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Tension in Sofia’s Fakulteta residential district subsides

Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova
Photo: BGNES

The situation in Fakulteta residential district in Sofia today is normal after yesterday’s tension and the protest against the restrictive measures adopted against the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic, Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandakova announced. The two residential districts Fakulteta and Filipovtsi, which are populated mainly by Romani, remain under quarantine due to the Covid-19 cases registered there. Mayor Fandakova called on the citizens not to provoke ethnic conflicts and tension.  




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