Large forest fires in Bulgaria caused damages to the tune of over EUR 3 million this summer. 5,000 firefighters, 2,000 volunteers and 400 soldiers took part at the firefighting operations this year. A total of 6,200 hectares of forests burnt in 527 fires. Nearly 70% of the forest fires are caused by human negligence and only 6% of them are caused on purpose. We will launch a single surveillance system in 2018, Head of Strategies and Forestry planning at the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Food Spas Todorov announced.
The Egyptian company Antica World will today present an architectural project for the reconstruction of the TSUM - Central Universal Department Store in the centre of Sofia. The company will take over the transformation and management of one..
Most of the country will be cloudy on Thursday . Showers will occur in the afternoon in the south-west and in isolated places in the north-east. Minimum temperatures will range from 9°C in the west to 15°C in the east, 12°C in Sofia. Highs will be..
The Council of Ministers has granted the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant a derogation from the European regulation on restrictive measures in light of Russia's actions in Ukraine. With this derogation, Bulgaria's only nuclear power plant and its largest..
MEP Elena Yoncheva is in the city of Sanaa, Yemen, aiming to reach the port city of Hodeidah on the Red Sea. There lies the hijacked ship Galaxy Leader,..
Gorna Oryahovitsa will host a review of amateur creativity and a Festival of military brass bands of the Ground Forces. From September..
Bulgarian Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov takes part in the B9 Defence Ministers Meeting, chaired by Romania and Poland. The forum..
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