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Bulgaria Braces for Fresh Weekend Snow [Feb 04, 2012] Nine Bulgarian regions remain under code yellow Saturday over fog and snow, the National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) has announced. In the regions of Vidin, Montana, Vratsa and Pleven in northwestern Bulgaria the warning is over expected snowfall and ice; in Plovdiv and Pazardzhik in southern Bulgaria ? over fog, in Blagoevgrad in ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Wakes up to Fresh Snow [Feb 02, 2012] Bulgaria wakes up Thursday to freezing cold accompanied by a fresh snow cover, but without new record low temperatures. The mercury ranges between minus 19 degrees Celsius to minus 5 across the country with cloudy skies and strong winds in the regions of Montana, Varna, Vidin and Razgrad. Snow is falling in the regions of Montana, Pazardzhik, Dobrich, Haskovo, Sofia, Plovdiv, Blagoevgrad, Burgas ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria under Code Yellow over Snow, Cold [Jan 28, 2012] Twenty six Bulgarian regions are under code yellow Saturday over snow and freezing cold, the National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) announced. Only the regions of Kyustendil and Blagoevgrad are under code green. Code yellow means potentially dangerous weather, where the forecast is not for unusual meteorological events, but requires people to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Braces for All-out Flu Epidemic [Jan 22, 2011] A flu epidemic has been declared in Bulgaria's capital Sofia Saturday, expectations being that his status will befall the whole country in the next few days. The flu epidemic status has already been set for the whole of Sofia Region, as well as for the cities of Pleven, Pazardzhik, Blagoevgrad, as well as for a number of towns in the Blagoevgrad Region. This necessitates the closing down of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Health Ministry Declares Flu Epidemics in 6 Regions [Jan 19, 2011] Bulgaria's Health Ministry has already declared flu epidemics in six regions in Bulgaria ? Sofia, Blagoevgrad, Petrich, Dupnitsa, Rila and Kocherinovo. The number of sick people in the Sofia region has exceeded 300 per 10,000. People from all age groups have been infected, the biggest number being in kids and teenagers.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Denies Stirring Chaos with Energy Projects Talk [Jun 12, 2010] Bulgarias Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, was in the city of Blagoevgrad Saturday to give diplomas to graduates from the College for Tourism. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Brother of Bulgaria Man U Striker Berbatov Probed for Card Fraud [May 05, 2010] The Regional Prosecutor's Office in the southern Bulgarian city of Blagoevgrad is probing Asen Berbatov, brother of Bulgaria's football star and Manchester United striker, Dimitar, for credit card draining. [via YahooNews] More >>

Brother of Bulgaria Man U Striker Berbatov Probed for Card Fraud [May 05, 2010] Brothers Asen (in the white shirt) and Dimitar Berbatovi. Photo by Standart News The Regional Prosecutor's Office in the southern Bulgarian city of Blagoevgrad is probing Asen Berbatov, brother of Bulgaria's football star and Manchester United striker, Dimitar, for credit card draining. [via YahooNews] More >>

Light Quake Shakes Bulgaria's Blagoevgrad Region (Novinite.com) [Feb 12, 2010] An earthquake measuring 2,5 on the Richter scale was registered near Blagoevgrad in South West Bulgaria on Friday morning. The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported that the epicenter of the quake was 14 km south east of Blagoevgrad and was felt at 08:30 Friday morning. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Blagoevgrad Court Shaken by Latest Judiciary Scandal (Novinite.com) [Jan 28, 2010] A probe of Bulgaria's Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) of the District Court in the southern city of Blagoevgrad confirms the allegations of numerous violations in the jurisdiction. [via YahooNews] More >>

Light Earthquake Shakes South-West Bulgaria (Novinite.com) [Jan 28, 2010] An earthquake measuring 3,2 on the Richter scale was reported on the territory of Bulgaria at 8:43 am on Thursday, near the town of Blagoevgrad in the southwestern part of the country. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FM: 'In All Negatives, We Are Usually No.1 or 2' (Novinite.com) [Jan 23, 2010] Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has addressed students from American University in Blagoevgrad, giving them a general picture of the situation of Bulgaria. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FM: 'In All Negatives, We Are Usually No.1 or 2' (Novinite.com) [Jan 23, 2010] Bulgaria Deputy PM and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov addressed students at the American University in Blagoevgrad on the current situation of Bulgaria. [via YahooNews] More >>

Small Opposition Party Sets out to Topple Bulgaria Govt (Novinite.com) [Jan 10, 2010] ?We are now being commanded by a party, which is a hybrid between communists and policemen,? Yane Yanev, RZS leader, said in the town of Blagoevgrad, referring to the ruling GERB party. [via YahooNews] More >>