Football in Kaspichan, school robotics, and a commemoration

Malniya (Kliment) secured a 3-2 away win over Lokomotiv (Kaspichan) on Saturday in the 21st round of the Shumen regional football championship. The home side led 2-0 at half-time through goals from Aleks Hristov and captain Dencho Zhelev, but Malniya fought back in the second half with strikes from Emran Zakir (direct from a corner), Soner Hüseyin, and Mitko Mitkov. The result keeps Malniya in fourth place in the table with 39 points. One more fixture this Sunday sees league leaders Septemvri (Dragoevo) visit Volov-Shumen 2007 II.

Pupils from Vasil Levski Primary School in Razgrad took first place in the 'Robo Game' category at a regional robotics competition, as well as the jury's special award. Their winning project featured a swarm of robotic bees capable of scanning difficult terrain with motion, temperature, and metal sensors, all while assisting in pollination. A second team from the same school earned distinctions in 'Robo Design' and 'Stand Award' for an automated machine that covers and protects archaeological artefacts from erosion and weathering. Mentor Venelin Nikolov described both entries as innovative solutions linking Bulgaria's past with future science.

The puppet show 'Puknatini', produced by the Ivan Radoev State Puppet Theatre in Pleven, was named grand winner at this year's International Drumev Theatre Festival in Shumen. The production also claimed awards for scenography and costume design (Yasmina Mandeli) and music (Milen Apostolov). A collective female-role award went to the actresses in 'Puknatini', while Kosta Angov of North Macedonia's Anton Panov National Theatre in Strumica won best male role. Razgrad's Elitsa Yovcheva took the directing award, and Shumen municipality's special prize was presented to Antoniya Veleva. Festival jury chair Nikolay Gundarov presided over the judging panel.

Local and regional DPS officials, including deputy party chair and Kaolinovo mayor Nida Ahmedov, laid wreaths today at memorial plaques in the Kus neighbourhood and the villages of Kliment, Todor Ikonomovo, and Pristoe. The plaques honour those who died during the 1980s Revival Process, when Bulgaria's communist authorities forcibly changed the names of ethnic Turks. Muslim clergy performed a commemorative prayer (dua) for those who suffered repression during the peaceful protests against the policy.