Sliven

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov inspects renovated infrastructure sites in Sliven, the government's press service announced.

Prices of heating and hot water wil go up as of July 1st. The largest increase for the district heating services is in the city of Razgrad and Gabrovo. In Sliven the prices will go down, reports BNT.

New prices and heating from July. The increase in district heating in Razgrad and Gabrovo is the biggest, only in Sliven.

In five cities in the country, prosecutors, MoI and DANS have launched an investigation into fraud involving EU funds in the country.

The prosecutor's press release does not indicate whether these actions are the result of checks on guest houses that started these days.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), July 18 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria-based textile company E. Miroglio plans to open fashion stores in four French cities by the end of the year, which will operate under the Dika brand, it said on Wednesday.

Greek police officers are active after the mysterious disappearance of Bulgarians on Crete and specifically in the area of ​​Rethymnon.
 

There are worrying trends related to the demographic crisis in Bulgaria. The forecasts are that at the end of this year the population of Bulgaria will be under 7 million people. For the last time since the 1940s, according to data from a survey of the National Statistical Institute. In the last year, the population has declined by 51 thousand.

The government-appointed Committee for Disclosing the Documents and Announcing the Affiliation of Bulgarian Citizens to the State Security and Intelligence Services of the Bulgarian National Army alleged on Tuesday that Julia Kristeva was an agent of the Communist-era security apparatus.

A new influenza virus was detected in Bulgaria. Yesterday, the National Reference Laboratory at the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases has demonstrated in four samples from the Sliven region a new strain of group B virus - "Victoria". Of the 300 samples tested, there were 100 positive results, indicating an epidemic spread.

In Razgrad is recorded the lowest temperature in the country this morning - minus 6 degrees. This was announced by the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, FOCUS reported.

Dangerously dirty air has been reported across the country since the beginning of the year, with the most serious situation in the capital.

The European air quality index shows high levels of pollution in Sofia, Pleven and Russe. The cities of Plovdiv, Blagoevgrad, Kardzhali, Varna, Bourgas, Veliko Tarnovo and Sliven are also highly polluted.