Sofia

Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Gen Philip Breedlove is on a two-day visit to Bulgaria on Wednesday and Thursday.

Breedlove is due to meet newly-appointed Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev and Vice Admiral Rumen Nikolov, who became Chief of Defense in June.

He is to lay wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier in Bulgaria's capital Sofia.

The famous Russian Saint-Petersburg State Ballet on ice will perform in four Bulgarian cities in November.

The dance ensemble will present to the audience Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" and Prokofiev's "Cinderella" in Burgas, Varna, Veliko Tarnovo and Sofia.

Turkey hopes Bulgaria will soon complete its transition to democracy like other European countries had done, Turkey's Ambassador in Sofia said on Monday.

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The second Bulgarian edition of the Night Of The Theatres will take place in 11 cities on November 15.

The festival happens simultaneously in 11 European countries.

The Seventh International Triennial of Graphic Arts "Sofia 2014" opens at 6 pm on Monday in the exhibition halls of the gallery of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (UBA), located on 6 Shipka Street.

The Triennial, which has a 20-year history, gathers the latest achievements of artists from more than 30 countries.

The 28-th edition of Bulgaria's Kinomania film festival starts on November 13 in Sofia with a screening of the Bulgarian film "The Sinking Of Sozopol" (Potuvaneto na Sozopol).

The Kinomania edition in the coast city of Varna starts on November 21 with a screening of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance".

A collision of tram # 10 and bus #72 occurred Monday morning at the intersection of the Evlogi Georgiev Boulevard and Graf Ignatiev Street in downtown Sofia.

The incident occurred at 10.50 am, according to reports of the Sofia Municipality, as cited by the BGNES news agency.

A group of racketeers have been arrested in Sofia in an ongoing joint operation of the Sofia Directorate of the Interior Ministry and the Chief Directorate "Criminal Police."

Police have so far arrested 6 people aged 30-35, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Radio.

Temenuzhka Petkova will be Bulgaria's Minister of Energy in the GERB-RB minority cabinet after Delyan Dobrev refused to take the portfolio.

Ivaylo Moskovski will serve as Minister of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications in the coalition cabinet of GERB party and the Reformist Bloc (RB) led by Boyko Borisov.