Nedelino

Over 3,500 folk performers from Bulgaria and abroad are participating in the 22nd National Festival for two-voice singing in Nedelino.

The festival was officially opened last night by President Rumen Radev and will continue until September 3.

The festival promotes the Nedelin double voice, which is considered a unique manifestation of the song tradition in the Rhodopes region.

Bulgaria: Disaster Situation in 3 Municipalities in Smolyan Region due to Torrential Rains

The situation in the Smolyan region is still tense. There is a lot of snow there at the moment.

Three municipalities in Smolyan district are in a state of emergency due to cut roads due to rivers overflowing their banks. These are Rudozem, Nedelino and Borino. A partial state of emergency has also been declared for the Devin village of Trigrad.

Eleven people in Smolyan were buried under landslides and persistent rainfall is complicating the situation in the city and thevicinity. As a result of the rainfall in the mountainous region, many landslides were triggered, retaining walls fell, there are villages and neighborhoods without available access to them.

Water Supply Smolyan will invest over 91.3 million leva over the next four years in the water supply and sewerage network in the region. Of these, over BGN 68 million is a grant under the Operational Program "Environment" (OPE) 2014-2020.

Rumen Rusanov from the Reformist Bloc (RB) became the new mayor of the Nedelino municipality in the region of Smolyan after his predecessor was removed from office.

The municipal council of Nedelino elected Rusanov at an extraordinary meeting on Friday, the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) reports.

The regions of Smolyan and Kardzhali, as well as the municipalities of Ivaylovgrad Laki, Batak, Sarnitsa, Velingrad, Haskovo and Galabovo remain in a state of emergency over the heavy rains and snowstorms in Bulgaria.

Close to 538 locations across the country had no electricity, as announced by the Interior Ministry's Press Office.

Power supply to more than 800 locations in southern Bulgaria has been disrupted as of Sunday evening due to heavy snowfall now in its third day.

Some villages and towns in the regions of Smolyan and Kardzhali as well as the southernmost areas of Pazardzhik region have remained without water supply, too, as water pumps were idled by the lack of electricity.

The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office has asked the Smolyan District Court to remove from office the Mayor of the Nedelino Municipality, Stoyan Beshirov, and his deputy, Rumyana Karaivanova.

The two have been charged with malfeasance in office.

The motion is to be reviewed by the Smolyan District Court on December 10.

The anti-corruption unit of the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office has pressed charges of malfeasance in office against Stoyan Beshirov, Mayor of the southern Bulgarian municipality of Nedelino.

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