Mladost, Sofia

"This is a normal emergency situation, with 161 elevators in the capital's metropolitan. Passengers do not have to influence the facilities because they are damaging them, "commented on the case of the failed elevator at Mladost 1 station eng. Roumen Stoyanov from Sofia Metropolitan, quoted by btv. 

A new large technical breakdown with the heating system and hot water has taken place in Mladost neighbourhood in Sofia, less than month after several faults.

The operation of Sofia's metro has been halted temporarily in the section between Mladost and station at the National Stadium, reported BNR.

The reason is that a woman has fallen under the metro train at Jolio Curie station. According to BNR, the woman has died.

Subway to the Sofia Business Park in Mladost 4 has been launched today.

The new segment of the underground network is 3-kilometer long with three new stops - Aleksandar Malinov, Akad. Aleksandar Teodorov- Balan and Business Park.

The total cost of the project amounts to EUR 44 M or a little less than EUR 15 M per kilometer.

The extension of the first line of the Sofia underground to the Business Park will be launched on May 8.

This was announced by Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova, who inspected the construction works of the underground on Tuesday, daily Dnevnik reports.

Police have sealed off the region around an apartment block in Mladost district in Sofia, Bulgaria, after a hand grenade was found in the building, officials say.

The block has already been evacuated, according to Focus News Agency.

A resident of the building claims to have come across the grenade in front of her door.