Twenty-year-old Bulgarian Alexander Popov who studies in Great Britain swam the English Channel successfully. He stopped the clock at 13.58 hours. Meanwhile, Popov, who is not a professional swimmer, is raising money for charity. Nearly GBP 5,000 was raised through his initiative. The money will be given to a British organization helping homeless people. In 2007 another Bulgarian-the world-famous swimmer Petar Stoychev set a record in the English Channel. He stopped the clock at 6.57:50 hours and became the first man on earth who swam this distance in less than 7 hours.
On Friday, the National Assembly will vote on a no-confidence motion against the cabinet of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov over ''failures in environmental and water policy''. The fourth no-confidence motion against the current government was tabled..
The Speaker of the Parliament of Albania, Elisa Spiropali, has arrived in Bulgaria for an official visit. The two-day visit is at the invitation of National Assembly Speaker Natalia Kiselova . Elisa Spiropali was welcomed at the airport by the..
Tuition fees at state universities should not exceed 75% of the expenses for the training. This was what MPs decided with amendments to the Higher Education Act adopted on Wednesday at first reading. It is expected that after the..
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