Lovech

There are at least 19 independent canndidates who have submitted their registration paper to the Central Election Commission (CEC) prior to the early election in Bulgaria.

Nine of these are members of Normalna Darzhava ("Normal State") party of former BSP lawmaker Georgi Kadiev, which was denied registration for the snap vote.

A bus has crashed into a car en route to Varna, killing three people, police say.

At least a dozen have been injured. All have been taken to a hospital in Lovech, north central Bulgaria.

Victims include the two vehicles' drivers and a passenger on the bus.

In an article published in The Guardian on Sunday, Kate Eshelby argues that there is much more to Bulgaria than the cheap beach and ski holiday packages the country is best known to foreign tourists.

An US company will invest more than BGN 9 M in the construction of a plant for the production of airplane components for the leading aircraft manufacturers.

The plant of 2000 square metres will be located near Sofia airport and will produce parts for the control of the fuel system, as well as components for the wings and tail.

Decades after the fall of the Eastern bloc Communist regimes, products that were famous in those times are getting a makeover and being re-introduced to the market, sometimes with great success.

Next week, an improved and updated replica of Bulgaria's once famous bicycle, the Balkan, is going on sale.

Bulgaria is marking on Friday the 143rdanniversary of the hanging of its national hero Vasil Levski.

Levski will be commemorated with numerous events in his hometown Karlovo, the capital Sofia and across the country.

The dead bodies of two tourists killed by a landlside at Krushuna waterfalls in Bulgaria have been identified as those of a 45-year old Bulgarian female and a 57-year old British male, BTA news agency reported on Sunday.

Bulgarian rescuers are continuing to search for two tourists, who were buried by a landslide, which occurred in the area of the Krushuna waterfalls near the town of Letnitsa in the region of Lovech on Friday.

At the time of the landslide there were three people in the area - two Bulgarian women and a British man.

The first virtual museum of water in Europe was officially unveiled in the Bulgarian town of Lovech.

Following a restoration with EU funds and preservation of its authentic appearance, the old Deli Hamam bath in the Varosha quarter now houses the unique water museum.

According to the latest estimates of the Association of Bulgarian Villages, 33 536 people moved to live in the villages in the past year.

Thus, the positive trend for return to village life, which has been registered in the past four years, is maintained.