Geography of Bulgaria

The mountain auto-rally “Uzana” was cancelled after a fatal accident on Saturday.

During a training session on Saturday afternoon, Yordan Milarov, a driver from Gabrovo’s ARA Motor Sport club, had a serious car crash.

The incident happened in a middle section of the track, according to reports of Darik radio. Milarov lost control of the vehicle at a turn and hit a rock.

Two people were killed and five were injured in a car accident at the Hemus highway entrance of Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna, said the first aid Varna chief Maya Rasheva. 

An MP had to intervene to get the electricity supply restored to the home of a man who requires a machine to help him breathe just days after a woman on life support died in Hania, Crete, as a result of her power being cut over unpaid bills.

Hotels in Bulgaria's city of Plovdiv recorded a 33% higher revenue from tourist accommodation in H1 2014, compared to the same period of 2013, the local administration informed.

The contribution of Bulgarian tourists to the municipality's revenues increased by 24% and of foreign visitors - by 44%, Dnevnik reports.

Bulgarian police is looking for a German citizen who went missing in Varna two weeks ago, according to the Interior Ministry website. 

The 28-year-old Lars Joachim Mittank, from Berlin, was last seen at the Varna airport on July 8. 

Tourists in Bulgaria's Black Sea Sunny Beach resort consume the astounding 20 tonnes of alcoholic beverages per day, according to a survey of Bulgarian Telegraph Daily.

The Euroroma party posed an ultimatum to the Stara Zagora Mayor Zhivko Todorov the stop the demolition of illegal Roma houses in the city, reports news.bg. 

The production of raspberries in northern Bulgaria is regaining momentum and is about to become a principle means of subsistence in the region.

The annual production of raspberries amounts to 8000 tonnes and 80% of it is exported to the Netherlands, Germany and the UK, according to Standard daily.

The real estate deals in Bulgaria in H1 2014 grew by 64%,year-on-year, shows an analysis of the ERA Bulgaria real estate company. 

Due to the bank panic in June, buyers showed increased interest in buying homes in Sofia. 

In Varna and Burgas, however, the deals with Russian citizens dropped by 35% in H1 2014, year-on-year.

Sofia City Court has adjourned the hearing of the case against nationalist leader Volen Siderov who is accused of hooliganism and infliction of minor injuries to a police officer.