Stara Zagora

In the morning, clouds will break and the rain will stop for a while, but even before noon it will start again from the west and will cover most of the country. In the evening the rain will gradually end from the northwest but will continue in the southern and eastern areas overnight, significant amounts expected there. Thunderstorms and hail more likely in southern Bulgaria.

Sofia municipality intends to apply for BGN 218 million from the Operational Program "Environment" for the purchase of new electric buses, trams and trolleys for the public transport. The goal of the investment is to reduce air pollution.

Increasing number of successful, knowledgeable and capable people are starting to return to Bulgaria because of the good salaries of highly qualified staff. This is what Prime Minister Boyko Borisov told journalists in Stara Zagora.

On 11 and 12 May, residents of five cities will be able to take a new book if they hand over one or more kilograms of recyclable plastic.

The seventh edition of the Waste Books initiative will take place in the cities of Sofia, Plovdiv, Burgas, Veliko Tarnovo and Stara Zagora. The idea of ​​the organizers is to stimulate the decrease of the use of plastic in Bulgaria.

Over 4,000 children from 74 schools have taken part in the Road Safety Olympics, Bogdan Milchev, a member of the Management Board of the Institute for Road Safety, told Focus Radio. The project was implemented in the regions of Sofia, Stara Zagora, Pleven and Ruse, and attracted great interest, he said. 

Several days off are coming, which traditionally means that we pack up the luggage and go on the road. Today and tomorrow are expected to be with increase traffic on Republican roads. 

A special organization was set up to support traffic on the main roads during weekends, explained in sp. Petar Sokolov from the Traffic Police.

Trilateral meeting between the Executive Director of BSMEPA Dr. Boyko Takov, Director of Economic Policy Directorate Mr. Jeliaz Enev and Head of SME Policy Ms. Irena Nikolova at the Ministry of Economy and the Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction Larisa Manasteri, and Mr. Miroslav Stoyanov, manager of the EBRD Small Business Support Program, was held at the Ministry building.

An 11-year-old child from the South Bulgarian city of Stara Zagora became a victim of telephone fraudsters. It gave the criminals more than BGN 53,000 and gold jewelery. The child was deceived to give the money through one of the classic schemes - the fraudsters asked for assistance to the police.

Authorities in Bulgarian town of Stara Zagora have seized more than 700 ancient artifacts and arrested two suspects, the country's Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Thursday. 

By 2030, 42% of this country's population is expected to live in 6 cities - Sofia, Plovdiv, Ruse, Burgas, Varna and Stara Zagora. At the same time, a village disappears every month, Smolyan is the region with fastest shrinking population in the EU.