Iskar

Acting on information received about organised dog fights involving pit bulls, on 14 April, officers from the Sofia and Samokov police departments conducted an operation in a wooded area near Lake Iskar, in Pancharevo, said the Sofia Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior.

Mountain rescuers have helped two hikers in the Beli Iskar River valley, the Mountain Rescue Service with the Bulgarian Red Cross) told Focus News Agency. The hikers were on their way to Musala hut on Saturday night into Sunday when they strayed from their path in the fog and got into the valley along the Beli Iskar River. They spend the night there.

A 25-year-old man killed in a particularly cruel way his parents, his brother and grandmother in Novi Iskar.
 
About 10.30 am this morning.
 
The young man killed his family with an ax.
 
He is detained by the police. An investigation is under way.
 

Sensors will be installed to monitor air pollution at 22 locations in Sofia. They will be part of the municipal network and are expected to start operating by the end of the year, reports Mediapool. 

Bulgarian-Italian Consortium "Ansa Borima" intends to open 200 new jobs in Lovech, becomes clear during a meeting between mayor Kornelia Marinova and Martin Ganev, a partner in the company.

The treatment of Sofia parks against ticks and mosquitoes has began. There are nine teams working this morning as early as 5 am.

Easier accessible areas are handled with specially marked cars, and the ones more difficult to access - manually.

182 snow-cleaning machines are working  this morning in Sofia. The movement in the capital is difficult.

In the areas of "Novi Iskar", "Pancharevo" and "Slatina" began the cleaning of part of the inner-quarter streets. Cleaning of underpasses and stops continues.

In Sofia over 120 snow-cleaning machines cleaned with mixtures against icing, inform the municipality. The streets and boulevards, along which urban transport moves, dangerous and steep sections and main streets in all 24 Sofia districts are processed.

A motion of no confidence in the Borisov 3 Cabinet enters the National Assembly today. It was submitted by BSP and is about corruption.

Bulgarian police are investigating the murder of businessman Petar Hristov, who was shot dead at around 10am on Monday in Sofia's Manastirski Livadi neighbourhood and died shortly afterwards in hospital.