The Bulgarian authorities have not activated the European Union’s Civil Protection Mechanism in connection with the recent floods, EU Commission Spokesperson for Budget and Human Resources, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Balazs Ujvari said. He clarified that the Commission is in contact with the Bulgarian authorities and is aware of the situation, but Bulgaria has not yet submitted any request for assistance, the BNR’s correspondent in Brussels Angelina Piskova reported.
On Bulgaria's National Unification Day, caretaker Premier Galab Donev is visiting the flood-damaged villages in Karlovo region to check the actions of the institutions aimed to overcome the consequences of the natural calamity.
"The state will allocate funds and construction materials to restore peoples’ homes and infrastructure. The state stands firmly behind each flood victim and is to provide differentiated assistance to every single person and every family affected by the floods”, Premier Donev has assured.
Temporary housing is expected to be delivered to the most affected villages. Citizens can also apply for one-off payment.
“I was left with the feeling that the future caretaker premier is being subjected to enormous, I would even say brutal political pressure not to have me as member of a future caretaker cabinet,” said current caretaker Interior Minister Kalin..
Around 2 , 120 military personnel from different land forces units have taken part in the efforts to put out wildfires in different parts of the country since 12 July this year, the Ministry of Defence has announced. Some of them are still..
The forest wildfires during the past weeks endangered people and settlements, but also valuable natural habitats which are home to an enormous variety of species, some of them globally endangered, the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds..
The forest wildfires during the past weeks endangered people and settlements, but also valuable natural habitats which are home to an enormous variety..
The emblematic Egyptian vulture is making a comeback after being on the verge of extinction, the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB)..
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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