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The Bulgarian Socialist Party is gathering a non-official rally at Eagles Bridge in central Sofia in support of the scrapped Belene NPP project, according to reports circulating in social networks.
Society | July 10, 2012, Tuesday // 14:16
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Nearly half of all 2300 scrap metal yards in Bulgaria have been forced to shut down over the last year in the wake of controversial and restrictive new legislation, people from the sector have alarmed.
A 62-year-old Bulgarian has died of hyperthermia, the medical term for prolonged heat exposure, becoming the first victim of the hot wave sweeping the country.
Society | July 10, 2012, Tuesday // 07:23
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Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court (VAS) has conclusively declared illegal the initial stages of construction of a resort complex in the Irakli-Emine protected area on the Black Sea coast.
An earthquake of a 2.7 magnitude on the Richter scale was registered Monday afternoon near the western Bulgarian city of Pernik, according to data of the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre.
Soothsayers are enjoying good fortune in Bulgaria as the economic downturn and an increasingly hectic pace of life sends citizens searching for answers and willing to fork out huge sums of money.
Society | July 9, 2012, Monday // 13:02
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It is still unclear what caused the wildfire that raged for almost an entire week in Bulgaria's Vitosha Mountain near Sofia, Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has stated.
Bulgarian pop singer Boyan Ivanov passed away at the age of 68 in the city of Burgas late on Sunday.
"Sofia's Last Ambulance", a documentary by Ilian Metev about Bulgaria's capital Sofia and staff at its ambulances struggling to keep up with their workload, has landed another precious award – at Karlovy Vary.
A large wildfire has erupted in the region of Bulgaria's Elhovo, near the country's border with Turkey.
A Code Orange alert was declared for all Bulgarian regions on Monday, as the country is expected to be roasted by a scorching heat for a sixth day in a row.
Four teams of firefighters are at the site of the wildfire that erupted Sunday evening along southern Bulgarian Trakiya Highway near the town of Ihtiman, some 30 km away from capital Sofia.
Bulgaria should seriously consider inviting Mongolian shamans to "enliven" its ancient archeological sites, argues leading Bulgarian archeologist Prof. Nikolay Ovcharov.
Bulgarian capital Sofia's town hall might bring to court the Vitosha Ski company over failing to service lifts in the Vitosha mountain, said Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandakova Sunday.
Society | July 8, 2012, Sunday // 12:05
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Code yellow for potentially dangerous weather has been declared Sunday for almost the entire territory of Bulgaria due to an intensifying heat wave.
Five temperature records have been registered in Bulgaria at 3 pm Saturday over the blasting heat.
A truck carrying concrete for a construction site near Bulgaria's Debelt has caused the precious discovery of two tombs dating from Roman times.
Bulgarian Customs officers at the Kalotina checkpoint on the Serbian border have found four Afghan nationals in a truck transporting beer.
Society | July 7, 2012, Saturday // 15:12
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High school students in grade 11 during the 2012 – 2013 school year will now study the role and the place in history of current Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov.
The Mayor of the Yuzhen (Southern) district in Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv, Pavlinka Katsarova, 51, is resigning over an alleged hit-and-run accident.
Society | July 7, 2012, Saturday // 14:08
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The extinguishing of the wildfire that engulfed the Bistrishko Branishte natural reserve in the Vitosha Mountain near the Bulgarian capital Sofia is near conclusion on the 7th day of the effort.
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