61.  Parts of central Sofia were flooded, trams stopped running and there were numerous electricity cuts after a severe storm hit the Bulgarian capital, emergency services said Tuesday.

62.  The aircraft, hijacked in Turkish airspace during a flight from Nicosia to Istanbul, had stopped in the Bulgarian capital Sofia to take on fuel.

63.  The pontiff left the area by plane following the visit, en route for a meeting in the Bulgarian capital with the Grand Mufti Selim Mehmed.