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Bulgaria: Drunk Driver Killed a Child near Dolna Mitropolia

A 4-year-old girl died after an accident in Pleven region, the Ministry of the Interior reports. The accident happened around 21:35 last night on a third-class road after the village of Opanec in the direction of the town of Dolna Mitropolia.

The 30-year-old driver of the car in which the child was traveling lost control, the car left the roadway and hit a roadside tree.

Bulgaria: 25 Migrants were Detained near Simeonovgrad

Employees of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Dimitrovgrad found a bus that was transporting 25 illegal migrants from Afghanistan. A pre-trial proceeding has been initiated in the case, the press center of the prosecutor's office announced. The driver of the truck D.G. (34 years old) was initially detained for up to 24 hours and is yet to be charged.

An 8-year-old Girl Drowned in the Luda Yana River, her Sister is still Missing

The body of a child was discovered in the Luda Yana River, passing through Panagyurishte, the spokesperson of ODMVR - Pazardzhik Miroslav Stoyanov told FOCUS Radio - Pazardjik.

He pointed out that a signal of the incident was filed at 12.30 am at the Regional Office of the Ministry of Interior - Panagurishte.

Bulgaria Has Fifth Largest Share of Obese Children in Europe - WHO

According to the latest figures of WHO, which were presented in Prague on Wednesday, Bulgaria has the fifth largest share of obese or overweight children under the age of five in Europe.

The results of an obesity forecast exercise, which were revealed at the European Obesity Conference, showed that the share of obese or overweight children in Bulgaria was 19.8 %.