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Bulgaria: Dam bursts from heavy rains, floods kill 8 [Feb 06, 2012] A state of emergency has been declared in most of southern Bulgaria and Prime Minister Boiko Borisov and Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov visited the flooded region on Monday, the AP reported. read more [via YahooNews] More >>

Eight die in flooding in Bulgaria [Feb 06, 2012] BISSER, Bulgaria, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Eight people died in the southern Bulgarian village of Bisser early Monday, after a wall of the Ivanovo dam burst, causing massive flooding, officials said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria pledges to shut mental homes [Feb 06, 2012] (SOFIA ) - Bulgaria pledged Monday to shut its dilapidated mental homes after the European Court of Human Rights condemned Sofia over an inmate held for years after being wrongly diagnosed as schizophrenic. [via YahooNews] More >>

Dam bursts in Bulgaria, floods village and kills 3 [Feb 06, 2012] A dam in southern Bulgaria collapsed after heavy rain on Monday, flooding a village and killing at least three elderly men, authorities said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Cold kills 33 more in Europe, dam breaks in Bulgaria [Feb 06, 2012] SOFIA (Reuters) - Europe's bitterly cold weather killed another 33 people on Monday and melting snow caused a dam wall to break and flood an entire village in Bulgaria. Gas supplies to the European Union from Russia improved at the weekend but have not fully recovered, the European Commission said, as Italy convened a crisis committee to handle what it called critical shortages of Russian gas ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Warns Turkey, Greece about Overflowing Dams [Feb 06, 2012] Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has sent a note warning the authorities of Turkey and Greece about the overflowing of major water dams on Bulgarian territory. Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a note this morning, informed Greek and Turkish authorities that the Ivailovgrad water reservoir and the Studen Kladenetz water reservoir will begin to overflow. The volume of water expected to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Flood Death Toll Rises to 8 [Feb 06, 2012] A total of eight persons have drowned in Southeastern Bulgaria as a result of flooding caused by the breaking of local water reservoir dams, the Interior Ministry has confirmed. The death toll continued to rise throughout Monday, with three casualties reported initially. The highest number of casualties was registered in the village of Biser, Haskovo District, where at least 200 houses have been ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Dam bursts in Bulgaria; At least 8 people killed, 10 missing in region's flooding [Feb 06, 2012] SOFIA, Bulgaria - A dam in southern Bulgaria burst Monday after days of heavy rain, sending an eight-foot-high (2.5-meter) torrent surging through a village along the Greek border. The disaster brought the region's toll from flooding to eight dead, 10 missing. [via YahooNews] More >>

Dam bursts in Bulgaria, 8 killed in floods [Feb 06, 2012] A dam in southern Bulgaria burst Monday after days of heavy rain, sending an eight-foot-high (2.5-meter) torrent surging through a village along the Greek border. The disaster brought the region's toll from flooding to eight dead, 10 missing. [via YahooNews] More >>

Dam bursts in Bulgaria; Floods kill 8, 10 missing [Feb 06, 2012] Authorities say a dam in southern Bulgaria has collapsed after heavy rain, killing at least four people as floodwaters slammed into a village. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ivanovo Reservoir Dam Collapse Floods Bisser, Bulgaria [Feb 06, 2012] SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) ? A dam in southern Bulgaria collapsed after heavy rain on Monday, flooding a village and killing at least three elderly men, authorities said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Deadly cold front continues as dam bursts in Bulgaria [Feb 06, 2012] The toll from Europe's killer cold snap kept climbing past 300 on Monday with nine new victims found in Poland, most of them homeless, and at least three people died after a Bulgarian dam burst. [via YahooNews] More >>

U.S. energy czar en route to Bulgaria [Feb 06, 2012] SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. envoy for Eurasian energy is on his way to Sofia to discuss Bulgarian energy initiatives, the U.S. secretary of state said. [via YahooNews] More >>

U.S. supports Bulgaria's shale decisions [Feb 06, 2012] SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Bulgaria has the right, as a sovereign state, to make its own decisions on the extraction of shale natural gas deposits, the U.S. envoy to the country said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Dam bursts in Bulgaria, floods village and kills at least 3 elderly men [Feb 06, 2012] SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) ? Authorities say a dam has collapsed following heavy rain in southern Bulgaria, flooding a nearby village. A radio report says at least 3 people have died. [via YahooNews] More >>

Dam bursts in Bulgaria, floods village and kills 3 [Feb 06, 2012] Authorities say a dam has collapsed following heavy rain in southern Bulgaria, flooding a nearby village. A radio report says at least 3 people have died. [via YahooNews] More >>

Hillary Clinton's Bulgaria Visit Was Routine - Foreign Minister [Feb 06, 2012] US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Sunday visit to Bulgaria was not urgent but routine, according to Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov. "The visit was planned a long time ago. It is a common practice of the US State Department to confirm such visits a week before they take place," Mladenov explained in an interview for the Btv private channel. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Regions Alarmed over Floods, Severe Cold [Feb 06, 2012] The southern Bulgarian town of Zlatograd is ready to be evacuated due to heavy downpours, while other parts of the country remain under Code Orange because of the severe winter conditions. The remote municipalities of Zlatograd and Nedelino in the southern Smolyan Region declared emergency already on Sunday, after rain and melting snow caused overflowing of rivers and reservoirs. The level at ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex-VP Says He Pardoned Fewer Felons Than Predecessor [Feb 06, 2012] Bulgaria's former Vice President Angel Marin has pointed out that he pardoned fewer criminals than his predecessor. It recently emerged that Marin pardoned a total of 533 felons during his two terms in office, including many murderers. In an interview for the private bTV channel on Sunday, the former Vice President argued that his predecessor had pardoned more than 1000 criminals during his 5 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Clinton Doesn't Mention Shale Gas in Bulgaria, Vows to Send Energy Envoy [Feb 05, 2012] Bulgaria is a key country for the United States in terms of energy strategy, it transpired during US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Sofia Sunday. Clinton vowed to pursue work with Bulgaria, especially in the field of nuclear energy and energy sources diversification. "Over next week, I will send US Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar to Bulgaria," stated the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

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