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Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova announced that she intends to propose to the leadership of her country to close the Russian embassy in Bulgaria because of Sofia's refusal to cancel the decision to expel 70 Russian diplomats and officials.

472 are the new cases of COVID-19 in Bulgaria for the last 24 hours. 3677 tests were done. This makes 12.84% positive samples.

Four people died from complications related to COVID-19, according to the data in the Unified Information Portal.

645 have been cured.

"The decision of the Bulgarian authorities to expel 70 Russian diplomatic and technical officials is not independent, but is dictated by external forces". This was stated at her regular weekly briefing by the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova.

Black smoke was visible over the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Sofia, a Eurocom reported.

The reason for what is happening is still unclear.

The reasonable assumption is that the embassy burns documents because the temperature is 30 degrees Celsius and it is too warm to light a fireplace or stoves for heating.

The National Council of "We Continue the Change" (WCC) has given a mandate to start negotiations for a new government. On Tuesday, consultations will be held with "Democratic Bulgaria" and the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), as well as with independent deputies, the party said.

Representatives of the BSP parliamentary group will not go to the president's consultations before being given a mandate to form a new government. The consultations with the Bulgarian Socialist Party were scheduled for 4.45 p.m. today.

The reason for their inability to attend is the discussion of the budget in the budget committee.

A third case in Bulgaria of a man infected with monkeypox has been confirmed - the chief state health inspector Angel Kunchev told journalists. Two cases were confirmed a few days ago. No surprise, according to Kunchev, as the patient was in contact with one of the first confirmed cases.

"We Continue the Change" did not come to the Presidency at 1 p.m., where consultations with the head of state were expected to begin before he handed over a mandate to form a cabinet.

123 are the new cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria for the past 24 hours. This is shown by the updated data of the Unified Information Portal.

This is 10.84% of the 1134 tests performed.

320 patients are in hospitals, of which 26 are in intensive care units.

"North Macedonia is in constant communication with France and Bulgaria in order to reach a proposal that takes into account all sensitive topics", Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani said on TV21.

But the minister also acknowledged that it is possible that no new proposal will be received by the end of June.