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Sofia to Start Building Third Metro Line This Year
With Bulgaria set to get EUR 400 M in EU funding in 2014-2020 for building sections of the underground railway system in Sofia, the construction of a third line is planned to start this year, city mayor Yordanka Fandakova said on Friday.
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2 Men Convicted for College Student Murder Go Missing before Imprisonment
Two of the three men convicted for the murder of 20-year-old Stoyan Baltov in 2008 have gone missing.
According to reports of the Legal World magazine, the authorities launched a nationwide search for the arrest of Vili Georgiev and Svetlozar Stoilov on December 23 and only Alexander Danailov was imprisoned.
Bus Carrying Children Suffers Minor Accident in Vitosha Mountain
A bus carrying children suffered a minor traffic accident on its way down from the Aleko chalet in the Vitosha Mountain to Sofia's Dragalevtsi residential district.
Nobody was injured in the accident.
Slightly after 10 am on Saturday, the bus, which had not been equipped with tire chains, hit a tree, according to the press office of the Interior Ministry.
Bulgarian Ministries, Universities Owe BGN 23 M to Sofia Municipality
Public institutions and universities owe the Sofia Municipality some BGN 23 M in unpaid garbage fee and property tax installments.
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Bulgaria 'Postpones Turkish PM Visit'
Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will not be visiting Bulgaria in January as previously planned, Turkish media reports suggest.
The reason is that Sofia is not willing to receive him before June's general election in Turkey, according to the English-language version Zaman daily.
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Man Shot Dead Near Downtown Sofia on Christmas Eve
A man was shot with a gas pistol and then hit to death with a bottle in Sofia on Wednesday, police say.
The incident unfolded at the Dimitar Petkov market, not far from downtown Sofia, according to Darik Radio.
Police sources suspect the victim was well-known in the neighborhood as a drug addict and pickpocket.
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Patriarch Neofit Issues Christmas Blessing for Bulgarians across the Globe
Patriarch Neofit, the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, is serving the traditional Christmas Day service at the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia.
Neofit is casting a prayer for good health and long lives and with a blessing to all Bulgarian Orthodox Christians around the world.
Spring for Christmas, Proper Winter for New Year
The unusually warm weather in Bulgaria will last throughout Christmas and the temperatures will remain spring-like, reports the bTV national channel.
The weather in the ski resorts will also be abnormally warm.
On Thursday, however, a Mediterranean cyclone will bring first rain and then snow in the weekend. Temperatures over the weekend are expected to drop below zero.
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Sofia Municipality to Sign Concession Contracts for Public Transport Stops
The Sofia Municipality plans to sign concession contracts for a maximum period of 15 years for public transport stops in the capital, according to Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova.
Grigor Dimitrov Declared Bulgaria’s Best Sportsperson for 2014
Star tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has won the award Bulgarian Sportsperson of the Year for 2014.
In 2014, Dimitrov made it into the top 10 of ATP, reaching place 8, and won three titles, getting to the ½-finals of Wimbledon and the ¼-finals of Australian Open, according to reports of Sega daily. He currently holds 11th place in the ATP ranking.