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Bulgaria to declare day of national mourning on Monday over Hitrino explosion

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Bulgaria’s outgoing cabinet is about to declare a Day of National Mourning on Monday, December 12. Bulgaria’s outgoing Premier Boyko Borissov has triggered the National Emergency Plan. The crisis headquarters is headed by Premier Borissov. It also consists of outgoing Ministers Rumiana Bachvarova, Tomislav Donchev, Ivaylo Moscovski and Petre Moscov, the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Interior Georgi Kostov and the head of the Bulgarian Fire Department Commissioner Nikolay Nikolov.




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