Sofia

Bulgaria's capital Sofia on Saturday will be part of worldwide events marking the Spanish Language Day (Día E).

Spanish and Latin American music, but also books, theater plays and cuisine from several Spanish-speaking states will dominate the events in and outside the Cervantes Institute building in downtown Sofia (3, Sveta Sofia Str).

Five months prior to the local elections, the Sofia municipality of Krasno Selo decided to construct two mini football fields in the heart of the Roma neighborhood Fakulteta.

They will also be equipped with specialized watering systems and artificial turf, as per all FIFA requirements, LED lights and all necessary nets. Additionally, there will be 180 seats available for audience.

The first stage of the installment of the video-monitoring system in Sofia's neighborhood of Orlandovtsi started Wednesday.

The announcement was made by Sofia's Mayor Yordanka Fandakova in an interview for Focus radio station.

Trace Group Hold AD has signed a contract with the Sofia Municipality worth BGN 5 725 440 envisaging road maintenance services for 4 years in downtown Sofia.

Nearly a hundred people have gathered in the Orlandovtsi neighbourhood in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia on Tuesday evening to protest against the crimes committed by the Roma community.

According to latest media reports, the situation on the third day of protests in the neighbourhood remained calm and there were no tensions.

The Sofia-Varna train got stuck somewhere along the valley of the Iskar River on Tuesday afternoon.

The train reportedly crashed into an insulator from the electricity network. As a result the device fell upon the train, as stated by the Bulgarian National Railway service in an interview for NOVA television.

The Bulgarian Interior Ministry has revoked the information that police specialized teams have been sent urgently near Sofia's Novi Han.

Roma people in the Bulgarian village of Garmen have not yet started to remove buildings erected illegally in the Kremikovtsi neighborhood,  officials say.

According to the Ministry of Regional Development, all buildings have remained intact since mid-May when tensions started to build up in the southwestern Bulgarian village.

Bulgaria could benefit from EU funding totaling EUR 7.6 B in the 2014-2020 programming period, according to EU Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Cretu.

Speaking Monday in Bulgaria's Danube city of Ruse, she drew attention to the fact that a total of EUR 250 M had been earmarked for cross-border cooperation projects in the 2014-2020 programming period.

At least 30 people have been detained in Bulgaria's capital Sofia after the second night of protests that began Saturday evening over loud music played in the Orlandovtsi neighborhood.

Police say the main goal of security forces now is to prevent further incidents, apart from boosting security in a neighborhood that has been recently marked by Bulgaria-Roma tensions.