Nadezhda

Hundreds of Bulgarians and Chinese came together here on Friday afternoon to jointly celebrate the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival as well as the 70th anniversaries of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the two countries' diplomatic relations.

Ombudsman Maya Manolova organizes today a second meeting on the dirty air, the Ombudsman press office said. The meeting will start at 2.00 pm. 

The first thematic meeting of citizens with the responsible institutions took place on 24 January this year. 

39 cases of measles in Bulgaria, 24 of them - laboratory proven, reported the Bulgarian National Television. 

The last two cases are a 2-year-old child from Ihtiman and a 16-year-old boy from the Nadezhda district in the capital. 

Experts are categorical that an epidemic at this stage can not be announced.

Air quality in Sofia improved last year compared to 2017. Exceedances of fine particulate matter standards were 17% lower in 2018 compared to the previous year.

A man killed his girlfriend in Sofia, shot his child and himself near Gorni Bogrov late last night, the one-year-old girl died in a hospital. The man remains without danger to life in Pirogov, the BNR reports.

Sofia. Alone this year, Sofia Municipality is investing BGN 48 million in the construction and modernisation of kindergartens and schools, probably the largest budget ever, said Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova, who inspected a school reconstruction in Nadezhda district, Focus News Agency reports.

The Greek chain for industrial sales goods and toys Jumbo plans to open its fifth store in Sofia. It should be located in the Iliyntsi industrial zone, it became clear from the official announcement of investment intention, submitted to the Nadezhda district in February
this year.

Sofia police apprehended 70 unidentified individuals - reportedly illegal immigrants - at two different locations in Bulgaria's capital on Saturday, reports Nova TV.

All doctors from the Emergency Care unit in Sofia have resigned collectively.

The medics are holding a protest at the Health Ministry, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).