Sofia

The Municipal Councilor of VMRO in Sofia Municipality, Carlos Contrera, submitted a report suggesting that the Sofia Municipality should create a municipal system for the use of electric scooters in the capital.

The European Commission has appointed Bulgarian Ognyan Zlatev as Head of the EC Representation in the Croatian capital city of Zagreb, it was reported from Brussels. Zlatev previously worked on the same position in Sofia.

The EC points out that he is a highly-qualified communications expert with nearly 30 years of professional experience.

Yellow code has been declared in 10 districts in southern and central Bulgaria due to intense rainfall and thunderstorms.

The code applies to the districts of Plovdiv, Smolyan, Kardzhali, Haskovo, Yambol, Gabrovska, Lovech, Veliko Tarnovo, Targovishte and Bourgas. In these areas there will be intense rainfall, accompanied by thunder and wind gain.

The Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Northern Macedonia will meet in Plovdiv.

The second economic forum in the city will bring together Boyko Borissov and Zoran Zaev. The two of them will meet after the exacerbation of the relations between the two countries due to historical disputes around the figure of Gotse Delchev.

Bulgarian authorities have broken up a major organised crime ring thought to have smuggled thousands of migrants from Afghanistan en route to western Europe, prosecutors said Tuesday, as cited by Reuters.

The implementation of the Health and Education for All program improved access to social, health and educational services for young Roma families and enabled 2500 children between 3 and 5 years of age to regularly attend kindergartens and preschool groups.

Since the beginning of the year, the Metropolitan Inspectorate has cleaned nearly 5,000 of the 33,000 rainwater shafts in Sofia. This was made clear by the words of engineer Nikolai Kyucukov from the office on the occasion of yesterday's difficulties, which the pouring rain created in the city. The most problematic are the low plots, one of which is the newly renovated part of Solunska Street.

The last night's storm in Sofia caused heavy damages.

At present, the public transport isn't affected. Everything is on schedule and on its usual routes. The Emergency Prevention Teams have reacted to 10 signals for and fallen tree branches.

Today, a cold front will pass through the country, with unstable air masses and development of cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds. Many areas will get rain showers and thunder,  the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) announced.

Fire broke out in the center of Sofia. Thick black smoke rises above the buildings in the region of UMHAT "Tsaritsa Yoanna - ISUL".

The reason is burning tires in the region, the MoI officers on duty said.
There is no danger of a fire burning in the surrounding buildings or threatened people, the Ministry of Interior added.