Novi Iskar

The much-anticipated launch of the Bulgaria-Serbia Interconnector (IBS) witnessed a significant ceremony graced by the presence of Presidents Rumen Radev and Aleksandar Vucic from both nations. Celebrating this milestone, the interconnector spans a total length of 170 kilometers, with 62 kilometers traversing Bulgarian terrain and linking the town of Novi Iskar in Bulgaria to Nis in Serbia.

23 illegal immigrants were detained around 10:45 a.m. today in the "Novi Iskar" district of Sofia.

21 men and two women from Morocco and Afghanistan were detained.

In another police action in the capital's "Gorna Banya" district, 37 migrants from Syria were detained.

An investigation is ongoing in both cases.

Bulgaria began construction on Wednesday of a long-delayed natural gas link with neighboring Serbia that will allow flows of non-Russian gas to Belgrade and boost the security of supplies in southeastern Europe.

Yesterday elections were hed in 22 districts of Sofia. Only Bankya and Kremikovtsi elected mayors last Sunday. In Bankya Rangel Markov from GERB won the first round, and in "Kremikovtsi" the independent candidate Lilia Donkova became the district mayor.

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.
 

In Sofia 159 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.

New buses are being introduced to Sofia, they have to replace the old ones in the areas of Novi Iskar, Kremikovtsi, Vrabnica and Nadezhda. Reports Novinite.bg.