Stara Zagora Province

A huge fire broke out at the largest coal power plant in Bulgaria - Maritsa-Iztok 2 TPP. The flames burned the chimney of the sulfur-purifying station at the plant. No injured people, the authorities assured that there is no danger of air pollution.

A new command post with 22 rocket launch sites will protect about 110,000 ha of arable land in the regions of Stara Zagora and Plovdiv as of today, said the press office of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry.

Europa Nostra, the leading heritage organisation in Europe, and the European Investment Bank Institute published today a technical and financial report comprising an action plan to preserve and develop the Buzludzha Monument in Bulgaria. The building was listed among the 7 Most Endangered heritage sites in Europe in 2018, following a nomination made by the Buzludzha Project Foundation.

Today the weather in the country will be cloudy and rainy, with significant amounts of rain in Central and Eastern Bulgaria. In the west of North Bulgaria, amid temperatures close to zero, there will be conditions for frost.

Protests and car marches across the country and blocks of key roads. People protest due to high fuel prices, car taxes, electricity, heating gas price increase and low incomes. In many places, traffic jams are formed, traffic is hampered or blocked, and huge congestion occurs.

Sofia. We expect that Varna will be taken off the list of cities with high levels of fine particulate matter this year, Minister of Environment and Water Neno Dimov said during the presentation of the National Programme for Improvement of Ambient Air Quality 2018-2024, Focus News Agency reports.

Stara Zagora. A heavy thunderstorm has caused serious damage to four 110 kV power lines, said the Electricity System Operator (ESO). The high winds have knocked six poles down into the waters of the Rozov Kladenets dam leading to loss of the electric power produced by Brikel thermal power station.

The total number of counted stray dogs obtained by collecting data from all municipalities in Bulgaria is 24,194 in 2017. Their number in 2016 was 25,861.

Only 15 out of a total of 265 municipalities have not adopted municipal programs to control the population of stray dogs. The registered shelters in the country are 47.

A 19-year-old girl from Radnevo stabbed her boyfriend with a kitchen knife, the Interior Ministry announced.

This happened during a scandal between the two.

The 28-year-old man is stabbed in the chest area.

He was transported to a hospital where he was placed in treatment, his condition is life-threatening. Doctors at UMHAT-Stara Zagora are fighting for his life.

A helicopter with VIP tourists will land on May 13 at the site of the Buzludzha Monument. The foreigners have expressed their wish to explore the Communist era saucer from 15.00 to 18.30, a permission for this was already requested from the regional governor Gergana Mikova, and she, in turn, informed the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Interior in Stara Zagora.