Socioeconomics

174 people spent the night at the crisis centre for homeless people in the Zaharna Fabrika district in Sofia, head of the centre Pepi Dzhurenov told Focus Radio. 16 of them were examined by a doctor, some were referred to hospitals.

Dzhurenov assured that the crisis centre is prepared to provide shelter for anyone in need given the forecast for cold weather.

The homeless man, who stole hundreds of thousands of euros in December from Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy near Paris, remains undetectable. So far, it has been estimated that the stolen money amounts to 300,000 euros. Now, according to a source close to the investigation, the stolen sum amounted to 490,000 euros, the France press reported.

181 people spent the night at the crisis centre for homeless people in Bulgaria's capital Sofia, its director Pepi Dzhurenov told FOCUS News Agency. It was a normal night, except that a person was causing trouble after drinking alcohol. The problem was solved and there were no incidents, he said.

 171 people have stayed at the Crisis Center for Homelessness in the capital.

Municipal authorities in Athens have announced measures to protect homeless people and other vulnerable groups in the Greek capital from the cold weather.

City Hall said that a heated hall in the Athens Municipal Cultural Center on Academias Street will open to the public at 10 p.m. on Friday.

People in need can call the help number 1595 for information.

Every second homeless person in the capital comes from the province, according to data from social workers from the crisis centers in Sofia show. "These are mainly people from small towns who come to Sofia to work as builders and taxi drivers.

The buildings of the former management of the sanatorium complex "Mineral Baths" were completely burnt, and the abandoned buildings were destroyed last night in a fire, according to locals they were inhabited by homeless people, fortunately there were no victims in the fire.

A renovation of a homeless homeless shelter was carried out. The activities cost a total of BGN 30,000, reports novini. 

This is what the director of the Crisis Center for Homeless people in the Zaharna Fabrika district of Sofia, Dragoslava Lundjova, told FOCUS.

Bosnian officials met to discuss how to resolve the issue of some 7,200 people made homeless by the 1990s war who are still living in temporary accommodation in so-called ‘collective centres’.

As aftershocks continued to shake Lesvos Tuesday, a day after a 6.1-magnitude quake shook the eastern Aegean island, leaving one woman dead and several people injured, authorities declared a state of emergency and scrambled to accommodate homeless residents and assess the extent of the damage.