Focus News Agency

Six people died in road accidents in the past 24 hours, the press centre of the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior announced, quoted by Focus News Agency.

A total of 18 road accidents occurred in the country, in which 20 people were injured.

On the territory of the capitol Sofia, 169 minor road accidents occurred, during which nobody died or was injured.

The Ministry of Tourism and the Interior Ministry are considering the establishment of tourist police, initially in the national resorts, Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova said during a meeting with representatives of the sector, FOCUS News Agency reports.

''We expect growth of nearly 10% in the summer again this year'', Minister of Tourism Nikolina Anglekova told journalists, quoted by FOCUS News Agency.

She said the lack of staff in the sector is a problem and a challenge, given the significant growth in tourism over the last years. The state will create a working group or a unit to facilitate the issuing of visas and work permits.

Turnover in retail commerce, excluding automobiles and motorcycles, rose 5.9% year-on-year in March 2017, the National Statistics Institute said, quoted by Focus News Agency.

In execution of the Operational Programme for Food and/or Basic Material Assistance under the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD), the Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) - Burgas district starts phased distribution of individual packages with food products from the first additional tranche to 2,075 Bulgarian citizens in need from the Burgas district, the Regional Structure of the Bulgarian

''Only united and strong Europe can maintain peace and justice.
Today we travel freely, we trade freely and from this year we will phone freely in the EU. These are the natural consequences of the common values on the diverse continent'', wrote Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on his official Facebook account.

In 12 regions in the country a Yellow Code was issued over rains and thunderstorms, alerted the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) at the Bulgarian Academy of Science.

The regions which are threatened by dangerous natural phenomenas: Kardjali, Haskovo, Yambol, Sliven, Burgas, Targovishte, Razgrad, Ruse, Silistra, Shumen, Dobrich and Varna.

Scattered clouds in the morning hours decreasing to mostly sunny weather at some places. This was announced by Anna Dyakova, meteorologist on duty at the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for FOCUS News Agency .

The winning in the French President Elections of Emmanuel Macron is positive for Bulgaria because our country is one of the most euro-optimistic in the EU. That said in a interview for Focus News Agency the political scientist Parvan Simeonov.

The Chairman of the National Assembly of Bulgaria Dimitar Glavchev and some members of the Parliament are going to attend the festive ceremony of  raising the flag of the European Union. That announced the Presidency Press Centre, reported Focus News Agency.

The ritual which marks the Europe Day will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., on May 9 2017, in front of the President institution.