Yordanka Fandakova

Forecast of dangerously polluted air in Sofia Municipality.

Exceeding the norm of fine particulate matter is today and tomorrow. According to the site of the municipality, the most dirty is the air over the districts "Druzhba", "Hipodruma" and "Nadezhda".

Sofia Municipality is about to retreat from the strict rules on movable objects and ads, which voted only four months ago. The reason is that the text of the ordinance for this area is now seen on part of the municipal councilors too restrictive. That is why they have introduced new changes to the text in the Sofia Municipal Council, reports Mediapool. 

In 2019, the municipality will launch a pilot programme to provide partial financial support for social innovation, with a budget of BGN 100,000, Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova said at the opening of a conference on social innovation, quoted by Focus News Agency.

Individuals and organisations will have three months to submit project proposals.

The repair of the Graf Ignatiev Street in Sofia will be ready soon, the same goes for the launch of the tram, informs Mayor Yordanka Fandakova. She can not commit to a precise deadline for completion of the repair work.

The major repairs on Graf Ignatiev Street started on May 7, 2018. The deadline was mid-October.

''The main boulevards and streets are cleaned. 169 machines have been involved in the snow-cleaning of Sofia last night. The streets and boulevards of public transport, as well as the main roads, have been cleaned. They are still working machines, the snow is expected to stop, but the temperatures will fall.

Today is a day for cleaner air in Sofia. The goal is people to realize that we are all part of the change to a clean environment for living. Municipal officials do not use their personal and business cars. In addition to state administrations, private companies and schools were also involved in the initiative.

Metropolitan Mayor Yordanka Fandakova will inspect the construction of the third subway line.

Two stages of the metro line are currently under construction. Of the total length, which is 12 kilometers, 1/3 of it is already built. 

At the beginning of 2019, Sofia Municipality together with the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings will open a crisis centre for child victims, with a capacity for 10 children, Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova said at a conference on human trafficking and cybercrime, Focus News Agency reports.

The company executing the supervision of the repair of the central Sofia street "Graf Ignatiev" was fined BGN 100,000. This was announced by Mayor Yordanka Fandakova and added that she was not satisfied with their work, reports Dnevnik. 

Sofia. The request by various city councillors for a local referendum on the planned construction of a RDF plant is hypocritical, Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova told reporters, quoted by Focus News Agency. She said that similar facilities were operating in Vienna and Copenhagen.