Dimitrovgrad council is inviting couples who have been together for 50 years for the fifth time in a row, the council press office said.

The celebration is on 19 November, the eve of Christian Family Day. Mayor Ivo Dimov will welcome couples who had a civil wedding in 1976. He will pay tribute to their long life together and to the importance of family values.

Couples who married in 1976 in another place can also come, if they now live in the municipality.

Dozens of families have already said they will attend. They include a couple who have been married for 70 years, known as a platinum wedding, and a couple marking a "diamond" wedding after 60 years together.

A year earlier, Dimitrovgrad marked 54 "golden" weddings and one "diamond" wedding, for 60 years of marriage.