Provinces of Bulgaria

Five died and one remained in serious condition after an accident on the  Sofia-Varna main road near the village of Mikre. This was announced by the Center for Emergency Medical Aid in Lovech, quoted by BTA.

More than 10 mountain rescuers and two dogs have resumed yesterday's search and rescue operation for a 34-year old man from Sofia who went missing in the Kartala ski zone in Mount Rila.

From yesterday in Pamporovo, and  Borovets new, lower prices of passes and tickets for the facilities in the two winter resorts come into force.

The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office has launched a probe into the death of a 16-yeaar-old boy on Sunday, who, as show the preliminary reports, was electrocuted on a street in Sofia. The pretrial proceedings are for death by incompetence or negligence in work, the prosecution said.

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.

On March 1, all regions of Bulgaria except Vidin, Vratsa, Targovishte and Dobrich will be in the red zone on the morbidity map, expects mathematician Lachezar Tomov.

The national weather service forecasts another day when the temperatures will be rather spring-like than typical of the winter, between 13°-18°C. It will be predominantly sunny, with high broken cloudiness, but occasional rains are expected in some regions, as thunderstorms are possible again in southeastern parts of the country by midnight. Light to moderate southeastern wind.

In the last ten years the regions of Gabrovo, Montana, Pleven, Lovech and Vratsa have lost almost a fifth of their population. Only Varna reports an increase in the number of people living there, but the growth is insignificant and is rather explained by the preservation of parity and keeping the human resource.

The special police operation to counter drug production and trafficking was carried out yesterday by officers of the Criminal Police Department with the Ministry of Interior Directorate in Burgas and their colleagues from the Regional Police Department in Nessebar, under the supervision of the Prosecutor's Office.