The fire at the border with Serbia has been extinguished by efforts of more than 150 firefighters, foresters, volunteers, military and helicopters. Head of the Directorate General Fire Safety, Commissioner Nikolay Nikolov, said that for 3 days the fire covered about 52 square kilometers on the Bulgarian side along the ridge of Stara Planina. On the Serbian side, where the disaster affected an area two times bigger, the fire has been contained, but not completely extinguished. The State Forestry in Chiprovtsi stated that no forest territories were affected in Bulgaria.
Vice President Iliana Iotova pointed out that the changed texts in the Constitution have turned against their creators. Yotova told journalists that "because of these changes in the Constitution, the Speaker of the National Assembly cannot be..
New car sales in Bulgaria in October increased three times more than the average for the European Union , where the purchase of new cars is only 1.1%. According to the Association of European Automobile Manufacturers, 75.9% of cars registered in..
77 per cent of those employed in Bulgaria's secondary education system are ready to go out on strike demanding a pay rise in the sector, according to a national survey by Podkrepa trade union. Half of those surveyed are in favour of a nation-wide..
“It’s time to lift internal border controls now,” European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson believes. In an interview with RFE/RL she..
The Constitutional Court has opened a case following the request by President Rumen Radev for the amendments to the Constitution, endorsed by the 49 th..
Romania and Bulgaria have a chance to join the Schengen area by land as of January 2025 , Hungarian Interior Minister Sándor Pinter said after an..
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