For the second day in a row Saharan dust has been covering vehicles and many parts of Sofia.
The unusual phenomenon has been observed for several days. Meteorologists say that the sand storm dust is carried from Africa across Southern Italy. There is Saharan dust in other Balkan countries as well. The phenomenon is expected to continue until Wednesday, 20 May.
The dust is not a health risk. If there is rain we shall see the dust as muddy rain, weather forecasters say, and add that the phenomenon is typical of springtime.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency are introducing enhanced measures against the entry of small-ruminants plague (PPR) into Bulgaria. The preventive actions are due to the worsening situation..
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EUR 479 million are the grants allocated to Bulgaria under the RePowerEU chapter which is part of the Recovery and Resilience Plan. By the end of last..
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