Varna Province

A specialized police operation is underway in the Varna village of Sindel following the rape of a 73-year-old woman there two days ago.

215 motor vehicles and 431 people were checked by authorities. Three were detained - for theft from railway infrastructure, for household theft and one for driving a car without a driver's license.

A 23-year-old man was arrested for raping a 73-year-old woman in the Varna village of Sindel, bTV reported.

The attack was from yesterday afternoon, when the detainee stalked the woman and broke into her home.

The victim was admitted to hospital, and her life is not in danger. The perpetrator confessed.

Eight years after the flood in Varna's "Asparuhovo" district in June 2014, when hundreds of people from all over the country flocked to clear away the silt and mud that poured down after heavy raining that claimed 13 lives, the miracle of volunteerism is on its way to be repeated in Karlovo region.

Human remains - bones and two skulls - were found in a wooded area in the south-eastern part of the Dolni Chiflik land, reported the Ministry of the Interior - Varna.

The report was filed by a citizen on Monday. Procedural-investigative actions were carried out on the spot, including an inspection with the participation of a medical examiner from a Varna hospital.

The Minister Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in Sofia Philip Voskresensky - the highest-ranking diplomat, among the 70 who must leave Bulgaria by July 3, announced that the country's consular services in Bulgaria have stopped working. The reason is that they are left without staff to do their job.

In total, there are more than 56,000 Ukrainians in accommodations and state resorts, said in an interview with BTA the Minister of Tourism Hristo Prodanov.

The four additional cars from the train, which left Varna for Sofia at 10.30 a.m., also disembarked. Only five refugees boarded the high-speed train, with about 200 remaining at the last minute. They had to be moved to the governmental resorts in Panichishte and Ribaritsa.

Nearly 7,000 Ukrainian refugees will be relocated from resorts near Varna inland from May 28th to 31st by rail.

The survey of refugees and the organization of logistics with the specific places where they will be accommodated are currently underway. This was said by Blagomir Kotsev, regional governor of Varna region during a briefing.

Today Bulgarians celebrate the Day of Courage and the Bulgarian Army - May 6. For the third year in a row, there will be no military parade on May 6. A solemn water blessing of the battle flags and sacred flags was organized in the capital Sofia.

In addition to the prices of basic food products and household bills, the prices of real estate in Bulgaria are also going up.

According to a study by Nova TV in Burgas, the wave of refugees from Ukraine is affecting the real estate market - Russians are selling and Ukrainians are buying or renting housing.