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Bulgaria PM Declares Vitosha Wildfire 'Under Control'

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, Deputy Prime Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov and Defense Minister Anyu Angelov  arrived Thursday at the site of fire in Bulgaria's Vitosha Mountain to declare the blaze "under control" in front of cameras and journalists.

Society » Environment | July 5, 2012, Thursday // 12:37 | Viewed: 1878

Bulgaria's Varna Sees Mass Rallies against Park Construction

Protest rallies of citizens and environmentalists are shacking Bulgaria's Black Sea capital Varna with demands to ban all construction in one of the city's top landmarks, the beautiful Sea Garden.

Society » Environment | July 5, 2012, Thursday // 12:32 | Viewed: 2214

Bulgarian Scientists Bring to Sofia Elusive Higgs Boson

A team of 30 Bulgarian CERN scientists, who took part in what may prove to be the biggest scientific discovery of the century - the elusive Higgs boson particle – are in Sofia to explain what that means and where to from here.

Society | July 5, 2012, Thursday // 08:26 | Viewed: 1616

Environmentalists Ask Sofia Mayor to Undo Privatization of Ski Lifts in Vitosha

Bulgarian environmental activists have urged Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova to terminate the privatization contract for the ski lifts in the Vitosha Mountain with the notorious Vitosha Ski company.

Society » Environment | July 4, 2012, Wednesday // 16:24 | Viewed: 1671

Bulgarian Wildfire Advancing towards Sofia, Greens Claim

The large-scale wildfire in the Vitosha Mountain near Sofia has not been contained, and is actually advancing towards the suburbs of the Bulgarian capital, according to the Bulgarian Greens.

Society » Environment | July 4, 2012, Wednesday // 15:21 | Viewed: 1892

Firefighting Operation in Bulgaria's Vitosha Well-Organized - Chief

Nikolay Nikolov, head of Bulgaria's Fire Brigade and Civil Protection Directorate, has rejected allegations that the efforts to put out the wildfire raging in the Vitosha Mountain since Sunday are chaotic.

Society » Environment | July 4, 2012, Wednesday // 13:44 | Viewed: 2141

Bulgarian Volunteers Allegedly Prevented from Putting Off Wildfire

The ongoing efforts to extinguish the raging wildfire in Bulgaria's Vitosha Mountain are very badly organized, volunteers have alarmed.

Society » Environment | July 4, 2012, Wednesday // 10:25 | Viewed: 1439

12 Bulgarian Regions under Code Yellow over Summer Heat

Code yellow for potentially dangerous weather has been declared for a total of 12 Bulgarian regions on Wednesday over extremely hot weather.

Society » Environment | July 4, 2012, Wednesday // 09:49 | Viewed: 1090

Bulgaria Enters 4th Day of Efforts to Put Off Vitosha Fire

Bulgarians have renewed efforts to extinguish the wildfire that has been raging since Sunday in the Vitosha Mountain near Sofia.

Society » Environment | July 4, 2012, Wednesday // 08:46 | Viewed: 1985

Bulgaria to Have Less Snow in 20-50 Years – Scientist

Bulgaria's National Meteorology and Hydrology Institute has developed a climate change model that forecasts less and less snow in the Bulgarian mountains the next 20-50 years.

Society » Environment | July 3, 2012, Tuesday // 18:22 | Viewed: 2445

Bulgaria to Develop National Hepatitis Plan

Bulgaria's Health Ministry and the European Liver Patient Association (ELPA) are to start the development of a National Hepatitis Plan in the Balkan country.

Society » Health | July 3, 2012, Tuesday // 14:03 | Viewed: 1271

Israeli Aircraft Ready to Help Bulgaria Extinguish Vitosha Fire

An aircraft from Israel is ready to join the efforts to extinguish the wildfire in the Vitosha Mountain near Bulgaria's capital Sofia, according to Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov.

Society » Environment | July 3, 2012, Tuesday // 12:55 | Viewed: 4340

Bulgaria Doesn't Need International Help for Putting Off Vitosha Fire

Bulgaria does not need international assistance to cope with the wildfire that has been raging since Sunday in the Vitosha Mountain near Sofia, according to an official.

Society » Environment | July 3, 2012, Tuesday // 12:05 | Viewed: 1419

Bulgarian Environmentalists Postpone Protest over Raging Wildfire

The planned protest against Bulgaria's much debated Forestry Act has been postponed by its organizers because of the wildfire that has been raging in the Vitosha Mountain near Sofia.

Society » Environment | July 3, 2012, Tuesday // 10:31 | Viewed: 1189

Bulgaria Enters 3rd Day of Struggles to Put Off Vitosha Wildfire

Some 350 Bulgarian volunteers, firefighters, police officers and forest rangers are still struggling to extinguish the wildfire that has been raging in the Vitosha Mountain near the capital Sofia.

Society » Environment | July 3, 2012, Tuesday // 08:44 | Viewed: 1436

Bulgaria's Vitosha Wildfire Partially Tamed

The wildfire that has been raging in the Vitosha Mountain near the Bulgarian capital Sofia has been tamed on the western side of the slope, according to Sofia Fire Department head Ognyan Metodiev.

Society » Environment | July 2, 2012, Monday // 16:28 | Viewed: 1689

Romanian Woman Tracks Lost Purse in Bulgaria via EU Emergency No.

A Romanian woman has managed to track down and recover her purse that she lost during a trip to Bulgaria with assistance from the operators of 112, the EU emergency number, Bulgaria's Interior Ministry announced.

Society | July 2, 2012, Monday // 15:14 | Viewed: 1324

Notorious Vitosha Ski Co Accuses Bulgarian NGOs of Takeover

The notorious Bulgarian company Vitosha Ski accused environmentalists of attempting a hidden privatization of the national park Vitosha by protesting the Forestry Act.

Society » Environment | July 2, 2012, Monday // 15:06 | Viewed: 1548

Bulgaria-Bound Passenger Jet Makes Emergency Landing in Russia

An Airbus A310 jet airliner carrying out a flight from Moscow to Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Burgas made an emergency landing at Domodedovo on Monday, local media say.

Society | July 2, 2012, Monday // 14:44 | Viewed: 2483

Bulgaria Closed 2011 with 34 000 Registered NGOs - Study

Bulgaria ranks among the countries with the lowest share of volunteers, with only 5% of the population claiming to volunteer time, according to the World Giving Index 2011 of the Charities Aid Foundation.

Society | July 2, 2012, Monday // 13:54 | Viewed: 1992

Bulgarian Archaeologists on Struma Hwy Obey PM's Deadline

Bulgarian archaeologists have adhered to the June 30 deadline issued by Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, to finish excavations so that construction on the southwestern Struma highway can go on.

Society » Archaeology | July 2, 2012, Monday // 13:47 | Viewed: 2334
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