Municipalities of Bulgaria

13 municipalities (or 4.9% of all municipalities in the country) meet three or more of the criteria for municipalities with financial difficulties, according to the data from the annual reports on the municipal budget execution of municipalities at the end of 2017. This was stated by the Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov in an answer to a parliamentary question.

Over 20 million leva are currently being invested in the general repair of 31 km of the road Targovishte - Kubrat - Tutrakan. In the last two years, about 12 million leva have been invested in roads in Razgrad district, the press agency of the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) announced.
 

A minibus carrying children crashed in the Veliko Tarnovo area last night, Darik radio reported.

Earthquake at 2.1 on the Richter scale and epicenter in Sofia was registered at about 21:50 last night, BNT reported.

According to the Institute of Geophysics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the epicenter is in the South Park area, near Gotse Delchev district. 

Although spring officially arrived in Bulgaria on Tuesday evening, it has not kicked in so far with sunshine and blossoming trees, but with heavy snowstorms and freezing rain.

This has been especially true for northeastern Bulgaria, where the late winter hit the hardest.

The administration of Vidin region has declared vigilance due to the increasing level of Danube River, Governor Albena Georgieva said at a meeting on the current situation, FOCUS Radio - Vidin reports.

13 municipalities are in a difficult financial condition, according to data from the Ministry of Finance at the end of 2017. These are only 4.9% of all municipalities in the country, as there is a tendency for better money management.

 There can be no pollution of drinking water for people in Bregovo, as the pumping station near the areas flooded by the Timok River does not operate, Vidin Governor Albena Georgieva told FOCUS News Agency.

In several municipalities in the country, school classes were suspended due to complicated traffic conditions, difficult access to schools or a large number of absent pupils.

As of today, a flu epidemic has been declared for the municipalities of Aksakovo, Beloslav, Provadia, Valchi Dol, Vetrino, Dolni Chiflik, Byala, Suvorovo, Avren, Dalgopol and Devnya, in the Varna region.

The health authorities have recommended the suspension of school classes from today until February 6, the Ministry of Health said.