Sofia Municipality

The district of Kardzhali in southern Bulgaria, has a higher migration population growth than Sofia. This is what a study by the Institute for Market Economics shows. This type of growth reflects on migration of people - new settlements minus people who left.

By order of Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova, the Vrana Park-Museum and the Military Academy Park in Bulgaria's capital open for visitors today. The Western Gate of Serdica archaeological park, as well as the garden near the Alexander Battenberg Mausoleum are also opening today.

As of today, May 7, 2020, the "blue" and "green" zones in Sofia are being restored, the Sofia Municipality announced. We remind you that the working hours of the zones start at 8:30 am and end at 7:30 pm.

In the best-case scenario we will enter the halls to watch concerts and theatrical performances in a year.

Citizens will be able to resume visits to national parks, nature parks, mountains and similar places as Bulgaria's Health Minister Kiril Ananiev has issued a new order today, entrusting municipal mayors and district governors throughout Bulgaria to create an organized way for such visits.

There are many generous donation to fight COVID-19 in Bulgaria. Many Bulgarian and US companies have showed solidarity to Bulgarian Hospitals and initiatives. See some of them below:

The decision follows the measures taken by the government of the Republic of Bulgaria to prevent the dissemination of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the country 

On March 11, with an order of the Mayor of Sofia Municipality, the access and visits to the Sofia Zoo are terminated, the zoo reported.

The area around Sofia Theatre in the capital is closed off because of the strong smell of gas. At this stage, emergency teams are still unable to understand if there is a leak and where it comes from.

Bus lines 11, 404 and 213 will be with temporarily changed route, the Sofia Municipality reported.

In two weeks time, Studena Dam, from which the town of Pernik gets its drinking water, will reach a dead volume. This was announced by Mayor of Pernik, Stanislav Vladimirov, during the meeting of the Standing Committee on Engineering Infrastructure and Energy Planning in the Sofia Municipality on January 20.