Plovdiv

The notorious Roma baron Kiril Rashkov, aka Tsar Kiro, died this night at his home in Plovdiv aged 78. The news was confirmed by the family's lawyer Rositsa Draginova, reported "24 Hours"

The construction of BGN 40 million production plant for aluminum profiles, the largest on the Balkans, has started in Trakia Economic Zone. Minister of Economy Lachezar Borisov presented a Class A investment certificate to Zdravko Linkin, chairman of the board of directors of Interlink Group AD.

"This is Act One," he says, "No one knows how it is really going to play out."

Most of those who have returned in the wake of COVID-19 and who work in manual labour and agriculture will probably go abroad again, if they have not done so already, Boyadzhiev says. However, he adds, COVID is accelerating trends that were already present in Bulgaria before the pandemic.

The police in Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv continues its March 8 tradition called "Flower on the road". Women drivers are stopped not for inspection, but to be given a flower for the International Women's Day.

A horse-drawn snow plough clears the pavements in the village of Momino Selo in the South Bulgarian district of Plovdiv.

The animal clears the snow from the pavements in the village every winter with the help of a special wooden device. Thus, in just an hour and a half, the horse does the work of a dozen people.

In 2020 the purchases of houses in the countryside have increased by 20 percent in Bulgaria. The interest in rural properties is not new to the home market, but is growing because of the pandemic, and real estate brokers expect the trend to persist in 2021 and coming years, informs Trud daily.

The beginning of 2021 had the most untoward impact on employment rate in Plovdiv region. The negative trend associated with the decrease in employment started with the imposition of measures against COVID-19, but continued in the first weeks of the new year.

Seventy-five mayors in Bulgaria have been penalized for polluting environment with urban waste, shows the information of the Ministry of Environment and Water concerning the control activities of Ministry's 15 regional inspectorates ensuing from the Waste Management Act.

The Mayor of Plovdiv Zdravko Dimitrov-Ziko has been in politics for long and can be defined as a political veteran. His posture is remarkable (he's a former basketball player) as well as his rhetoric and his unwavering standwhen it comes to taking decisions and actions.

Bulgaria's republican athletics champion became the winner of the Supermodel of the Universe 2020 competition. Ivan Bulkin from Plovdiv got the upper hand over 20 international models who took part in the competition, Nova TV reported.

This year's edition was supposed to be held in Malaysia, but due to anti-pandemic measures it was held online.