Geography of Bulgaria

The Chairman of GERB and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov gave up his seat as Member of the National Assembly.

 In the past 24 hours, 5,176 new cases of coronavirus infection have been registered in the country - the highest figure in a day since the outbreak of the epidemic.

Yesterday, 20,455 tests were made - 12,574 PCR and 7,881 antigen, as 25.3% tested positive.

On average, six unemployed people are competing for one vacancy - according to the latest Employment Agency figures as of the end of February 2021.

In 17 regions the unemployment rate is above the national average, with the highest values recorded in northwestern Bulgaria - Vidin, Montana and Vratsa.

There are 4162 newly infected with coronavirus in Bulgaria.

18,449 PCR tests were performed. 1,555 are newly cured and 115 people have lost the battle with the disease. 689 are in the intensive care unit, according to the Unified Information Portal. Most new cases are in Sofia, Burgas and Varna.

An Iraqi and 11 Syrians, who crossed the Bulgarian border illegally, have been detained near Svilengrad. The migrants told the border police that they wanted to seek asylum in Bulgaria.

The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office has launched a probe into the death of a 16-yeaar-old boy on Sunday, who, as show the preliminary reports, was electrocuted on a street in Sofia. The pretrial proceedings are for death by incompetence or negligence in work, the prosecution said.

In 2020 the purchases of houses in the countryside have increased by 20 percent in Bulgaria. The interest in rural properties is not new to the home market, but is growing because of the pandemic, and real estate brokers expect the trend to persist in 2021 and coming years, informs Trud daily.

The worries over coronavirus infection, the exhaustion from remote learning and the parents' fear of digital devices dependence of their children's are some of the biggest problems that psychologists from Varna have outlined since the beginning of the pandemic to this day.

Code yellow for low temperatures is in force for 9 districts in southwestern and southern Bulgaria - Sofia, Sofia - region, Kyustendil, Pernik, Blagoevgrad, Pazardzhik, Haskovo, Smolyan and Kardzhali. Minimum temperatures in these regions reach minus 15 degrees.

For Tuesday, February 16, a yellow code for cold is declared for the whole of Bulgaria.

The specialized prosecutor's office has initiated pre-trial proceedings for illegal receipt of funds from European Union mainly under measures administered by the State Fund "Agriculture".