SOFIA http://www.cheapreacthyperdunk.com/ , March 22 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria has activated its national counter-terrorism plan immediately after receiving information about the blasts in Brussels, the country's Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Rumiana Bachvarova said here on Tuesday.
There is currently no information about any direct threat to Bulgaria but the country has taken necessary preventive measures, Bachvarova said at a press conference.
The country raised the level of security in all national transport facilities including airports, railway stations and ports, as well as metro stations in Sofia, she said.
Meanwhile, the authorities conducted security checks on key sites in the capital and enhanced border control nike hyperdunk clearance , Bachvarova said.
Later on Tuesday, the authorities will conduct a large scale anti-terrorism drill in Sofia.
""It was planned two months ago to check the readiness to respond to an emergency situation, and unfortunately coincided with today,"" she said.
Speaking about the explosions in Brussels, Bachvarova said that the situation is highly alarming, and the danger is high for all European countries.
Bulgaria considered the attacks near the European institutions as a clear provocation to European security, the official said.
The number of people killed in the Brussels subway train explosion on Tuesday now stands at 20 wholesale nike hyperdunk shoes , with another 106 passengers injured, the city's mayor Yvan Mayeur told a press conference.
Among the dead, 14 were killed in a suicide attack at Brussels national airport, Belgian public broadcaster RTBF said.
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URUMQI, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Dumplings, indispensable at lunar new year dinners in north China were already served 1,700 years ago in China's far west.
According to an archaeologist from the Museum of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region wholesale nike hyperdunk , the three dumplings unearthed in the region's Turpan area were determined to have been made during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties (220-589).
Archaeologists also found two complete dumplings made during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) in Turpan. The dumplings were 5 centimeters long, 1.5 cm wide and resembled the new moon in shape. Further research revealed the dumpling wrappers were made from wheat flour and the stuffing was meat.
Archaeologists said the findings show the eating habits, which used to be prevalent in China's central plains