Firefighter continue combating the fire that was raging in the Pirin Mountain and it is expected that it would be completely extinguished by Monday night, Mayor of Kresna Municipality Nikolay Georgiev has told the BNR.
More than 600 people have been fighting the fire, it was reported. The military also takes part in firefighting. A total of 16,000 decares have been affected by the fire raging for four days in southwestern Bulgaria.
Experts say that decades will be needed in order for the forest to be restored.
“This parliament is like quicksand – war in the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, a split Bulgarian Socialist Party, Velichine falling apart,” said former PM Nikolay Denkov, chair of the parliamentary group of We Continue the Change/Democratic..
“No towns or villages are at risk from the fires that have broken out around the country,” Chief Commissioner Alexander Dzhartov, Director of the General Directorate Fire Safety and Civil Protection said for the BNR. Partial state of..
A draft decision by the Council of Ministers, published for discussion, envisages a poverty line of 638 Leva (a little over EUR 325). The poverty line for this year stands at 526 Leva (a little over EUR 268), or an increase of 21%. The proposal..
The European Commission has approved state aid amounting to EUR 142 million (BGN 278 million) to support the energy sector, BNR’s correspondent in..
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13 bands from abroad will perform on the big stage of the 4 th edition of Midalidare - Rock in the Wine Valley , 12-14 July, alongside the..
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