Vidin

Workers at the waste management company in Vidin launch a strike on account of unpaid salaries.

Ot of all 114, 103 people have started the effective protest Wednesday, as reported by the Bulgarian National Radio.

Radio Bulgaria has shut down its Turkish language service transmitters in its southern and eastern regions, which have a large Turkish population, according to local media.

Two women have been injured in a blast at a privately-owned plant specialized in the production of explosives near the northwestern village of Gorni Lom, Vidin district.

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Mayor of the Bulgarian town of Vidin, Gergo Gergov, has been released on a BGN 30 thousand bail, Friday.

Gergov was arrested on Thursday by the State Agency National Security (DANS). The mayor of Vidin has been accused of malfeasance, and possession of ammunition and antiques, Nova Tv reports.

The mayor of the Bulgarian town of Vidin, Gergo Gergov, has been arrested on Thursday by the National Security Agency DANS, reports Nova TV national channel. 

According to the media, DANS officers searched the offices of Gergov and his deputy Borislava Borisova. 

Mihail Mikov, the newly elected Chair of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), was born on June 16, 1960 in the northwestern town of Kula.

He holds an MA in Law from the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski.”

Mikov obtained specializations in human rights, tax law, and anti-corruption practices from universities in France, US and Italy.