Bulgaria’s athlete Silvia Danekova who was supposed to represent that country at the 3,000 steeplechase event in Rio summer Olympic Games was tested positive for growth hormone. Silvia Danekova herself said that she had not violated the rules, although her B sample was also positive. I was tested four times since I arrived at the Olympic village in Rio. The first three tests were negative and I was waiting for the fourth one for a long time. Eventually we learnt that it was positive. I was very shocked, because I was sure it would never happen, Silvia Danekova told the Bulgarian National Television. According to the new rules of the World Anti-doping Agency, athletes caught with doping for the first time are banned from competing for four years.
The 33rd Summer Olympics will be officially opened in Paris today. On this occasion, Bulgaria's Head of State Rumen Radev is in the French capital to attend the opening ceremony at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron and IOC President..
A fire broke out in a fireworks warehouse complex between the town of Elin Pelin and the village of Gara Elin Pelin near Sofia, the BTA news agency reported. There was a series of explosions in the warehouses. The alert for the burning warehouses was..
On Friday morning, clouds will break and decrease over the eastern half of the country, but will close again in the afternoon, bringing rain and thunderstorms in places. Lows will be between 16 and 22°C, 16°C in Sofia. Highs will be between 27 and 32°C,..
A fire broke out in a fireworks warehouse complex between the town of Elin Pelin and the village of Gara Elin Pelin near Sofia, the BTA news agency..
The man injured in the explosions at a fireworks warehouse near the village of Elin Pelin has died. The doctors did everything they could, condolences to..
Bulgaria's Minister of Culture Nayden Todorov has signed two important international documents, thanks to which Bulgaria will cooperate with Australia, as..
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