Lilyana Pavlova

Activities related to the implementation of operational program Environment 2014-2020 have started before the official approval by the European Commission.

The 2-day visit of EU Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Cretu to Bulgaria, scheduled to take place on May 28-29, has been postponed to June.

A breakdown at Brussels Airport prevented Cretu from flying to Sofia on Thursday.

Lot 2 of Bulgaria's Maritsa motorway is to be completed by end-May for the visit of EU Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Cretu.

The motorway section is to be officially unveiled during Cretu's visit to Bulgaria on May 28-29.

A video, which will be broadcasted by more than 30 televisions, advertises the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv as the 2019 European Capital of Culture.

The video has a length of thirty seconds and depicts the citizens of Plovdiv doing arts, sports and their daily activities with some of the city's most popular places featured in the background

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev is due to attend the Annual Forum of Local Authorities of Southeast Europe as the event is entering into its third day.

The forum, which is organized by the Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS) and the City of Plovdiv, kicked off Saturday.

Football club Ludogorets Razgrad claimed on Friday its fourth successive championship title, becoming the second Bulgarian team to do so after CSKA Sofia.

The team from Razgrad defended its title after defeating Lokomotiv Sofia 4-1 at Ludogorets Arena and establishing 10-point lead three rounds before the end of the season.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and a government delegation headed by him will pay an official visit to Qatar in the period May 16-18.

On Sunday Borisov will hold meetings with the Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior for the State of Qatar Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani and Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Deputy Emir of the State of Qatar.

Two Bulgarian ministers will unveil the new stand at the Ludogorets Arena stadium in Razgrad on Friday.

Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov and Regional Minister Lilyana Pavlova had been invited to attend the opening ceremony, daily Dnevnik reports.

The second lot of Bulgaria's Maritsa Motorway, covering the section between the town of Dimtrovgrad and the border checkpoint Kapitan Andreevo, will be fully completed by the end of May.

The Bulgarian cabinet allocated on Thursday BGN 500 000 for archaeological and restoration works at the first Bulgarian capital of Pliska.

This was announced after a meeting between Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, Regional Minister Lilyana Pavlova, Director of the National Historical Museum (NIM) Bozhidar Dimitrov, the mayor of the nearby town of Kaspichan and archaeologists.