The Popovo History Museum will present a medieval double-edged iron sword during an exhibition on Bulgarian armaments from the 6th to the 17th century Museum Director Vladimir Ivanov told BTA on Tuesday the sword was made in the German city of Solingen which is double-sided and clearly shows the image of a she-wolf The weapon is quite heavy and has unique characteristics The sword was donated to the Popovo History Museum in the late 1950s after having been discovered during the demolition of a private barn It is part of the museum's permanent exhibition of the 14th and 15th centuries The exhibition in Sofia will be organized by the National Archaeological Institute with a Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Science Contacts +359 2 9262 210 By accepting cookies you can enjoy a better experience while browsing pages The Sofia - Varna road at Popovo (Northeast Bulgaria) remains blocked for a second day because of a protest against the alleged botched investigation of a young motorcyclist's death back in April Dozens of cars and people are blocking the road round the clock which has not been freed and it remains under a complete blockade People are protesting after the death of a 24-year-old motorcyclist in early April near the Popovo village of Kardam in a crash the crash was not the cause of death and the young man was killed the demands of the protesters remain unchanged - the resignation of police officers from the Popovo Police Department - Ivan Stefanov People are starting to organize themselves," he said "I hope that the Bulgarian citizens collectively understand these actions of ours because they are provoked not by the fact that we have nothing better to do It is a small town and most people are like that the residents of Popovo and Popovo Municipality They want the long-awaited change in Popovo to happen and it comes with the resignations of these three individuals," Milkov said He said the blockade of the closed section will remain throughout the week ambulances and fire trucks will be allowed through Simon Milkov also said that a mass protest is being prepared in front of the Regional Directorate of the Interior Ministry in Targovishte on Friday Citizens participated in a series of protests in Popovo Targovishte and Sofia in the last couple of months From Popovo the protestors on Sunday headed to the nearby town of Byala plans to build a new plant for the processing of sunflower oil in Northern Bulgaria The total value of the project is EUR 75 million and the company will use a EUR 35 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for it The funds will be invested in the construction of the base and in the purchase of railway carriages designed for transporting cooking oils The agreement between the bank and the company is supported by the InvestEU program which aims to attract more than 372 billion euros of additional investment in the period 2021 - 2027 The program attracts investments for the EU's political priorities which is one of the leading grain producers and traders in Bulgaria will optimize its own sunflower production and improve its access to foreign markets The project will also create new jobs and will promote the resilience and viability of rural areas The new processing plant for crude sunflower oil will be built in the town of Popovo It will use zero-waste environmental technologies that will benefit the climate by producing renewable energy from sunflower seed husk waste which is expected to be put into operation in the second half of 2027 includes the purchase of rolling stock to transport the production to the Black Sea port of Varna thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions from motorized cargo transport We are happy to support the agricultural sector in Bulgaria through this new agreement with Agria Holding Group aimed at modernizing and expanding its operations This is a project that will stimulate the country's regional and economic development in a sustainable way by financing investments in an underdeveloped region of the EU and will thus promote social cohesion and fair growth," said Kyriakos Kakouris the Vice President of the European Investment Bank Agria Group Holding also emphasizes the importance of the project adding that it will create an opportunity for significant diversification of its trade turnover to reduce trade dependencies and enter new end markets and destinations this project has significant regional and economic importance as its implementation will lead to the creation of a significant number of new jobs improvement and optimization in the logistics of moving raw materials it will lead to significant economies of scale from a financial and operational management point of view," explained Emil Raikov the executive director of Agria Group Holding HOT: » What kind of news would you like to see more of? An intact Ancient Thracian tomb which has not been destroyed by treasure hunters has been discovered by a team of Bulgarian archaeologists near the town of Opaka in northeast Bulgaria The tomb of a Thracian dignitary is dated to the 2nd century BC and was discovered by the team of archaeologist Nikola Rusev from the History Museum in the town of Popovo The tomb is part of a complex of several Ancient Thracian mounds the discovery is one of the latest burials in Ancient Thrace Two settlements in Ancient Thrace are believed to have picked the spot for their ritual funerals One of the most startling discoveries in the newly-found Thracian tomb are six leafs made of gold together with other golden and bronze decorations Another unique find is a human-shaped balsamarium small container for incense or perfume often made in the form of a grotesque figure "These items were most likely produced outside of the territory of today's Bulgaria and were then imported It is safe to say that they were luxury products," said archaeologist Nikola Rusev Newly-uncovered Thracian tombs in Bulgaria are becoming increasingly rare as many of them have been damaged by treasure hunters even before archaeologists can reach them We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria Archaeologists in Bulgaria have discovered a second marble statue in the great canal of the ancient city of Heraclea Sintica Bulgarian archaeologists at Perperikon have uncovered new evidence of ancient life including a system of blood sacrifice altars used for divination Archaeologists from the Regional Archaeological Museum in Plovdiv have uncovered over 500 coins from various historical periods Bulgarian archaeologists made remarkable discoveries during excavations at the future bus station site in Sozopol after completing the initial phase of research archaeologist Nadezhda Karastoyanova from the National Museum of Natural History in collaboration with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences disclosed the fascinating history of lion hunts on the present-day territory of Bulgari A temperature record was registered in in the Bulgarian town of Targovishte The thermometers showed 26.1 degrees Celsius said the head of the Meteorological Observa The Bulgarian government has allocated 2.2 million leva for archaeological research and conservation of historical sites as part of the state budget implementation for 2025 A study published in volume 15 of the journal Antiquities (Антикот) has uncovered dozens of Bulgarian inscriptions found in Greek Orthodox monasteries in Jerusalem’s Old City Archaeological excavations in the Kaleto district of the Bulgarian town of Lom uncovered significant Roman military remains dating back to the 1st century AD A remarkable discovery has emerged in Varna where construction work uncovered a well-preserved ancient statue Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Heraclea Sintica announced the discovery of a head believed to belong to a recently unearthed headless male statue Google Street View Cars Return to Bulgaria for Major Mapping Update Housing Prices Soar in Bulgaria’s Major Cities as Demand and Supply Strain Increase three other passengers in Mićović's vehicle (BM as well as a passenger (I.Ć) in Kanalić's vehicle In the accident on Popovo prl in Bijelo Polje at 19:13 p.m. confirmed to Vijesti from the Bjelo Polje Hospital The accident occurred when the driver of the "Reno Klio" RG (BP - BD 243) after leaving the ring road at the turn onto the Rasovo - Bijelo Polje road made contact with the "Golf II" RG (BP - BA203) which Nikola Mićović (29) was moving from the opposite direction The depth of the quake is unknown.The quake was not felt (or at least not reported so) Popovo was shaken by 1 quake of magnitude 4.4 There have been also 8 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel 2024 at around 3.34 am local time (Europe/Sofia GMT +2) Details of the quake (if it is one) are so far preliminary until confirmed by a seismic agency but the event was reported by the Raspberry Shake Citizen Seismic network and is likely to be confirmed by other agencies soon.