The Economist’s “The World in 2018” annual look-ahead forum took place in Sofia, within the bounds of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU.
At the forum, held in Sofia for the first time, Lilyana Pavlova, Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union pointed out that Bulgaria is second in the world in the number of mineral springs after Iceland with 200 different kinds of mineral water, third in Europe in historical artifacts after Italy and Greece, first in lavender oil and rose oil exports, and is one of the most stable European countries with an economic growth rate of almost 4 percent, external debt of 26 percent in relation to the GDP with a downward trend, inflation of 1.3 percent and unemployment of 6 percent. Addressing the participants, Minister Pavlova stated that Bulgaria was proud of its alphabet and that during the rotating Presidency the Cyrillic alphabet would be used.
The Ministry of Education will create a state educational standard for "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles". The regulation has been published for public discussion. Students with completed primary education and persons aged 16 who can take state matriculation..
The night will be clear with a light wind from the East-Southeast. Saturday will be sunny. In the afternoon cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds will increase from the West. In the evening and during the night there will be intense bursts of rain..
President of the European Council Antonio Costa is coming to Bulgaria on September 4, where he will meet with Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, the Council said in a statement released today, BTA reported. Earlier that day, Costa will also visit Romania..
Professor Lyudmil Vagalinski's team has discovered the right hand of a statue of Heracles during excavations at the eastern end of the forum of..
President Rumen Radev has signed the decree appointing Miroslav Rashkov Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior, the presidential press service has..
One of the two newest oil drilling rigs in Turkiye has been named after Bulgarian-Turkish weightlifter and Olympic champion Naim Suleymanoglu, Turkish..
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