Stara Zagora

Six Bulgarian cities are participating in the tenth edition of the European Researchers' Night which is taking place on Friday.

Events will take place simultaneously in 280 cities across Europe and beyond.

The six Bulgarian cities hosting events are Sofia, Plovidv, Varna, Burgas, Ruse and Stara Zagora, daily Dnevnik informs.

The municipality of Stara Zagora is preparing to tear down 60 illegally set up residential buildings in the Roma neighborhood of Lozenets, located on the territory of Borova Gora Park.

The host nation Bulgaria lost at the opening of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship on Wednesday, suffering a 0-2 defeat to Croatia.

The match, which was played at the Beroe stadium in the city of Stara Zagora, was attended by 10 000 spectators and took place right after the official opening ceremony of the tournament.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will attend the official opening of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship on Wednesday.

This was announced by Zhivko Todorov, the mayor of Stara Zagora, one of the four host cities of the tournament along with Burgas, Sliven and Sozopol.

There were 164 Bulgarian villages with no residents as of December 31, 2014, national statistics show.

Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister Ivaylo Kalfin will resign if his ABV party decides to withdraw its support for the coalition government.

Kalfin also revealed that he will not participate in the party's leadership contest, which became necessary after former Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov resigned as leader of ABV.

Bulgarian telecommunications opeartor Max has successfully demonstrated high definition voice and video services over its commercially available 4G LTE network, the first of its kind in Bulgaria.

Max announced Monday that it would extend its product range to include high quality voice products.

One man was presumed dead and two women were severely injured by a blast at a Bulgarian fireworks and hunting ammunition factory on Friday.

According to BGNES news outlet, the explosion at the privately-owned factory in Maglizh, some 200 km east of Sofia, occurred around 1130 EET (0930 UTC).

The reasons for the blast were not immediately known.

A young Bulgarian woman has set herself ablaze in the town of Stara Zagora, local officials say.

Her identity is currently not disclosed by police.

The woman, aged 32, has suffered burns covering 80-95 percent of her body surface, public broadcaster BNR quotes doctors as saying.

This year's edition of the European Researchers' Night will take place on September 26 in six Bulgarian cities from the early afternoon till around midnight.