Pazardzhik Province

Bulgaria's Town of Panagyurishte Awarded Title of European City of Sports in 2022

The town of Panagyurishte (Pazardzhik district) has met the high criteria to be a European City of Sports in 2022 and has received the prestigious title. This became clear today after an inspection by the non-profit association ACES Europe.

Yellow code for high temperatures is in force for 7 districts in the country for June 23. This is indicated by a reference on the website of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH).

"Northwestern Bulgaria, the area around Sakar - Strandzha, the area around Kraishte and the Central Balkan Mountains - these are the regions where traditionally the processes of depopulation are observed ", told BNR Assoc. Prof.

Of the close to 200 000 people in Bulgaria who changed address within the country in 2020, more than 21,000 chose Plovdiv district as their new place of residence, the municipality said on its website on April 19, citing National Statistical Institute (NSI) data.

This makes the Plovdiv district Bulgaria's most-preferred destination for internal migration.

Near the town of Batak, a small earthquake with magnitude 2.4 on the Richter scale was recorded at 10.09 am today, according to seismologists from the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography of BAS.

The earthquake was 9.4 kilometers from Batak, Pazardzhik region, and 119 kilometers from Sofia.

The Deputy Director of the Regional Police Directorate in Pazardzhik, Commissioner Svetoslav Telbizov, has died as a result of coronavirus infection. This was announced by RHI, quoted by BGNES.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.6 on the Richter scale was registered on the territory of Bulgaria, in the Pazardzhik region.

The quake was registered at 3.01 pm tonight with an epicenter 9 km southeast of Dolna Banya, 39 km west of Pazardzhik and 66 km southeast of Sofia, with a depth of 5 km, the European Seismological Center said. No data on material damage.

Due to the complicated situation in Dospat, Sarnitsa and Sliven, it is necessary to prolong the emergency epidemic situation in the country. This was announced in Plovdiv by the Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev, quoted by BNT.

24 are newly infected with coronavirus in Bulgaria for the last 24 hours. The active areas are 5.

2235 in total are the cases of COVID-19 so far in our country. The new infected are distributed by districts as follows:

Sofia 14,

Blagoevgrad 5,

Pazardzhik 2,

Yambol 2 and

Plovdiv 1.

250 acres of oak forest and pastures burned yesterday near Vetren. The fire started from the old landfill of the city, which, according to the district government, should be safe. Throughout the night, firefighting teams from Pazardzhik and Belovo, as well as forestry officials, kepт a sharp eye on the flames. At the moment the fire is localized, but the smoke is settling over Vetren