Burgas

A man threw himself in front of a train locomotive and died.

The tragedy happened at 8:15 a.m. this morning at the Kaloyanovets - Stara Zagora interchange, on route 2. It was reported by the National Railway Infrastructure Company.

Police and an Emergency Medical Service team are on the scene.

Trains have been suspended on both tracks.

A woman posing as a municipal employee kidnapped a cat in the "Vetren" neighborhood of Burgas and castrated it, Nova TV reported.

People wait to cast ballots at a polling station in a school for the parliamentary elections in Sofia, Bulgaria, 4 April 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/VASSIL DONEV

A new series of bomb threats have been made to schools in Sofia, Varna and Burgas.

Around 10:05 a.m. this morning, 35 schools in Sofia received the threatening email, which claims that an explosive device has been planted in the school. This was reported to BNT by the head of the regional police - Vanya Kastreva.

Bulgarian prosecutors are launching a terrorism investigation after dozens of schools across the country received hoax bomb threats, local news agency BTA reported on Tuesday.

Officers from the Main Directorate "Fighting Organized Crime" are working with two partner services on guidelines for a possible person involved in the bomb threats who is outside the territory of Bulgaria.

This was stated by the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Petar Todorov, in Plovdiv.

New bomb threats were received today in dozens of schools in Bulgaria, reported the Ministry of the Interior reported.

Reports of planted explosive devices have been received in several Sofia schools, 24 educational institutions in Varna and in all schools in Sliven.

A new bomb threat was made this morning at the 22nd school in Sofia. The learning process has been suspended.

The Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion Agency (BSMEPA) and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization in Turkey (KOSGEB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

The monument to the Soviet soldier in Burgas, better known as "Alyosha of Burgas", is covered with inscriptions: "No to Putin" and "No to war!" bTV reported.

The hands of the Soviet soldiers are painted red - a symbol of the bloodshed in Ukraine. The controversial monument has repeatedly become a canvas for political messages in recent months.