeast and will grow, in the eastern half strong. The cloudiness will be variable, in Western Bulgaria significant.
 

On Saturday clouds, mostly medium and high, will increase  from west to east. It will blow a mild to moderate wind from the south-southwest, which will intensify in the afternoon and night through Sunday, especially in eastern Bulgaria and the areas north of the mountains.

The forecast for the demographic development of Bulgaria in 2015-2040 indicates similar to the current trends over the next few decades, the government press office said.

About 20 to 25 percent of the Bulgarian population will disappear by the year 2040 - this is what the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences forecasts for the demographic development of Bulgaria, the study will be presented by the government at the parliament.
 

In January, Bulgaria took over the EU presidency. At a time when the country wants to highlight its achievements in becoming a modern European country its research languishes at near the bottom in European rankings, writes chemistryworld.com

The Lyulin-MO apparatus has started work successfully from the orbit of Mars, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) announced. The device is the product of development of the Space Research Institute and aims to measure the radiation to which the crew will be subjected to a future human mission to the Red Planet.

Snowfall and strong winds are expected next week. Colder weather will begin on Sunday. The forecast of the meteorologists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is for a significant decrease of the temperatures from the strong northeast wind, which increases the prerequisites for ice.

A new earthquake was recorded near Asenovgrad about 1:15 minutes this night, the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences announced. The epicenter of the quake was 20 kilometers deep. No injuries and destruction are reported.