Cities in Europe

Mayor of Sofia Yordanka Fandakova met with Mayor of Vienna Dr. Michael Ludwig. During the meeting, the two talked about topics in which the two cities collaborated. Sofia and Vienna have a very active partnership in the fields of culture, ecology, urban mobility and innovation.

Motorists in downtown Athens are advised to avoid Syntagma Square on Sunday and Monday evening, due to works that will be carried on the power supply network.

Network operator DEDDIE will be closing the stretch of Karagiorgis Servias Street from Syntagma Square to Voulis, which will also be closed between Mitropoleos to Karageorgis Servias.

"Athens needs a lot of hard work, planning and a target-oriented strategy" in order to become "liveable" once more, New Democracy's candidate for mayor of the Greek capital said on Friday.

The new Pristina-Skopje highway has been touted as a major boost to trade with Kosovo's neighbours - but experts say the economic benefits are unclear, and the project also lacks transparency.

A 61-year-old woman who was hospitalized on Thursday in a critical condition after she and another female pedestrian were hit by a car while standing on a traffic island on busy Patission Street in Athens has died, doctors at the capital's Evangelismos Hospital said on Tuesday.
The woman died as a result of her injuries on Monday, they said.

The leader of the Dignity and Truth Platform Party, PPDA, Andrei Nastase, intends to run again in the new mayoral race for the capital, Chisinau which should take place this summer. Parliament in Moldova has not yet set an exact date for the election.

The Athens municipal council has appointed Giorgos Broulias as the caretaker mayor of the Greek capital after the resignation last week by Giorgos Kaminis so he can run in the European Parliament elections later in the month on the ticket of Movement for Change (KINAL).

The 6th edition of iMapp Bucharest will become an international video mapping competition - Winners League, with the most recent winners of international festivals of this kind to be invited to the Romanian Capital in September this year.

Pope Francis was seen off by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov at a farewell ceremony at the Government terminal at Sofia airport, Focus News Agency reports. Members of the National Guards Unit also took part in the official ceremony. The head of the Roman Catholic Church then boarded the Al-Italy aircraft along with the Vatican delegation.

The movement in downtown Sofia will be blocked today in connection with the visit of Pope Francis to Bulgaria.