Sofia

Azerbaijan plans to double natural gas supplies to Europe by 2027, said the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Sofia. He is a special guest at the signing ceremony of a memorandum on the Solidarity Ring initiative, which aims to increase the security of natural gas supplies to the European Union. The event is hosted by President Rumen Radev.

The cloudiness will be significant, around and after noon cumulus. There will be rain showers, accompanied by thunder in many places. The phenomena will be more intense in the mountainous regions. The wind in most of the country will be oriented from the northwest, in the eastern regions - from the southwest, it will be weak to moderate.

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev is arriving in our country tomorrow at the invitation of the Bulgarian Head of State Rumen Radev.

The two will attend the official opening of an office of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) in Sofia.

Sunny weather will prevail before noon. After noon and until midnight, mainly in Western and Central Bulgaria, cumulus and cumulus-rain clouds will develop and in some places short-term rain accompanied by thunder will fall. A light to moderate southerly wind will blow. It will warm up a little more and the maximum temperatures will be between 18°C and 23°C, in Sofia - around 19°C.

All-Bulgarian march for peace and neutrality was held in Sofia.

The event, organized by 54 intellectuals, public figures, journalists and former representatives of the people, aims to collect enough signatures to hold a national referendum for Bulgaria to be neutral.

According to the organizers, such marches are held in 36 cities of the country.

23 migrants, citizens of Afghanistan, were detained in Plovdiv after a chase with the police. They were transported in an ambulance by a man and a woman who are Bulgarian.

In the Stara Zagora area, policemen signaled them to stop, but the traffickers did not obey. A highway chase ensued.

A bus carrying illegal migrants was caught on the ring road near Sofia, at the turnoff for Kalotina.

There were 20 migrants in the vehicle, all of them in good health. An investigative team is waiting to arrive on the spot to start an inspection, then the migrants will also be taken to a police station.

The minimum temperatures today will be between 4°C and 9°C, in Sofia - about 4°C, the maximum - between 15°C and 20°C, in Sofia - about 15°C.

Deadlock

Bulgaria's former Prime minister and leader of "We Continue the Change" party Kiril Petkov speaks during a-post-election press conference of Coalition 'Continuing the Change - Democratic Bulgaria' in Sofia, Bulgaria, 07 April 2023. EPA-EFE/VASSIL DONEV

Tragedy near the wall of the "Iskar" dam. A car and a truck collided. A 13-year-old girl and her mother died on the spot.

The signal was given at 4:40 p.m. and two ambulances went to the scene. Medical teams pronounced the girl and the woman dead. The father, who was driving, was transported in serious condition to the District Hospital, where doctors will fight for his life.