Since the beginning of the year, more than 200 forest fires have taken place on the territory of Bulgaria. Natural fires that erupted because of lightning were just 2 percent. Seven percent of fires were proven to be intentional. 80 percent were caused by negligence and 14 percent erupted because of unknown reasons. "Guilt of perpetrators is difficult to prove as they must be caught while committing the crime. In most cases authorities rely on confessions from perpetrators," Vladimir Konstantinov, an expert from the Forestry Agency, told the Bulgarian National Radio in an interview. Currently, there are video surveillance systems, enabling prevention and rapid response to fires, but they cover about 15-20% of the forest areas of the country, the expert added. Each year some 22,000 decares of Bulgarian forests burn.
On Saturday, minimum temperatures will range from 13 to 19 °C . In Sofia, it will be 15 °C. Sunny weather will prevail with temporary cloud cover increasing in the afternoon. Maximum temperatures will rise to between 28 and 33 °C. In the capital, it will..
A global leader in the production of robotic and minimally invasive surgical equipment has officially opened a new manufacturing facility in Parvomay , Plovdiv Province, as part of its planned expansion in Europe, BNR Plovdiv reports. The American..
'It is blatantly untrue that the contract with the Turkish state-owned company Botas is not being put into use." President Rumen Radev stated this to journalists at the Krumovo Air Base. The terminal in Alexandroupolis has not been operational..
Partly Cloudy