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Friday, May 29 was declared by the Government a National Day of Mourning for the victims of the bus accident that took 16 lives. All events in Sofia are canceled by the City Hall. Photo by BGNES
The Sofia City Hall is canceling all events planned for Friday, May 29 over the National Mourning for the victims of the tragic accident near the Bakadzhik peak in southern Bulgaria.
The City Hall issued a press release Thursday listing the cancellations including the street performance of the French Theatrical Troupe "Fair of the Flying Heart", scheduled to take place at 9:30 pm on the square in front of the "Alexander Nevski" cathedral.
The performance was organized by the City Hal, the Culture Institute at the Foreign Ministry and the French Institute in Sofia to mark June 1 - Day of the Child and the 130th anniversary of declaring Sofia capital of Bulgaria.
All Thursday events to celebrated Ascension or Spasovden have also been canceled.
In addition, the visit of the "Musical Idol 3" contestants in the Serbian town of Bosilegrad has also been canceled. The young talents were scheduled to perform for the Bulgarian community in the area.
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The driver of the bus which careered down a mountainside near Yambol in May 2009 and killed 18 people has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Supreme Court of Cassation (VKS).
The bus crash on the Trakia highway early Wednesday was either caused by speeding or was an asleep-at-the-wheel accident, according to Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov.
The bus, which overturned at the Trakia highway shorty after midnight, killing eight people, was owned by Enturtrans.
The Appellate Court in Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Burgas released under house arrest the owner of the bus that killed 17 people near Yambol on May 28.
The relatives of the victims of the bus crash, in which 17 people passed away, will receive financial aid of BGN 10 000.
The Bulgarian scientific research vessel “Sts. Cyril and Methodius” (NIC 421) has returned to Varna, docking at the Marine Station and marking the official end of the country’s 34th Antarctic expedition
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