Geography of Bulgaria

On July 19, Friday, the head of state Rumen Radev and his wife Desislava Radeva will attend the opening of the Rozhen fair. The President will open the event with the rhythm of Rhodope bells from the central stage of the Rozhen meadows near Smolyan at 10.30 am.

Seven years have passed since the Sarafovo Airport bomb attack in Burgas, reported BGNES.

In the terrorist attack in 2012, five Israelis and one Bulgarian citizen were killed.

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With BGN 11 million Veliko Turnovo Municipality renovated 38 streets and the square in the old town. The ,,Samovodska charshiya'' has a new stone pavement and near the Tsarevets fortress there is a parking lot for nearly 100 cars and a tourist bus.

,,The repair and restoration of the mineral bath in Bankya will end in one year'', said Yordanka Fandakova, Mayor of Sofia.

The mineral bath will open doors as a place for spa tourism but will also function as a cultural center, she specified:

Elections are the most important test for all politicians. This was stated by the mayor of Sofia Yordanka Fandakova after journalists' review of the restoration work of the Bankya mineral bath building.

"We are currently running nominations in almost all parties, and the nominations are starting in GERB, and we will have results in September," she said.

A large-scale training exercise of the Ministry of the Interior and the Road Agency takes place on Hemus Motorway on July 10. The traffic through "Echemmiska" tunnel towards Varna is temporarily closed for simulation of a multiple-vehilcle accident with many wounded.

Marihuana for more than half a million BGN was seized in the land of the Pomorian village Bata, the Burgas District Prosecutor's Office announced.

90 kg dry foliage mass and another 193 stalks of cannabis found in plantation. The number is record. A 57-year-old man from Burgas is detained, he is not criminally exposed and has not been convicted, the Burgas police have reported.

Criminologists from the Regional Police Station - Veliko Tarnovo have revealed two cannabis mini-greenhouses. Over 40 kg of the drug was seized, as well as nearly 300 pots of plants.

The specialized police operation to counteract the cultivation and distribution of narcotic substances was held yesterday on the territory of Veliko Tarnovo and Gorna Oryahovitsa.

The second stage of concreting the railroad track of the third metro lane in Sofia began. Currently the teams are working between the Orlov Bridge and the The Little City Theatre 'Off The Channel'.

A bus carrying children caught on fire on Trakia highway this afternoon. The incident was about 14.40 am 5-6 km after the Karnobatin the direction for Sofia.

No injuries, reported by the Ministry of Interior press office in Burgas.