Russian Monument, Sofia

Downtown Sofia remains without hot water from June 7 to June 16, reported Economic.bg.

The reason is a renovation in the heating ducts which deflared in winter and people in many regions were without heat in their homes.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov dismissed on Thursday the ministry's chief secretary Stoyan Todorov.

Todorov was dismissed on the instruction of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov after it emerged that an official of the ministry had conducted a traffic violation in the centre of Sofia.

The entire tram rail section between the Ruski pametnik (Russian Monument) square and the end of the line on Tsar Boris III Blvd in Knyazhevo neigborhood will be covered by grass, Chief Architect Petar Dikov has said.

The Bulgarian capital already has its first grass-covered tram tracks, which are located in the sections of the rails passing through the Ruski pametnik (Russian monument) square.

The discussion on grass-lined tram tracks was initiated by "Architects for Sofia" as part of the Sofia 2020 campaign, daily Dnevnik reminds.

Reconstruction of the rotary at the Ruski Pametnik square is scheduled to begin June 10. It will last 70 days, meaning work will be completed by end August.