Yuzlem Tefikova

A National Muslim Conference, at which a new Grand Mufti and new leadership of the Muslim Denomination in Bulgaria will be elected, is taking place in Sofia on Sunday, the Grand Mufti's Office of the Muslim denomination in Bulgaria said. More than 1,000 delegates, elected by local Muslim communities from all regions of the country, are taking part in the forum. There are two candidates for Grand Mufti - Supreme Muslim Council Chairman Vedat Ahmed and Deputy Grand Mufti Ahmed Hasanov.

A National Muslim Conference, at which a new Chief Mufti and new leadership of the Muslim denomination in Bulgaria will be elected, will take place at 10 am on June 21 at the National Palace of Culture, the Office of the Chief Mufti said. More than 1,000 delegates, elected by local Muslim communities from all regions of the country, will participate in the forum. The National Muslim Conference is the highest governing body of the Muslim denomination in Bulgaria.

The Commission on Protection of Competition (CPC) has cleared Sofia Municipality to provisionally implement new sanitation contracts in Zones 3 and 4, Sofia Mayor Vassil Terziev said at a City Hall briefing on Wednesday. The CPC decisions, issued on Tuesday, cover Slatina, Poduyane and Izgrev, as well as Serdika, Nadezhda and Ilinden. The move is another step toward a lasting solution to Sofia’s street-cleaning and waste-collection problems, Terziev said.