Ruse

A child has gone missing in the waters of the Danube river near the Bulgarian city of Ruse on Tuesday.

Three children were bathing in the river in the area of the so-called "Horse beach" under the Riga hotel.

The children were bathing in the forbidden area, when one of them went missing, Darik radio reports.

A recent article on Bulgaria on the Insider Monkey website has listed seven "best places to visit" in the country.

The Srebarna Nature Reserve, the resort of Sunny Beach, the northeastern town of Ruse, the Seven Rila Lakes (glacial lakes in the Rila Mountains in the southwest), the Ledenika cave, the Iskar river, and the capital Sofia, according to the website's own rankings.  

Swiss Ambassador to Bulgaria Denis Knobel and Bulgarian Social Minister Ivaylo Kalfin signed agreements with the municipalities of Burgas, Ruse and Sliven that will be aimed at stimulating the social inclusion of Roma and other vulnerable ethnic groups.

The Bulgarian city of Ruse hosts an international sand sculpture festival dedicated to cinema between June 9 and 20.

A total of 613 tonnes of sand will be crafted into ten sculptures, each measuring two metres in height, daily Dnevnik reports.

A possible extension of one of the European cycle routes to Bulgaria will be discussed in the city of Ruse on Tuesday.

A working group on the development of bicycle transport and tourism in the Lower Danube will meet with participants from Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia.

AGERPRES special correspondent Adina Panaitescu reports: The phenomenon of migration and threats to the rule of law were some of the challenges discussed during a trans-border dialogue with citizens of Romania and Bulgaria, conducted by First Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans, together with Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and Romanian Justice Minister Robert Cazanc

AGERPRES special correspondent Adina Panaitescu reports: The Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), as well as Romania and Bulgaria's accession to the Schengen Area were debated during a trans-border dialogue with Bulgarian and Romanian citizens, held by First Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans, together with Bulgarian President Rosen Plevleniev and Romanian Justi

AGERPRES special correspondent Adina Panaitescu reports: Europe will be able to determine its future if it sticks together, said First Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans during a trans-border dialogue with Bulgarian and Romanian citizens, held together with Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and Romanian Justice Minister Robert Cazanciuc, on Thursday, in Ruse, Bulgaria

The traffic on Danube Bridge between the Bulgarian city of Ruse and the Romanian town of Giurgiu will be hampered due to repair works starting on the Romanian side.

The Romanian National Company of Motorways and National Roads informed the Bulgarian Road Infrastructure Agency of the forthcoming repair works on the DN5 road.

Plovdiv will be officially declared European Capital of Culture for 2019 at a Tuesday meeting of the Council of the European Union.

The issue has been included in the provisional agenda of the meeting on May 19, according to Darik radio.

Plovdiv Mayor Ivan Totev and his deputy Stefan Stoyanov left for Brussels on Monday.