Interior Minister Valentin Radev stated, in answer to a question by an MP in parliament, that in 2017 the number of car thefts in Bulgaria had gone down by around 29 percent compared to 2016.
The detection rate was 13.68 percent as against 9.81 percent in 2016 – approximately 4 percent higher. The cities with the highest rate of car thefts are Sofia, Varna, Bourgas, Plovdiv. The tendency is towards stealing higher class luxury car makes.
Plovdiv will offer concerts, bazaars and an ice park for the Christmas and New Year holidays to its citizens and guests, the municipality has announced. Mayor Kostadin Dimitrov will light the Christmas tree in front of the Plovdiv Municipality..
On Thursday, minimum temperatures will range from 3° to 19°C, with eastern areas reaching 15–19°C and Sofia around 6°C. The day will be cloudy with widespread rain. Heavy rainfall is expected in western regions overnight and in central and southern..
“Solutions for achieving peace in Ukraine must be based on fundamental principles of the UN Charter, such as sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.” This was stated by Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev at the informal video..
Cloudy
Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy