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The municipality of Karlovo declared a partial state of emergency for the villages of Karavelovo and Bogdan due to rising water levels in the river. There is no danger to the population, said the mayor of Karlovo, Emil Kabaivanov.

"The Bulgarian army will continue to help the population in the flood-affected settlements in the municipality of Karlovo for at least another month.

On the eighth day, the victims of the floods in the villages of Bogdan, Karavelovo and Slatina in Karlovo region are clearing the tons of mud and trees brought by the water element.

How to help the affected people read here.

And today, people who find it too much to cope with the damage of the disaster alone will rely on the help of volunteers.

A partial state of emergency has been declared in five villages in the Sub-Balkan (Podbalkan) region in Bulgaria, following heavy rains that fell in the area last night. The Sub-Balkan road is closed to traffic due to flooded sections.

The first 24 centres to administer in Romania the one-shot COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) will be available in 19 counties and in Bucharest City, and another 20 of them will open at several hospitals nationwide, senior official with the Health Ministry Andrei Baciu said on Thursday.

Residents of Andrijevica started a blockade in the town of Slatina, protesting over the arrest of a priest of the Serbian Orthodox Church and Bishop Joanikije, head of Diocese of Budimlje-Niksic.
The citizens of Andrijevica are blocking the main road Berane - Andrijevica - Plav from 11 am.
The long line of motor vehicles was formed in the length of one kilometer.

Serbian Officials said the Yugoslav-made single-engine Super Galeb G-4 crashed on April 7 near the village of Slatina, about 50 kilometers from Belgrade during a routine training flight.

The ministry said the cause of the crash was not immediately known and that an investigation had been launched.

The Super Galeb G-4 is used for training, as well as military missions.

A military airplane crashed on Friday morning in the village of Slatina, in the Ub municipality southwest of Belgrade, the Ministry of Defense has confirmed.

The MoD has confirmed that both pilots died in the crash that happed during routine flight training.

"I have submitted my resignation to protect my honour. Otherwise, I know I am not guilty of anything, and in the end this has to be proved," Dragnea said on Saturday.

He added he would also step down as the executive chairman of the ruling Social Democratic Party, PSD.

The High Court of Cassation and Justice (Romania's Supreme Court) rejected on Tuesday the request of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) to arrest former Finance Minister Darius Valcov. DNA can appeal this ruling.

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