Dobrich

A miner died, while another was injured on Tuesday after rocks collapsed in a manganese-extracting mine in the Bulgarian village of Tsarkva, near the town of Balchik.

The first man died on the spot after being hit by a falling rock even though he was wearing a helmet, daily Dnevnik reports.

Chinese entrepreneurs will invest EUR 11 M in the first stage of construction of a factory for combined fodder in the Bulgarian city of Dobrich.

The Chinese entrepreneurs, accompanied by their Bulgarian partners, informed the district governor Dr. Margarita Novoselska that they had already bought a site in the industrial zone of Dobrich.

The US has decided on monitoring air quality around its embassies across the world.

The statement was made by the US State Secretary John Kerry on Monday.

Archaeologists excavating a fortress near Bulgaria's north eastern town of Dobrich unearthed bronze elements from a belt of a Bulgar warrior, reports the Standart daily.

Archaeologist Boyan Totev told journalists that this is the first such find by archaeologists in Bulgaria. Parts of another belt has been found by treasure hunters, again near Dobrich.

Ministers will review and pass a decree for the approval of additional costs and transfers of BGN 16,204,360 at Wednesday's session, the press office of the government announced.

The funds will be allocated mainly to municipalities for the prevention, management and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters.

Economists and NGOs ponder the setting up of a mandatory disaster insurance scheme in Bulgaria, reports bTV.

Their estimations show that if all owners paid for their real estate a mandatory annual fee of BGN 10 and 30, the state could have at its disposal between BGN 40 and 60 M each year to help disaster stricken residential areas.

Bulgaria's Council of Ministers has approved the report, evaluating the damages caused by the floods which ravaged the cities of Varna, Dobrich and Veliko Tarnovo at BGN 495M.

Active landslides on both sides of drainage gullies are becoming more and more dangerous to flood-stricken Asparuhovo district in Bulgaria's Varna, an expert believes.

There have been 738 property damage claims in the Bulgarian city of Dobrich, following last month’s devastating floods.

Municipal inspectors have already visited 587 of the sites to assess the damages, while 6 teams are still working on calculating the costs, Dariknews revealed.

Bulgarian State Railways Holding will provide free transport for all volunteers involved in the cleaning of the flooded areas in the town of Dobrich, Friday.

The initiative was set up by the members of a Facebook group for national civil protection, the State Railways company (BDZ) announced.