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At 13:00 hours before the Cabinet of Ministers, environmentalists meet to ask cancel the decision after which they believe that the government gives much more opportunities for construction in the mountain, Nova TV reported.

An informal meeting of the EU Environment Ministers is held in the National Palace of Culture. In the first session of today's meeting, participants discussed opportunities to improve air quality.

Triple murder in Canada. The victims are Bulgarian woman and her two children.
 
Krassimira Peychinovsky was found dead in her home in Ontario, about an hour from Toronto. Her 13-year-old daughter and her 15-year-old son were also killed. The woman also had another daughter who was not at home because she was attending a driving lesson.
 

Bregovo (North-West Bulgaria, near the border with Serbia) remains in a state of emergency because of the risk of flooding. The level of Timok River has dropped by several centimetres, but the groundwater level has risen. Powerful hydropump is used for draining the water, reported BNT. 

A Bulgarian facing charges relating to a credit card fraud syndicate was "executed" with his wife at their Cape Town home.

Police said they found Angelo Dimov and his second wife‚ Nessie Peeva‚ in Bergvliet‚ in the southern suburbs‚ with gunshot wounds to their heads. A police source said they were "executed" and laptops and cellphones had been stolen.

Protests in support of Pirin National Park continue. 

 Runners from 10 of the cities which protest will run over 440 km.

Today's protest is expected to involve people over 20 cities from Bulgaria and abroad.

Environmentalists organize protests in 10 cities against the expansion of the ski zone in Pirin.

They insist that the government repeal its decision of 28 December, which allows for the construction of new facilities with an investment intention for what is in line with environmental standards.

Several ministers will discuss the problem of dirty air in Bulgaria. The occasion is the conference "Problems and Solutions for Improving the Quality of Ambient Air," reports BBC.

Seven start-ups from all over Europe will present their ideas at Sofia's first open-air innovation initiative - Sofia Urban Challenge, reports Mediapool. 

Although air pollution in Bulgaria has declined since 2011, our country is still far from the eco-standards, especially in terms of fine particals matter, which is why it was condemned by the European Commission, reports Mediapool.