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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 derailed on December 10, 2016 in the area of Hitrino station as the train was carrying polypropylene and propane-butane tanks. The train owned by a private railway company was on its route to Romania, but entering the area of the train station it did not reduce the speed to the set limit and derailment followed.
7 people were killed and 29 injured as a result. Dozens of buildings in Hitrino were destroyed or suffered significant damage after the explosion that followed the derailment.
The initiative "Take a Walk with Your Cardiologist" was held in major Bulgarian cities to mark today’s World Heart Day. The Organizers from the Bulgarian Society of Cardiology emphasized the importance of regular moderate physical..
On Monday, there will still be showers in the eastern half of the country. It will stop raining by the evening. Clouds will break in the western part of the country. It will be mostly sunny in Southwestern Bulgaria in the afternoon. There will be..
Traditional folk instruments, including the tambura, gadulka and kaval (shepherd's flute) are expected to disappear from Bulgarian stages within 10 to 15 years if no attention is paid to folk music performers, shows an analysis from a field study..
On Monday, there will still be showers in the eastern half of the country. It will stop raining by the evening. Clouds will break in the western part..
Travelling to Israel and staying in the country should be avoided, except in case of emergency, the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said...
Nikola Nikolov - Pascal, considered one of the largest smugglers, has been arrested in Serbia during a joint operation by Bulgarian and Serbian..
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