The main thoroughfares of Bulgarian capital Sofia have been cleared of snow, with cleaning activities focusing now on the smaller streets in the city, a top city hall official said on Thursday.

"We are still to go into the small streets inside the residential neighbourhoods, which is what we will start doing today," the head of Sofia's inspectorate Galen Ganchev said.

"The top priority is ensuring that the urban transport can work unimpeded, which has caused us a bit of a stress yesterday," he added.

According to existing regulations, all snow has to be cleared within four hours after the snowfall dies out, Ganchev said.

"We didn't wait for that, we began cleaning from the start," he added.

Traffic in Sofia is satisfactory given the weather conditions, with 846 busses, trolleybuses and trams circulating throughout the day, with only small delays at worst, the city hall said.

It also advised residents not to use their own cars and stick to public transportation in order to prevent traffic jams in the city.

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