The state will provide more than €5.1 million in additional funds to the three flood-hit municipalities in the Karlovo region (Karlovo, Kaloyanovo and Maritsa) to deal with flood damage, Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Demerdjiev said after the meeting of..
Starting today, residents of the flood-damaged villages in the region of Karlovo can be immunized against tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough if they wish. Health authorities warn that floods can bring various infections ...
On the eighth day of the floods in the Karlovo region's villages of Bogdan, Karavelovo and Slatina, a large number of volunteers are expected to take part in efforts to clean up the tons of mud and trees brought by the water disaster. Earlier in the..
As of today, gendarmerie will be guarding of the flood-affected villages in Karlovo region, after increased cases of looting were reported. Soldiers with heavy machinery continue to help the affected communities. The three worst-hit villages -..
"Two ministries , the Ministry of A griculture and the Ministry of E nvironment , are primary to blame for the floods because of negligence, unfinished work and violations", former Minister of E nvironment and Water Evdokia Maneva..
Bulgaria will ask the European Union for help in order to repair the damage caused by the recent floods, caretaker Minister of Interior Ivan Demerdzhiev said. Currently, Bulgaria is taking emergency measures, Minister Demerdzhiev..
Wood brought from the floods will remain for the people in Karlovo and they will not have to pay for it , the interim Minister of Agriculture Yavor Gechev told bTV. "There is a lot of speculation, but nobody will pay for it. Flood timber is..
The Bulgarian authorities have not activated the European Union’s Civil Protection Mechanism in connection with the recent floods, EU Commission Spokesperson for Budget and Human Resources, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Balazs Ujvari said...
Part of the settlements in the Plovdiv region, which were affected by the floods after the heavy rains in the amount of nearly 200 l/sq.m, now have electricity supply . The water supply is gradually being restored. The clearing of sediments continues,..
The course of Stryama River has been corrected in the last 5 years, but with a calculation methodology dating to 1980. The question is whether this correction was sufficient. There are also doubts that the river was not cleaned, Eng. Ivan Ivanov,..
