The National Assembly has approved, definitively, the amendments to the Health Act, by force of which the sale of laughing gas to minors, including on the Internet to persons under the age of 18, is banned.
According to the amendments, the use of laughing gas is banned on the territory of kindergartens, schools, school dorms, medical establishments, at sports events organized for children and for school-goers, at public events organized for children and school-goers, as well as in closed public spaces. Violation of the prohibition entails a EUR 400 to EUR 750 fine for natural persons, and up to EUR 1,500 for a repeat offence. The fine for sole proprietors of legal persons can reach EUR 3,000, and up to EUR 6,000 for a repeat offence.
On Tuesday, lows will be between 1 and 6°C, 1°C in Sofia. During the day it will remain mostly cloudy, with showers mainly in the southeast. Over southwestern Bulgaria the clouds will break up and clear. Maximum temperatures will be 4° to 9°C, around..
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is to have a female president for the first time. Corresponding Member Evelina Slavcheva from the Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems was elected today to lead the 155-year-old institution...
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The financial effect of our country's accession to Schengen by land will amount to BGN 1.63 billion (EUR 833.4 million) per year, according to a study..
The Ministry of Transport and Communications supports the idea of naming Sofia Airport after Vasil Levski– the most undisputed figure in Bulgarian..
On the occasion of World AIDS Day, observed on December 1, volunteers from the Bulgarian Red Cross Youth in Sofia will light tealights on the Lovers'..
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