We haven’t found the reasons for today’s heavy explosion near Hitrino train station, Bulgaria’s outgoing Minister of Transport Ivaylo Moscovski told the Bulgarian National Radio. According to eyewitnesses, sparks came out of the cargo train upon entering the train station. The switchman who was on duty on Saturday morning also suffered skin burns and was later hospitalized. He saw sparks coming out of the train engine the moment the cargo train was approaching the junction at Hitrino train station, Ivaylo Moscovski announced. The railway infrastructure was in good condition. Many cargo trains go through Hitrino train station on a daily basis, outgoing Minister Moscovski specified.
There is a danger that the raging fire in the Greek part of Mount Slavyanka will cross into Bulgarian territory , the Deputy Governor of Blagoevgrad Elkhan Kalkov has warned. "We need to find common actions with the Greek authorities," he said, adding..
The Bulgarian Food Safety Authority has inspected 551 livestock farms because of outbreaks of plague of small ruminants (peste des petits ruminants) in Romania and Greece . The animals are clinically healthy, but because of the risk of contamination, the..
To mark navy day, the Maritime Museum in Varna is welcoming visitors with an exposition “Maritime rituals and traditions”. The exposition traces different periods in humankind’s maritime history, the most intriguing ritual practices and..
The forest wildfires during the past weeks endangered people and settlements, but also valuable natural habitats which are home to an enormous variety..
Around 2 , 120 military personnel from different land forces units have taken part in the efforts to put out wildfires in different parts of..
On Saturday the weather in Bulgaria will be sunny . Over Central and Eastern Bulgaria there will be temporary increases in clouds and in places it will..
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