Yordanka Fandakova

Incumbent mayor Yordanka Fandakova has been reelected for a third term as Mayor for Bulgaria's capital Sofia as the country is holding its local elections on Sunday, a first exit poll by Alpha Research agency shows.

Fandakova has won outright, with support (at 59.9%) that makes a second term redundant, according to the agency.

The main candidates running for mayor of Sofia voted both in the local elections and referendum, which are being held simultaneously in Bulgaria on Sunday.

The incumbent mayor Yordanka Fandakova, who is running for a third term as candidate of the largest ruling party GERB, said that each citizen has to exercise the right to vote.

Local elections are coming in just days, and Novinite is fully aware it did not provide the campaign coverage a news outlet covering a particular country usually does whatever vote is forthcoming.

A museum created specially for children opened on Thursday in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

With 130 games and 12 permanent exhibitions, it offers children an insight into the world of knowledge, covering fields as diverse as biology, astronomy, architecture, paleontology, and archaeology.

The municipality of Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital, inaugurated a state-of-the-art mechanical-biological refuse treatment plant this week, putting other regional metropolises to shame for sticking to … Third World methods of managing urban waste.

Bulgaria's main ruling party GERB has announced the names it has endorsed to run for mayors of the country in the October 25 local elections.

A newly-built waste processing plant in Bulgaria's capital Sofia will begin operating on Monday, the city mayor has announced.

With a moving stage and a sea of rainbow flags, the pro-LGBTI Sofia Pride event due on Saturday is to draw attention of discrimination in Bulgarian schools.

The Soviet Army monument in downtown Sofia, near Orlov Most, is where the rally will begin at 18:00 local time (EEST), but people are invited to gather an hour earlier.

The first stage of the installment of the video-monitoring system in Sofia's neighborhood of Orlandovtsi started Wednesday.

The announcement was made by Sofia's Mayor Yordanka Fandakova in an interview for Focus radio station.

EU Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Cretu arrives in Bulgaria on a 2-day visit on May 28.

The visit will focus on investments which the EU makes in the development of the region through its cohesion policy.

In the period 2014-2020, Bulgaria has been allocated EU funding of EUR 7.6 B under the cohesion policy.