The capacity of the city’s landfill is nearly 150 thousand tons, which is nearly 10 times lower than the announced capacity days before the session of the local administration – 1 million and 200 thousand tons.

The vice-mayor explained that the municipality administration isn’t confused and oblivious to the capacity, but it was rather a printing mistake. “The smaller capacity of the landfill is in accordance with the urbanization plan of Asenovgrad,” added Dimitrov.

The needed space for the new regional depot for waste disposal wasn’t subtracted from the entire area of the landfill, thus causing the mistake.

Bulgaria ranks 61st. China is the country with the most significant improvement in the quality of life of it’s citizens.

The index of the Development Report of the UN ranks 182 countries based on criteria such as longevity of life, education quality, school involvement, gross domestic product, etc.

Norway, Austria and Iceland take the top three places. Niger is at the very bottom, right after Afghanistan. China climbed seven spots up to 92nd place thanks to it’s improvements in education, income and average longevity of life.

The ceremony began at 10:00 AM in the main hall. A little earlier – at 9:45 h., the rector Ivan Ilchev and the Academy council of the university laid wreathes on the monuments of the establishment founders – Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi. Both the rector Ivan Ilchev and the Bulgarian president Georgi Parvanov made a speech in the main university hall.

The rector of the Sofia University handed the student booklets of this year’s laureate students and candidates that entered the university with excellent grades. Svetoslav Stankov – chairman of the Students council – also spoke in front of the students.

The chairwoman of the National assembly Tsetska Tsacheva and the minister of education, youth and science Iordanka Fandakova also attended the opening ceremony.

The countries with the most significant quality improvement for the last year are South Korea (growth of 72%), Bulgaria (growth of 56%), Lithuania (55%), Sweden (38%) and Romania (34%).

The research also shows the broadening gap between the quality of internet services in the urban areas and in the countryside.

This year’s research sheds new light on the international leaders of broadband use, by combining data on the quality and spread of the internet services among citizens in each country.

The Bulgarian academy of sciences was created in 1911, using the base of the existing Bulgarian literary union (BKD; founded in 1869 in Braila). According to the regulations from 1911, the Bulgarian academy of sciences is divided into three sections: history and philology; philosophy and society; nature and mathematics. The periodical published by the institution is called “Magazine of Bulgarian academy of sciences”.

The regulations of the academy were revised in 1947 to reflect the political changes in Bulgaria. The newer regulations also add new functions to the institution.

The action plan will also introduce an information system for the prevention of tax fraud. A new regulation for the immediate conduction of a lawsuit for money laundering in the all cases for drug traffic, tax evasion and other financial crimes, will also be introduced.

A new department will be formed in the National income agency by mid-September. It will control the database of the “Customs” agency, and analyze potential risks.

The goal is to increase the control on import and the flow of high-risk goods, and to counter customs and tax crimes. The new measures will guarantee the constant control on the import activity in Bulgaria.

Currently, the National energy company owns 51% of the nuclear power plant “Belene”. At this point, it’s clear that most of this share will be sold. Last December, the German energy giant RWE signed an agreement with the National energy company to invest one billion and 250 thousand million leva in the plant.

For this sum, RWE will gain 49% ownership of the power plant.

Every year, there are about 185 million unwanted pregnancies, and between 30 and 50 million of them end in abortions – legal or illegal.

37 thousand abortions are registered in Bulgaria every year. Births are 75 thousand per year, which means that a third of all pregnancies end in abortion.

Statistics also show a positive trend of fewer abortions this year, compared to the previous, and an increasing number of births.

About 20% of the pregnancies in Bulgaria are planned, while the norm for the countries in the European Union is about 60-70%. Only 6% of the Bulgarian population trusts birth control pills.

Dr. Andreeva explained that abortions are one of the reasons for infertility. 250 thousand couples in Bulgaria have this problem, but the cause being uneducated sexual life is a relative rarity.

The goal of the presentation is to acquaint the students with the core of the organization, their future activities and initiatives for the year, as well as the opportunities they offer.

Former and current members, partners of the organization and representatives of the university will attend the events to share their experience and answer all questions related to AIESEC.

Students can apply for membership in the organization until October 8th by filling out an online form, uploaded on the AIESEC Sofia website.

This was announced by the Italian ambassador Stefano Benazo after his meeting with the temporary mayor of the capital Minko Gerdjikov.

The sculpture will be made by Georgi Chapkanov. He will be aided by the ambassador, who is a sculptor in his own right. The mounted figure of the Italian revolutionary will be completed within months, announced Benazo.