30,000 icons and yellow bags, 15,000 beach balls, 50,000 balloons, 30,000 blue pens, 1,000 badges. These are some of the "tools" with which the Ministry of Interior intends to fight against accidents in a new public procurement. It is within the framework of the "National Preventive Campaign for Children in the Field of Road Traffic Safety", financed by the Traffic Safety Fund. The tender is for 420,000 leva.
The icons must be "with a diameter of 4 cm to 5 cm, a material that is difficult to break, with the possibility of gluing. With an image coordinated with a representative designated by the client." When asked by "Capital", the Ministry of Interior did not answer which saint would be depicted. According to "24 Chasa", Minister Daniel Mitov did not look favorably on the public procurement, which is why a personnel reshuffle was carried out - from Deputy Chief of the "National Police" Kaloyan Miltenov went to the State Department of Internal Affairs, where he became Deputy Chief of the Operational Duty Center.
In early 2025, the then Minister of Interior Atanas Ilkov announced that over 350 million leva had been collected in the Traffic Safety Fund in the period 2021 - November 2024.
10 years ago, the mayor of Nova Zagora Nikolay Grozev became famous for sprinkling sugar on the roads against accidents.