A passenger train with 350 people on board collided with an oncoming freight train shortly before midnight on Tuesday morning. According to the Greek authorities, 32 passengers have died in the crash and at least 100 were injured. The accident occurred near a gorge some 380 kilometers north of the capital city Athens, an area with railway tunnels and major motorways, the BNR’s correspondent in Greece Katya Peeva reported.
The first two carriages of the passenger train caught fire and were completely destroyed. According to the passengers who eye witnessed the accident, they were full of people, as most of them were students returning to Thessaloniki. Firefighters continue to search under and near the first three carriages hoping to find more survivors under the wreckage.
Most of the injured are in a serious health condition. They were accommodated at hospitals in and near Larissa and Thessaloniki. Volunteers are donating blood in them. No Bulgarians were reported injured.
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..
The MPs failed to elect a speaker also at their fourth attempt . Of the four candidates, Raya Nazaryan, nominated by GERB - SDS, and Silvi Kirilov -..
Bulgaria has become the first in the EU to have a high-tech artificial intelligence in its own language , created by a state-funded scientific..
According to an analysis by the Electricity System Operator, a shortage of electricity is expected as early as January and February next year. At a..
Mostly Cloudy
Partly Cloudy
Rain
Cloudy
Overcast, rain