Sofia

The body of a 16-year-old teenager has been found in the Borisova garden in downtown Sofia, Bulgaria, police say.

Authorities were informed around noon by a passerby who discovered the lifeless body in broad daylight, lying on  bench with numerous wounds.

Apparently the boy was stabbed many times with a knife.

The US military will hold drills in Bulgaria at the end of August, the commanding general of US Army Europe Lt. Gen. Frederick "Ben" Hodges has said.

Speaking after a meeting with Bulgaria's Chief of Defence Vice-Admiral Rumen Nikolov in Sofia on Monday, Hodges said the drill will involve US ground troops and an airborne assault unit, according to BGNES news outlet.

The Executive Committee of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFS) represents the last hope for CSKA Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia to regain their licences for participation in the domestic A Group.

The licences of the two clubs for participation both in the domestic and the European tournaments were revoked due to outstanding debts to the National Revenue Agency (NAP) and other creditors.

More than 5,000 cars in the center of Sofia received more information, advice and facts regarding the dangers of dehydration while on the road.

As many as 655 people lied down on the square of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in downtown Sofia to kick off a major campaign aimed at the prevention of road incidents.

The number - 655 people - was chosen deliberately: this is also the number of victims of road incidents across Bulgaria in the past year.

''We are very sorry for what we did, we don't know what happened to us.''

That was the statement made by the two armed robbers of a store in Bulgaria's capital Sofia, who had been recorded on tape while committing the crime, OFF News reported. The couple threatened the shop assistant with a gun and took money and goods from the store location before fleeing the site.

EU Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Cretu arrives in Bulgaria on a 2-day visit on May 28.

The visit will focus on investments which the EU makes in the development of the region through its cohesion policy.

In the period 2014-2020, Bulgaria has been allocated EU funding of EUR 7.6 B under the cohesion policy.

The photo competition for the best selfie with an EU-sponsored project will continue through to May 27. It will be conducted through the Facebook profile of eufunds.bg.

Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece have signed an agreement to allow real-time information-sharing in law enforcement.
 
The agreement for the new Police and Customs Cooperation Joint Contact Center was signed during Turkish Interior Minister Sebahattin Öztürk's official visit to Bulgaria's capital, Sofia, May 25.

Two perplexing events occurred in Sofia over the course of the past several days - yellow stains on the ground and a strange odor in the air. The streets and balconies across Sofia were all covered with yellow dust Monday.