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Around 720,000 students are expected to start the school year in Bulgaria today, with 58,000 of them being first-graders, according to BNR.

A concerning breach of air quality standards has been raised by the civic platform, https://airsofia.info/, triggering a red flag for the city's air pollution crisis.

Reports indicate a startling doubling of pollution levels in various parts of Sofia, hitting a staggering 50 micrograms per cubic meter, way beyond acceptable limits.

The new association "La Tortuga Búlgara" will translate, publish and distribute contemporary Bulgarian literature, especially poetry, in Spain. Other types of Slavic and Central Asian literature will be the focus of the recently registered cultural association.

President Rumen Radev welcomed the students and teachers on the first day of school at Hristo Smirnenski primary school in Pazardzhik.

"The Bulgarian school is more than a temple of knowledge, it is a sacred placve where our children develop awareness of themselves and the surrounding world," Rumen Radev said.  

The introduction of a green zone in Sofia's Reduta, Geo Milev, Hristo Smirnenski and Hristo Botev neighbourhoods is being considered.

Discussions with citizens will take place on 3 and 4 March. The discussions were initiated by the people living in the area.

Elevated levels of fine particulate matter in the air in Sofia.

According to the map, published and provided by Аirsofia.info, the air is polluted in almost the entire city:

The most polluted air is in the neighborhoods: Hadzhi Dimitar, Orlandovtsi, Hristo Smirnenski, Poduyane and Levski.

A man was killed in an accident with the concrete transporting truck he drives in Varna. The accident happened today around 13:00 at a methane station on Hristo Smirnenski Blvd. The 49-year-old driver descended from the vehicle, which set off by itself and crushed him.

A strong storm with harsh rain and hail occurred in Karnobat late last night.

The storm lasted about 15 minutes and for that time the streets of the city flooded. The ground floors of the houses are also in the water.

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Four people were injured in a car crash between six cars at the crossing at Slivnitsa boulevards and Hristo Smirnenski in Varna. This was announced by the Press Office of the Ministry of Interior and Regional Development in Varna.

At around 4.40 p.m., there was a signal for a traffic accident, which occurred at the crossing of Slivnitsa Blvd and Hristo Smirnenski Blvd.

Six children from the 78th Hristo Smirnenski School in Bankya are accommodated in the emergency toxicology office of NJ. Pirogov "because of poisoning with chewing gum.

The children are in contact and are on foot, and a series of tests are being carried out, the medical institution said.