Bulgarian literature

An exhibition about Croatia and Bulgaria will be opened next Monday in Sofia, revealing little-known aspects of ties between the two peoples during the 19th and 20th century.

Locals in Elin Pelin, Western Bulgaria, will protest against authorities' decision to deny registration to a Syrian family.

The development sparked outrage across Bulgaria, but also a wave of support for Elin Pelin's mayor who cited fears of the locals that a wave of migrants might follow if the Syrians are allowed to settle.

The mayor of Elin Pelin, not far from the Bulgarian capital Sofia, has told a Syrian family of three to leave the municipality despite the fact they have been granted humanitarian status.

A report aired by private bTV broadcaster shows Fakhim and his wife, Fatima, who left Aleppo after their house was destroyed in the war 5 years back.

Two women have been injured when a crane crashed onto a petrol station in Sofia, the Ministry of the Interior said on Thursday.

The incident took place around 6.30 p.m. EEST (1530 GMT) at a petrol station on Nikola Vaptsarov Blvd in Lozenets district, in the southern part of the city.

The two women were taken to hospital, the ministry said in a statement.

The competition for the appointment of a new director of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia failed to select one of the two participating candidates.

The website of the culture ministry informed that none of the two candidates for the position, namely Kamen Kostov and Filip Trifonov, had managed to garner the required minimum number of points.

The pupils at 134thschool Dimcho Debelyanov, located on Pirotska street in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, were evacuated on Tuesday morning due to the presence of a suspicious luggage left on the outside of the building.

Initially, the school day had been called off, but after the police check established no threats, the classes were resumed.

Swiss company Trisa has opened its first logistics center in Bulgaria near the town of Elin Pelin.

The facility has a floor space of 3000 square meters and is located on a plot spanning 27 000 square meters owned by the company.

The entire land plot owned by the company is to be developed gradually over the next few years, according to money.bg.

Aleksandar Morfov, a renowned theater director who has worked as interim chair of the Natonal Theater Ivan Vazov, has submitted his resignation, officials say.

In a statement to the media, Bulgaria's Culture Ministry has thanked Morfov for his work in the past 5 months and has announced a new contest will take place on September to pick his successor.

Three Bulgarian projects aimed at improving transport infrastructure have so far been granted funding by the European Commission under the new the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).

The EC has granted funding of over EUR 13 B under the CEF to finance 276 projects in 28 Member States, including 3 projects in Bulgaria.

A bust monument dedicated to the prominent Bulgarian writer Ivan Vazov will be soon unveiled in the Argentinian town of Berisso.

The idea originated from the Bulgarian cultural society in Berisso, which is named after the writer, announced the mayor of Vazov's hometown Sopot.