Plovdiv

Seven people were arrested early on Tuesday in the Roma neighborhoods of Plovdiv and Pazardzhik for preaching radical Islam on Facebook.

The arrests were made in the Roma districts of Plovdiv, Asenovgrad, and Pazardzhik under the supervision of the prosecuting authority, according to reports of the Focus news agency.

Chinese investors are interested in obtaining a concession contract for Plovdiv Airport and turning it into a logistics hub for Europe and Asia, according to Bulgaria's Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski.

Lukarski met Tuesday with a representative of Hainan Longquanren Century Invest and Development Co, according to the press office of the Economy Ministry.

The Metro extension to Business Park Sofia will open for passengers on 8 May, according to Stoyan Bratoev, director of the Sofia underground railway system.

The recent decision of authorities in Bulgaria's second largest city Plovdiv to allow only qualified musicians to play on its main street, appeared in an article of the BBC on Thursday.

According to the provision, musicians will need to be in a possession of a music education diploma in order to be allowed to play there.

Tsvetan Vasilev, the majority shareholder at troubled Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB), is transferring his assets in the football club of Botev Plovdiv to the team's fans.

Until now, fans were already in possession of a minor share in Botev Plovdiv.

An explosion occurred at a warehouse of Bulgaria's largest arms factory, VMZ Sopot, located near the southern village of Iganovo, Karlovo Municipality, on Saturday evening.

The tip-off for the blast was received at around 7:30 p.m., according to Geori Kostov, Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry, as cited by the Bulgarian National Television.

According to unconfirmed information, Bulgaria's Olympic weightlifting champion Milen Dobrev has most probably died of a heart attack.

The athlete was found dead in his home in Plovdiv on Saturday afternoon, and the emergency call on account of the incident has been received at 1:38 pm.

Former Olympic Weightlifting champion Milen Dobrev has been found dead in his home.

According to information released by local police, there have been no signs of violence on the body of the 35-year old athlete.
His parents have discovered the dead body as they went to his apartment Saturday.

Over the course of the past evening, massive rocks have fallen on the road to the Asenova Krepost ( Asen's Fortress) near Bulgaria's second largest town Plovdiv. The dangerous section of the road is 200 meters below the fortress itself and is 20 meters long.

Bulgaria will be able to invest over EUR 2 B in the modernization of agricultural holdings and the development of rural areas by 2020, according to Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva.