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Bulgaria’s Hail Suppression Agency already protects 1/3 of the country’s territory, with efforts underway to expand its activity. Photo by BGNES
Bulgaria suffered hailstorm damages worth BGN 43 M in 2011, according to Nikolay Nikolov, Director of the Hail Suppression Agency at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
In a Monday interview for the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), he specified that the Agency was already protecting 1/3 of the country's territory, with efforts underway to expand its activity to the districts of Pleven, Dobruzdha and Karnobat.
Nikolov went on to say that two officials of the watchdog had been dismissed after hailstorms wiped out entire harvests in the village of Nedelino, Sliven district, near a training ground of the Agency.
He noted that the investigation into the case would continue until June 8, stressing that human errors were easy to prove.
A few days ago, heavy rains damaged the agricultural production in six villages in the Nedelino municipality.
A special commission will assess Monday the damage to crops and infrastructure in Nedelino caused by the torrential rains and hailstorms that hit the Nedelino municipality two days ago.
A teacher from the Pleven region has been taken into custody over allegations of sexual abuse involving two 13-year-old girls
The municipality of Pleven announced that schools will remain closed on Tuesday, February 3, due to forecasted extremely low temperatures and challenging winter conditions following heavy snowfall on February 1 and 2
At the request of the Pleven District Prosecutor’s Office, the Pleven District Court has ordered the pre-trial detention of three men, citizens of Georgia, who are accused of migrant trafficking
The water regime in Pleven will remain in place, local authorities confirmed after the latest regular meeting of the Crisis Headquarters convened to address the ongoing water shortage in the region
Pleven’s citizens continue to face serious water supply challenges, a situation the city’s mayor, Dr. Valentin Hristov
In Bulgaria, an elderly couple from the village of Debovo in the Pleven district was hospitalized after being brutally assaulted and robbed
Holiday weather conditions are expected to remain mixed across Bulgaria, with alternating periods of sunshine and rain showers, according to the forecast
On Thursday, April 9, weather conditions across Bulgaria are expected to remain unsettled, with variable cloud cover that will often be significant
Meteorologists from the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences have issued a yellow code warning for strong and potentially hazardous winds across all of Bulgaria on Wednesday.
Atmospheric pressure is expected to decline and settle close to the typical levels for this time of year
On Monday, April 6, 2026, morning temperatures across the country will range between 4°C and 9°C, with around 5°C expected in Sofia
Atmospheric pressure across the country is on an upward trend and is expected to exceed the average levels typical for this time of year by the afternoon.
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