A fire which broke out yesterday in Rila Mountain, Southwestern Bulgaria, affected 1.5 hectares of pine forest, announced the Director of the General Directorate of Fire Safety Chief Commissioner Nikolay Nikolov. In his words, firefighters already have the fire under control.
Firefighters will keep an eye on the terrain for two or three days, informed the reporter of the Bulgarian Narional Radio Nikolay Hristov. Currently, more than 200 people, including foresters, firefighters and volunteers are fighting the natural calamity. The fire most probably occurred due to human negligence - a fire lit near a forest path, explained Alexander Krastev, director of the local forestry.
With various events throughout the country Bulgarians are marking 152 years after the death of the Apostle of Bulgarian Freedom Vasil Levski. Today, at 6:00 p.m. a memorial ceremony in front of the monument to the Apostle of Freedom in Sofia takes..
BNB Governor Dimitar Radev will sign the request for an extraordinary convergence report on the fulfillment of the criteria for eurozone membership. This is clear from his response in an interview with BTA, in which Radev announced that the Central..
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