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Policeman at Each Vineyard on St. Trifon's DayTPD patrols watch for drink-drivers on Monday. The TPD officers will be lurking with breathalyzers near the pubsOn the very Saint Trifon's Day (the day of the Bulgarian winegrowers) the patrols of the Traffic Police Directorate (TPD) will be lurking at each vineyard, vigilantly watching for drink-drivers. Following the ancient tradition, the people will go notching (vine-twig cutting ritual) tomorrow, drinking wine to their hearts' content. After that, they will get in their cars quite boozed and dizzy. We will tighten the checkups in the wine-growing regions, so as the holiday not to be troubled by traffic accidents, TPD officers explained. Their patrols will also be lurking near the very pubs. We will check with a breathalyzer the people, who go out of the pub. We will not let boozed ones drive, policemen said. According to the statistical data, most traffic accidents on the St. Trifon's day occurred because of alcoholic intoxication. The medics of the Pirogov Emergency Institute are ready for an influx of blind-drunk people. On February 14 last year, Pirogov was full of pupils in alcoholic coma, medics remember. Tanya Krassimirova Standart Tells the TruthSerbian newspaper Danas blamed Standart daily for misinterpreting their article on the ethnic Bulgarians in Serbia. In its Friday issue, Danas cited a conversation with a tradesman from a Serbian market, who said that "the Bulgarians in Pirot must all be exterminated and slain." In its yesterday's issue, however, the daily attacked the article, published by Standart, even though it sticks precisely to what was written in Danas. "We will continue to defend the rights of the Bulgarians who live in the Western regions," declared Standart daily editor-in-chief Yullee Moskov for the BBC.more... Sick-slips Issued over the PhoneGPs en masse issue sick-slips to their patients over the phone. The patients only have to tell their GPs when they will come to take the document, well-informed sources told Standart. Every 4th sick-slip is issued this way, the sources also say.more... Wintry Spell as of Wednesday NextYet another wintry spell is expected to settle here as of Wednesday, weather forecaster Peter Yankov from TV-met warned. Temperature is supposed to drop down to -15° C. Yesterday the highest temperature was registered in Lom town on the Danube (9° C); by 1 degree lower in Vidin town on the Danube and in Vratsa town. Sunny weather will persist till Tuesday.more... Austrian TV Channel Praises BulgariaSports reporter Kamen Alipiev from the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) promoted Bulgaria in an excellent way at the ski championship in Bormio, Italy. He amazed Austrian TV channel ORF with his knowledge, for he was the only one who answered correctly to the question who Robert Zoller was - the person who won a bronze medal in the slalom in Bormio in 1985.more... February 13 in HistoryIn 2003, the Council of Ministers decreed March 10th to be declared a public holiday, the Day of the Holocaust. On this day in 1943, the deportation from Bulgaria of the first groups of ethnic Jew to the Nazi death camps was terminated. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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New-Agers Offered Posts of Deputy Ministers Ralitsa Aghain took part in the cleaning of the new New Age HQ at 12, Vitosha Blvd. She diligently polished the hedgehog drawn on one of the desks Photo Kiril Konstantinov Ministers showed readiness to have representatives of the New Age for their Deputies. I am ready to work with a Deputy of mine from the New Age Party, Interior Minister Georgi Petkanov said. According to him, the participation of the New-Agers in the government of this country will prove positive. If the ruling coalition takes a decision New-Agers to be appointed to key posts at the Finance Ministry, I will agree to it and make the necessary arrangements, Finance Minister Milen Velchev said. more…  Grace Kyrk, 7, watches Christo's "The Gates" project, a massive public art installation in Central Park. Thousands came to attend the unfurling of the series of 7,500 16-foot-high orange gates with saffron fabric suspended from them along 23 miles of Central Park's footpaths. AP Photo |
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WEATHER - Sunday, 13 February 2005 | |||
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Considerable clouds, rain showers, snowfalls high in the mountains. Lows between -1° C and 4° C, highs between 3° C and 8° C; higher to the north of the mountains and in the southernmost regions.
Balchik 3° C 7° C Varna 3° C 8° C Bourgas 1° C 6° C Samokov (Borovets) 1° C 4° C Smolyan (Pamporovo) 2° C 6° C Plovdiv 2° C 7° C Sofia 1° C 6° C | ||||
