Rain, an honouring, and singer meets premier

The temperature in the city is 18°C at present, with 91% humidity and steady atmospheric pressure at 1015 hectopascals.

Cloudy and wet conditions are forecast through the end of the day, with thunderstorms possible in the afternoon. A light north-easterly breeze will accompany the rain, and the maximum temperature is expected to reach 20°C.

A concert titled 'Danish Fairy Tales for String Quartet' transported Shumen's audience into Nordic legend with characteristic folk and contemporary melodies. Four Bulgarian musicians performed at the Dobri Voynikov community centre.

The evening was complemented by a travelling exhibition exploring Danish wisdom through proverbs, drawing parallels between Bulgarian and Danish thought. The project, staged in partnership with the Danish Embassy in Bulgaria, marks 95 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

'There are proverbs that are very different in the exhibition, but there are also those where the audience finds Bulgarian analogues with pleasure,' said creative director Krastina Dencheva.

Prime Minister Rumen Radev will meet Dara, Bulgaria's Eurovision contestant, at 14:00 today at the Council of Ministers building to mark her success in the competition.

Attending will be ministers from the cabinet, Dara's team, and the leadership of Bulgarian National Television. The meeting will also cover preparations for Bulgaria's role as next year's Eurovision host.

Police in Shumen have announced enhanced security measures for the school-leaving balls and Bulgaria's national day, 24 May. Officers will focus on routes with expected high volumes of students and families, and will deploy breath-testing and speed checks.

Risky behaviour such as passengers leaning out of car windows, climbing on doors or roofs, and use of pyrotechnics while vehicles are moving is banned. Video evidence of breaches will be acted upon without compromise.

Police called on students and drivers to behave responsibly, noting that 'the festive mood does not cancel the rules of the road'.

Shumen's military formations are organising an open day on 1 June from 10:00 to 16:00 at the Arena hall car park to mark Children's Day. Visitors will see displays of small arms, armoured vehicles, field equipment and optical gear.

A genuine field kitchen will serve bean soup with fresh-baked bread, 'prepared deliciously by a military master cook'. Cadets from the artillery, air-defence and communications faculty at the Vasil Levski National Military University will demonstrate driving skills.

Professor Rusanka Petrova received an honorary plaque from Shumen University 'Bishop Konstantin Preslavski' for her contribution to the institution and its Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, and to mark her 80th birthday.

Petrova was the first mathematics lecturer appointed to the university's predecessor, the Higher Pedagogical Institute, on 1 September 1971. She later served as dean of the Mathematics Faculty and was the only woman to hold that post.

Rector Professor Natalya Vitanova described Petrova as one of her most significant teachers, crediting her with teaching 'many things I value and use in my life'.