Balkan Mountains

Residents of five villages in the municipality of Mezdra protest against the planned double rise in the price of the water, sega reported.

Over 620 machines are working on cleading the road surfaces. All republican roads are passable in winter conditions. This was announced by the press center of the Road Infrastructure Agency. The high-passes of Petrohan, Troyan, Shipka and the Republic are cleaned up to asphalt.

A protected animal was shot near the village of Enina, the country's correspondent for the region has reported to BGNES.

The bear was discovered yesterday for about 20.00 by environmentalists and forestry officials. They have taken the corpse to the Kazanlak district police station for inspection.

Road repairs begin in the Petrohan Pass. Nearly 21 kilometers, located in the Sofia region, will be renewed, the Road Infrastructure Agency announced, quoted by bTV.

It is about the section between Buchin Pass and Berkovitsa. The project is funded through European funds through the European Regional Development Fund and the national budget. The money amounts to BGN 12 million.

Residents of Varshets and near settlements protest against the high prices of water, radio Focus reports, citing the protest's organizators.

People will gather at the Petrohan pass in the area of Barzia at 11.30.

BGN 80 million are allocated for road cleaning during the winter. The money is enough, but the regional minister Nikolay Nankov still expressed the hope that the winter will not be too heavy to save money for road repairs. The planned funds are for maintaining the republic road network under severe winter conditions.

"Despite the warnings, more than 80% of the drivers have entered the Stara Planina passages with summer tires in the weekend", said Road Agency Director Doncho Atanasov to bTV.

Some of the high-mountain passes are still closed because of the wet snow falling on Saturday, BNT reported.

Teams of road maintenance companies still clear the Petrohan Pass. The District Road Administration in Montana does not commit to a exact time when it will be open. Until the restoration of the traffic through the Petrohan Pass, the bypass route is through the Iskar Gorge.

In the high mountain passes, weekends are expected to worsen, and in many places the rain is likely to turn into snow, the Road Infrastructure Agency (API) warned drivers, those who are going to travel in the next few days through the mountain passes should not go on the road with summer tires and must drive at a speed in accordance with weather conditions, the press agency of the road agency s

The weather will be mostly sunny today, sometimes with increased cloudiness mainly in the northern and western regions. This is the forecast of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH), quoted by FOCUS News Agency.