{"id":24499,"date":"2020-07-02T08:53:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T05:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=24499"},"modified":"2020-07-02T22:29:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T19:29:58","slug":"sofia-city-news-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/sofia-city-news-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Sofia City News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21900 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_9305.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_9305.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_9305-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_9305-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_9305-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_9305-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_9305-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_9305-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_9305-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The five outdoor swimming pools with water slides and the SPA area of Vazrazhdane Park in Sofia are already open for visitors. The complex has mineral pools and fountains for pouring mineral water. You can view all offered services of the Aqua Zone on its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vazrajdane-wellness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">official website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sofia Municipality invested BGN 9.5 million of municipal funds and a low-interest loan under the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regions in Growth<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Operational Programme through the Sustainable Cities Fund so that Vazrazhdane Park could include an aqua park and an indoor pool for Sofia\u2019s citizens of all ages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ten new <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siemens <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">metro trains have been purchased for Line 3 of the Sofia metro and 10 new trams have been provided to replace old ones and renew Sofia\u2019s public transport. The procedure for the delivery of 30 new <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skoda Solaris<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> trolleys with a rechargeable battery system has been completed as well. The procedures for another 25 new trams and 30 electric buses are currently under evaluation. The funding for the new vehicles comes from the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Environment <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Operational Programme as part of the activities of the Sofia Municipality to improve air quality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sofia Municipality&#8217;s \u201cVacation\u201d Programme organizes for another year in a row sports and opendoor activities with free access for children and young people. Games and sports opportunities will be available throughout the whole summer. You can find detailed information about the &#8220;Vacation&#8221; Programme of Sofia Municipality h<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofia.bg\/documents\/20182\/8554405\/2020-06-17-%D0%92%D0%90%D0%9A%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%A6%D0%98%D0%AF+_+2020.pdf\/e2b09fee-86b7-465b-86b0-1454ca5febb1?fbclid=IwAR10hGtAGNHI0lmhINfjhotY_G-xRtaDmkX9qSkIE_YlkbluoSiH5_ZmOCc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ere<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regional administrations also join the Programme with a variety of activities. The schedule is published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofia.bg\/municipal-program-vacation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The five outdoor swimming pools with water slides and the SPA area of Vazrazhdane Park in Sofia are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":21900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}