Plovdiv

"On December 15 this year, we will have our first medical helicopter." This was stated by caretaker Health Minister Asen Medzhidiev on the National Television

The purchase agreement was concluded with the Italian company "Leonardo". In the following years, we will gradually receive the remaining five helicopters. One machine costs about 18 million euros, the minister said.

Hundreds of residents of small settlements in Bulgaria continue to be without access to medicines.

According to data from the Executive Medicines Agency, by 2021 the number of pharmacies in our country was 3,300, with a third of them concentrated in Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna.

GERB leader and ex-PM Boyko Borissov will not be an MP. The CEC approved his application, with which he refuses to be named as an elected representative in two regions - Sofia and Plovdiv.

Construction workers massively stop the sales of properties "on the green".

The depopulation of Bulgarian villages continues. In 1173 villages, which is about one fifth of all settlements in our country, live up to 50 people, and in 167 villages there is not a single inhabitant. This is shown by the data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) at the end of 2021.

A coordination center "Plovdiv - Ukraine" is being established in the city under the hills. The open telephone line (+359) 032 / 605-550, which will be open 24 hours a day, will collect information on accommodation and employment opportunities for refugees from Ukraine from all municipalities in the district, employers, the Bulgarian Red Cross in Plovdiv and individuals.

How to Help People in Ukraine if You are in Bulgaria

The Municipality of Plovdiv will provide accommodation for Bulgarians coming from Ukraine.

Sofia will introduce anti-epidemic measures from the third stage of the pandemic management plan, Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev announced after a meeting of the pandemic committee. A decision of the national headquarters is forthcoming, in which the new measures will be described in detail. They should take effect next week.

Among the documents from this morning's session is the decision to open the Consulate of Montenegro in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Podgorica-based Vijesti reported.
"With an honorary consul at the helm and jurisdiction over the following areas: Plovdiv, Gabrovo, Burgas, Varna, Haskovo, Yambol and Ruse," reads the decision signed by Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic.

Yellow code for heavy rainfall is in force for 14 districts in the country on 9 October. This is indicated by a reference on the NIMH website. These are Vidin, Montana, Vratsa, Sofia region, Sofia, Pernik, Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Pazardzhik, Smolyan, Kardzhali, Plovdiv, Lovech and Haskovo. The expected amount of precipitation is between 25 and 30 millimeters.