Forty families living nearby the site of today’s explosion in Hitrino were evacuated so far, the pres-center of the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior informs. Over 50 houses and public buildings in the village of Hitrino, Northeast Bulgaria, suffered heavy damages after Saturday’s cargo train blast. There isn't any immediate danger for the rest of the population. The competent institutions started to pull some of the cisterns away from the village. The Bulgarian State Railways sent cranes to lift the cisterns which derailed near the Hitrino train station this morning.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised Bulgarian citizens to avoid traveling to Greece because of a planned national strike today. The Foreign Ministry advises people to check the situation in Bulgaria's southern neighbor and the timeliness of flight..
"We hope that by the end of next week, the calculations will be completed and the results will be submitted to the Constitutional Court", Central Election Commission (CEC) Deputy Chair Rositsa Mateva told public broadcaster BNT regarding the..
The number of pensioners in January this year increased by 15,630 people, or 0.8%, compared to the first month of the previous year, the National Social Security Institute informed. More than 2 million people live on pensions whose average value is..
The effects of the protests against supermarkets are being felt, Agriculture Minister Georgi Tahov said in Plovdiv, where he was attending a national..
In 2022, 14.7% of workers in the EU were low-wage earners . By definition, low-wage earners are those who earn two-thirds or less of the average gross..
A serious restrictive and even repressive attitude among Bulgarian society on the current issues of school education and upbringing is shown by an..
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