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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.

Bulgaria's caretaker government will allocate BGN 8 M for the completion of the last metro station of the extension of the second metro line in Sofia,Wednesday.

Another BGN 5.6M will be allocated for the construction of a sports complex in the city of Plovdiv, the government press office informed.

The procedure coincides with the celebration of the St. Sofia day, September 17.

On Saturday, September 6, Bulgaria celebrates the 129-th anniversary of the unification of  Principality of Bulgaria and the then-Ottoman province of Eastern Rumelia in the autumn of 1885.

The city of Plovdiv will be Bulgaria's choice to become European Capital of Culture 2019.

At a ceremony broadcast live on the Bulgarian National Television, a jury recommended Plovdiv as Capital of Culture alongside another venue in Italy.

Steve Green, who chaired the jury, described all four bids, offered by Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Veliko Tarnovo, as "strong".

Four Bulgarian cities, Veliko Tarnovo, Plovdiv, Sofia, and Varna, take part in the final selection stage of the contest European Capital of Culture 2019.

The hearings of the finalists take place on Thursday and the winner is to be announced in Friday, according to reports of Darik radio.

A number of Bulgarian towns and cities are to see demonstrations calling authorities to draft a plan which could help Corporate Commercial Bank (CorpBank or KTB).

A protest rally in front of the central bank building in Sofia on Friday demanded the reopening of Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB or Corpbank), state radio BNR reported.

A wall has collapsed on a worker at a construction site in Bulgaria's southern city of Plovdiv.

According to preliminary reports, the construction accident occurred during excavation work.

The injured man is a 24-year-old construction worker.

He was taken to hospital in an ambulance.

Depositors in Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB) will rally in several Bulgarian cities this afternoon to demand immediate access to their accounts.

The protest action, organized through social networks, has been scheduled to start at 5:30pm local time in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas,Veliko Tarnovo, Sliven and Ruse.

Only 35 Bulgarian cities/towns have increased their population, according to the National Statistical Institute (NSI).

Seven of the 35 cities to register an increase in their population are regional capitals, including Blagoevgrad, Burgas, Veliko Tarnovo, Kardzhali, Plovdiv and Sofia.

Bulgaria has a total of 257 cities and towns.