Elena

In a disturbing incident in Elena, Bulgaria, a 23-year-old man has been detained after inflicting multiple stab wounds on his 41-year-old girlfriend's head with a pair of scissors. According to reports from BNR citing local police, the victim, who is a citizen of Uzbekistan, was subjected to a brutal attack by her partner during a heated argument fueled by jealousy.

Out of 10 countries, a Bulgarian won the world's pizza competition in Porto, NOVA reported.

An orange rainfall code is announced today for the whole country except for Vidin where the code is yellow. Expected amounts are up to 50 liters per square meter, and in individual regions - more. In some places the heavy rainfall will be accompanied by thunderstorms, BNR reported.

Driver Todor Slavov died after suffering a heavy car crash at the Tvarditsa-Elena rally racing, which was taking place in Bulgaria over the weekend.

The incident happened shortly after the start of the second and last day of the rally on Sunday, 6-7 kilometres after Tvarditsa in the direction of the town of Elena.

Property worth BGN 900 000 owned by two people convicted of production and trafficking of drugs has been seized at the request of the Commission for Illegal Assets Forfeiture.