Vratsa

Bulgaria faces significant challenges due to heavy snowfall, according to the Interior Ministry's latest update on Sunday at 11:30 am. Fire Safety and Civil Protection units, with 264 personnel and 83 pieces of equipment, are working on 80 incidents caused by the weather.

A code orange for dangerous weather with heavy rainfall is in effect today for 15 areas of Bulgaria. This shows a reference on the website of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology.

These are Vidin, Montana, Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Lovech, Sofia region, Sofia city, Pernik, Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Smolyan, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv and Stara Zagora.

Disinsection campaign along the Danube starts today. The destruction of the insects will take place through the ubiquitous spraying of the affected areas along the whole Danube River. The campaign will be carried out by aviation treatment aimed at the mass destruction of mosquitoes and the prevention of the spread of human and animal diseases in these risky regions.

The construction of the plant of the German company MD Elektronic in Vratsa, where BGN 22 million should be invested and approximately 300 jobs opened, should start next week.

The first sod of the base will be made in the following Monday, the Municipality of Vratsa said, quoted by the regional news agency Media News.

In 1561 schools today, January 29, the school sessions were suspended. This was announced by the press center of the Ministry of Education and Science. From today in flu vacation are the students from 61 schools in Montana district and 32 schools in Vratsa district.

A bus that runs regularly from Lilyache to Vratsa has crashed around 7am this morning on the bypass of Vratsa. The police said that the driver did not stop at the stop at Krivodol and the vehicle was hit by a car traveling to Sofia. 19-year-old girl has a head injury, reported Darik. 

Rain turned into hail - with the size of the ice pieces like a walnut, came over Byala Slatina and caused huge damage to the town. Older people say they do not remember such a thing.

Affected by the storm are Pleven and Knezha, but a disastrous situation has been announced only in the municipality of Byala Slatina.

Daily repair works on state roads are being carried out to improve the state of the road network, inform the API press center.
With a cold asphalt mixture today sections of Trakia Motorway were repaired, on the territory of the districts of Sofia and Plovdiv, of the Hemus Motorway in the Sofia region, the I-1 road in Vratsa district and others.

Bulgaria's Deputy Minister of Justice Evgeni Stoyanov opened a "blue room" in the Northern Bulgarian city of Vratsa for hearing of child victims and perpetrators of crimes, the Ministry of Justice announced on 22nd of February.

Due to the announced flu epidemic in 887 schools in the country today there will be no classes.
 
For 138 schools in Burgas District, the flu season continues until February 2 inclusive. In Sofia-city, 276 schools will also not study until February 2nd.