Provinces of Bulgaria

The increase in the length of the day in February leads to an increase in sunshine and a decrease in gloomy days. Usually, the snow cover in the plains is short-lived, and the precipitation is little. Characteristic of the month is the great dynamics of the atmosphere, which is the reason for sudden changes in the weather.

118 snow removal machines are treating the roads in Sofia due to the snowfall, reported the Sofia Municipality.

The heavy snowfall created problems in the passes in the Middle Stara Planina and the Rhodope mountains.

Restrictions on the movement of trucks have been imposed through the Troyan - Karnare, Rozhen, Prevala and Pechinsko passes in Smolyan region.

The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology announced an orange code for snowfall for tomorrow, January 26, for the regions of Blagoevgrad, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv and Smolyan. A yellow code has been issued for seven other districts in Western Bulgaria. For Kardjali, the code for snow and rain is also yellow, and for Haskovo, a yellow code for rain has been announced.

Moving bookings to a later date and postponing the winter holiday. Between these extremes are the winter resorts of Bulgaria this season. So far, only in Pamporovo hoteliers calmly say that the resort is full and only the lack of natural snow at the moment will prevent it from scoring a stronger than last year's record good season.

The south-eastern Bulgarian region is among the 23 regions in the EU with the smallest share of young people who have completed secondary education, according to Eurostat data for 2021.

There, less than three-quarters of the 20- to 24-year-old population have a high school diploma.

Five people died in an accident between two cars on the Pleven-Lovech road, BNT reported.

The head-on collision took place in the afternoon, the road is closed.

Almost 30% of the drivers who operate motor vehicles in Sofia do so after being under the influence of intoxicating substances. Commissioner Tencho Tenev, head of the Traffic Police Department - Sofia, said this during his hearing in the Sofia Municipal Council. These are young people between 18 and 40 years old. "The young generation does not comply with anything," said Tenev.

The football player Georgi Semerdzhiev, who crashed his jeep and killed two girls in Sofia, has been taken into custody by the National Investigation Service "G.M. Dimitrov".

An indictment has been brought against him, it foresees a prison term of 5 to 20 years, Yasen Todorov, deputy director of the National Investigation Service, told Nova TV.

The Petrohan Pass is closed due to fallen stones on the road. The traffic on the road Sofia - Montana in the section Barzia - Gintsi, at km 59 is temporarily limited due to the fallen rock mass and flooded road section. The traffic is regulated by the Traffic Police, only vehicles moving to Montana are allowed, and traffic to Sofia is diverted.