Two aftershocks in
Croatia with a magnitude of 4.7-4.8 on the Richter scale were registered at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the on-duty seismologist Petar Kirilov told bTV this morning. The earthquakes are shallow and therefore their effect is felt too strongly. This is typical of the region, he said. The sesmologist hoped there would be no more strong tremors in the area, but noted that he could not predict this accurately. I hope these are aftershocks and, little by little, they will subside. The effect of the aftershocks is good because it releases the tension below the Earth s surface, Kirilov said.
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Just because we already have vaccines doesn t automatically mean we can go back to our previous way of life. We still don t know how long the effect of the
vaccine will last. We need more time to find answers to these questions, and we must not put health at risk. This was stated to the Bulgarian National Radio by
Prof. Radostina Alexandrova, a virologist from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
She was adamant that it was better for people to reinsure themselves and continue to wear masks, even if they had COVID-19 or been vaccinated against the infection.
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Today at 12.02 pm the
astronomical winter arrives and the winter solstice. With the winter solstice comes the longest night in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest day in the southern part of the world.
Shortly after 6 pm, it will be possible to observe the conjunction of the two largest planets in the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn.
The phenomenon occurs once every 20 years, said physicist Pencho Markishki from the Institute of Astronomy with the National Astronomical Observatory at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences: To see the rare phenomenon it would be good to choose a place with a low horizon on the west at about 6 pm. The very conjunction of planets is a slow process, so observation can also be attempted on December 22 and 23, a few nights after the maximum conjunction of the planets .
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev shake hands during the official signing ceremony of the Neighborhood Agreement between Bulgaria and Macedonia, in Skopje on August 1, 2017 [Robert Atanasovski/ AFP]
In 2004, North Macedonia was one of the first post-Yugoslav states to receive an accession candidate status with the European Union. But 16 years on, the country is yet to open direct talks with the EU.
Over this decade and a half, Skopje has been presented with requirements that no other candidate state has: first to change its name and lately to change how it defines its official language and historiography.