Sofia

The Bulgarian Football Union (BFS) relegated on Wednesday leading football club Litex Lovech from the country's top football division - the A Group.

The decision of the disciplinary committee comes after the major scandal, which occurred during the derby between Levski Sofia and Litex during the weekend.

The Institute of Solid State Physics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (ISSP-BAS) held a workshop on "Nanotechnology and nanomaterials: new equipment in the ISSP-BAS" with representatives of leading companies in the nanotechnology field in Bulgaria at the Inter Expo hotel in Sofia on December 10.

Airberlin, Germany's second largest airline, said on Tuesday that it will re-introduce a daily flight between Berlin-Tegel and Sofia as part of plans to strengthen its competitiveness in Europe.

The re-introduced flight will supplement airberlin's codeshare service with Bulgaria Air, offering passengers two flights per day from Bulgaria's capital city to Berlin in future.

Plans for a high-speed train linking Sofia and Istanbul and an interconnection for supplying gas from Azerbaijan to Bulgaria via Turkey have been on the agenda of a meeting between the heads of government of Turkey and Bulgaria in Sofia on Tuesday.

Turkey aims to open more chapters in its accession process to the European Union and finalize the process as soon as possible, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said a day after the EU decided to open its first chapter in more than two years. 

Bulgaria has presented to a potential Chinese investor the opportunities for possible cooperation in the construction of a new unit at Kozloduy nuclear power plant, the Energy Ministry in Sofia said on Tuesday.

"A delegation from a Chinese corporation operating nuclear plants visited Kozloduy nuclear power plant," the Energy Ministry said in a statement.

Turkey doesn't want tensions in its relationship with Russia as they affect the neighboring regions as well as world peace, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said.

Bulgarian traffic police detained on Monday a total of 37 illegal migrants hidden in the cargo compartment of a minibus traveling on Trakia motorway.

Following a check of the microbus, the authorities uncovered 37 Syrian citizens - thirteen men, fourteen women and ten children.

Turkey's national flag carrier airline Turkish Airlines has announced it is increasing the number of flights it performs per week between Sofia and Istanbul.

The total number of Istanbul - Sofia - Istanbul weekly flights will be 18, up from 14, as of December 28, 2015.

Bulgaria will allocate EUR 5 M for co-hosting the 2018 Men's World Volleyball Championship together with Italy.

Bulgarian Sports Minister Krasen Kralev explained that any additional expenses would have to be met by the Bulgarian volleyball federation.