More than 290 firefighters, forest rangers, hunters and volunteers are taking part in the efforts to extinguish the forest fire on the Bulgaria-Greek border in the region of Kirkovo municipality. The fire is still developing along a 20-km. long front, Chief Commissioner Nikolay Nikolov, director of the fire safety and civil protection directorate general stated.
A Bulgarian air force Mi-17 helicopter is also taking part in the efforts. There is no danger to any towns or villages. Nikolay Nikolov explained that the reason why the fire spread so deep into Bulgarian territory is the Southern wind of the past few days.
A discussion on the potential reintroduction of religious education in Bulgarian schools was held at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia. The discussion was organized by the Ministry of Education and Science. Religions will be studied from a..
Bulgaria’s Ambassador to the United States Georgi Panayotov has requested an early end to his term, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. The reasons for his resignation were not specified. Ambassador Georgi Panayotov is a career diplomat..
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have admitted to mistakenly firing on a UN facility in central Gaza in March, killing an UN staffer, reported BTA. Until now, the IDF had denied responsibility for the March 19 strike in Deir al-Balah that killed..
A peaceful civic protest under the motto “Protecting our children – car procession and blocking traffic on Danube Bridge” will take place on Saturday...
On Saturday lows will be between 5 and 10°C, around 7°C in Sofia. Before noon it will be mostly sunny and calm. In the afternoon there will be isolated..
Vice President Iliana Iotova is paying a visit to Grasse, France at the invitation of the town mayor Mayor Jerome Viaud and the local cultural..
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