Plovdiv

Bomb threats necessitated the evacuation of customers and staff of Mall Plovdiv and Mall Galeria in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv on Saturday.

Specialised police units were dispatched to the malls and are carrying out inspections for explosive devices.

Bulgaria marks the 139th anniversary of the 1876 April Uprising for the liberation of Bulgaria.

Celebrations will be held in different towns and cities in the country, including Koprivshtitsa, Klisura, and Panagyurishte.

Koprivshtitsa was one of the centers of the Uprising and is known for its traditional Bulgarian architecture, making it a very popular tourist destination.

50% of Bulgarian agricultural production is scrapped, according to Svetozar Vasilev, representative of the Agro Bazar AD company.

Speaking in Plovdiv at a discussion organized by Trakia Economic Zone, Vasilev, former Chair of the Plovdiv-based unit of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, explained that the reason behind the waste was mistakes in the processing and storage.

Bulgarian band JEREMY? will be embarking on an international tour in May, June and July of 2015. The list of their destinations is filled with locations mostly in Great Britain. The band recently announced its concert in London, as well as its participation in one of the most renowned festivals of new wave music by emerging bands - The Great Escape in Brighton.

There were 164 Bulgarian villages with no residents as of December 31, 2014, national statistics show.

PLOVDIV - Serbia under-18 women's volleyball team won the silver medal at the 2015 CEV U18 Volleyball European Championship in Bulgaria, after losing to Russia 3-2 (16-25, 25-21, 25-22, 23-25, 15-7) in Plovdiv late Sunday.

Serbian captain Katarina Lazovic was named Second Best Outside Spiker and Tijana Milojevic Best Libero of the championship.

PLOVDIV - The Serbian women's cadet national team managed to reach the final at the European Volleyball Championship in Bulgaria, after defeating Belgium in the first semi-final match 3-1 (25-22, 17-25, 25-17, 25-22) on Saturday.

The most efficient player in the Serbian team was Katarina Lazovic with 20 points, followed by Jovana Kocic with 16, and Anastasija Sekulic with 15 points.

A Bulgarian border police officer was injured in a car chase near the village of Sladun, Svilengrad Municipality, in an attempt to detain a group of illegal immigrants and traffickers.

The group was spotted near the Bulgarian-Turkish border.

The patrol vehicle began to chase the two vehicles in which the illegal immigrants were being smuggled.

The Metro extension to Business Park Sofia will open for passengers on 8 May, according to Stoyan Bratoev, director of the Sofia underground railway system.

An explosion occurred at a warehouse of Bulgaria's largest arms factory, VMZ Sopot, located near the southern village of Iganovo, Karlovo Municipality, on Saturday evening.

The tip-off for the blast was received at around 7:30 p.m., according to Geori Kostov, Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry, as cited by the Bulgarian National Television.