Shumen District Court sentenced train driver Dimitar Mihnev to 15 years in prison, while assistant driver Radoslav Petkov was sentenced to 10 years in Bulgarian prison for the Hitrino train accident. Convicted train drivers operated the train that..
The local administration has prepared a total of 12 projects, among them a kindergarten, a chitalishte (community culture centre), and new water mains. In the words of municipality mayor Niridin Ismail, the application procedures for European..
The Bulgarian Construction Chamber promised to build 10 new homes for people whose properties were destroyed in last year’s train blast in Hitrino and 9 of them have already been fully built, Bulgaria’s Minister of Regional Development and Public..
On December 10 Bulgaria marks one year since the tragic train blast in the village of Hitrino. On December 10, 2016, seven people lost their lives and dozens were wounded after several cisterns of a cargo train transporting propylene or propane gas..
The residents of the village of Hitrino in the region of Shumen will remember 10 December 2016 as the most tragic day in their lives. A derailed train and the explosion that followed of cisterns with polypropylene and propane-butane swept away..
Every year the 24 Hours daily distinguishes people with big hearts who have saved human lives, helped other people in distress, did good for the society. The Worthy Bulgarians of the Year initiative was started back in 2003. A total of..
Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Sofia is to donate EUR 3.500 to the community center of the village of Hitrino which suffered in December last year a cargo train blast. The money was collected from donations during yesterday’s charity theatre play..
The distribution of close to 2 million Leva (1 million euro), raised by donors through the Bulgarian Red Cross in aid of the people of Hitrino village is beginning as of today. A derailed freight train exploded in Hitrino on 10 December,..
10 million euro has been received from Brussels for repairing the damage to the infrastructure in Hitrino village after the explosion of derailed freight train tanks on 10 December. The quickest way to absorb the money would be targeted projects..
Over 30 volunteers from Nikola Kozlevo Municipality, led by Mayor Eshref Recep took part in cleaning and repairing damage after the explosion of the derailed train in Hitrino. A group of volunteers has been helping in the deployment of housing for..
