Residents of Gorubliane district blocked Tsarigradsko Shose Boulevard in Sofia. The protest rally began at 4 pm. Demonstrators blocked both lanes connecting the avenue with Trakia motorway near the road fork towards Druzhba and Gorubliane residential districts. Police is diverting traffic to alternative routes. The key intersection remains blocked until 6 pm.
Later, protesters are to join a procession along Tsarigradsko Shose to Independence square to participate at the 102th consecutive antigovernment protest which begins at 7 pm downtown Sofia.
On a proposal by the Council of Ministers, the heads of the State Intelligence Agency and the State Agency Technical Operations will, from now on, be elected by the National Assembly, BNR’s Maria Fileva reports. This means the president’s powers..
Three new electric locomotives Siemens Smartron are entering service as of today, Transport Minister Grozdan Karadjov has announced. Two of them will be running along the Sofia-Burgas line, and one – along the Sofia-Russe line. The new..
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, Minister of Agriculture Georgi Tahov and Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Christophe Hansen inaugurated the reconstructed main irrigation canal Trakiets near Konush village. The reconstruction increases..
Matan Angrest, who holds Bulgarian and Israeli citizenship, was among the twenty hostages released by Hamas in the Gaza Strip , the Israeli Ministry of..
An initiative committee led by the historian Georgi Markov, has proposed that a monument to Khan Asparuh, the founder of the Bulgarian state, be erected..
Education Minister Krasimir Valchev is set to propose a public debate on banning social media for children under 15, reports BNR correspondent Nezabravka..
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