Rodopi

Update: Another person detained by SANS in Plovdiv, reports BNT. Authorities are investigating "the disclosure of a state secret". The District Prosecutor's Office-Plovdiv monitors the pre-trial proceedings for the possible disclosure of information representing a state secret.

New Democracy is clearly concerned that if the ultranationalist Niki party makes it into the next Parliament, it could gnaw away at the conservatives' majority, and this concern has prompted an effort to repatriate part of the far-right vote and redefine the party's agenda.

Greek Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis greets supporters after announcing the first results of the Greek elections at the party's HQ in Athens, 21 May 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE/GEORGE VITSARAS

Mayor of Rodopi Municipality Pavel Mihaylov declared a state of emergency due to the high levels of manganese in the drinking water in the village of Brestovitsa, BNR reported. The values of the chemical element in the water are at times above the permissible - with an authorised quantity of 50 mg/l, the manganese quantities in drinking water are more than 1,000 mg/l.

Rescue workers on Saturday discovered the body of a 64-year-old British woman who had been missing since Thursday in the area of Maroneia, in the northern prefecture of Rodopi, which appeared to have been savaged by animals.

According to reports, the woman had telephoned relatives in London on Thursday afternoon, saying that she had been bitten by a stray dog.

Two separate incidents in parts of southern Bulgaria claimed the lives of two people on Monday.

A shooting in the area of the market in the town of Kardzhali around noon on Monday claimed the life of a thirty-year-old man.

The police confirmed about the incident but neither specified the cause of death nor revealed any other details.