YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. A new protected area has been declared in Tran Municipality, Pernik Region (Southwestern Bulgaria) by order of caretaker Environment and Water Minister Rositsa Karamfilova. The “Localities of Alpine Newt in Ruy Mountain” covers an area of nearly 5 ha within the territory of the villages of Rani Lug and Nasalevtsi, the Environment Ministry reported.