Bulgaria President Set to Veto Changes to GMO Act
Bulgaria President Georgi Parvanov has stated Friday that he will veto the amendments to the GMO Act.
Bulgaria President Georgi Parvanov has stated Friday that he will veto the amendments to the GMO Act.
The Bulgaria-Turkey border has again been closed due to flooding after intense rainfall in the region on Monday.
An earthquake measuring 3,2 on the Richter Scale was felt in Ihtiman, 45km South East of the Bulgarian capital Sofia on Tuesday morning.
All the rivers in the Eastern Rhodopi mountains in South Bulgaria currently have a critically high water level after heavy rains in the region.
The River Kamchia in East Bulgaria has started flooding due to heavy rain, the Director of Civil Protection in Varna, Vladimir Ivanov, reported Monday.
The car traffic through the Kapitan Andreevo crossing point on the Bulgarian-Turkish border has been restored after it was terminated for several hours on Saturday over a flood.
No cars are allowed to pass through Kapitan Andeevo, the major crossing point on the Bulgaria-Turkey border because of a flood on the Bulgarian side.
An earthquake measuring 2,5 on the Richter scale was registered near Blagoevgrad in South West Bulgaria on Friday morning.
After the recent blizzards that have caused chaos in Bulgaria over recent days, temperatures have risen sharply and heavy rain is forecasted to sweep across the country.
The Danube as well as several smaller Bulgarian rivers could spill out causing floods as a result of the high precipitation.
Heavy snowfall has led a total of 12 Bulgarian municipalities in the northeastern part of the country to declare a state of emergency.
Several street sections in Sofia city center have been temporarily closed to traffic at 10 am on Monday, to allow for more efficient clearing of overnight snow.
Bulgaria awoke Monday morning buried in snow with the mercury far below zero and numerous reports of electricity blackouts or telephone cuts.
Almost the entire territory of Bulgaria is affected by snow or rain. Mountain passes are closed, and there is a danger of avalanches in the mountains.
Bulgaria's Environment Minister, Nona Karadzhova, said that from January 2007 until July 2009 all Ministers from the previous, Socialist-led cabinet, have voted yes on the import of GM food.
Eastern Bulgaria is facing another blizzard over the next few days, the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology warns Saturday.
Bulgarian Socialist Party Leader, Sergey Stanishev, has stated that the government proposed 5-year ban on GM Crop trials could only last 3 months.
Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov has stated that the proposed 5-year ban on GM crop trials will "guarantee calmness" in Bulgarian society.
The center-right governing GERB party has proposed that all cultivation of GM crops should be banned for 5-years, in a change to the new GMO Act.
Three light earthquakes were felt in a 30 minute period Friday morning in different regions of Southern Bulgaria, ranging from 2,0 to 2,7 on the Richter scale.
Bulgaria Environment Minister, Nona Karadzhova, has stated that the new changes in the Law on Genetically Modified Organisms will not threaten the environment or human health.
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