Geography of Bulgaria

A total of BGN 30.629M are needed for the repair of the damages in the flood-striken Bulgarian municipalities of Dobrich, Dobrich province and Balchik.

The most severe damages were recorded in Dobrich and are estimated at BGN 28.6M, Dnevnik reports. The other two municipalities Dobrich province and Balchik will need BGN 1.1M and BGN 882 thousand, respectively.

The administration in Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna is giving BGN 300 to each of the 405 households affected by the devastating floods in the Asparuhovo district.

The definitive list of all the disaster victims has been drawn up already, Bulgarian National Radio informed.

Residents of the flood hit Varna district Asparuhovo are planning to protest on Monday the forceful evacuation, reports the Bulgarian National Radio. 

The event is organised in Facebook under the slogan “We are here and we will not let anyone be forcefully taken out of their home”. 

Bulgaria's Economy Ministry expects a 4% increase of number of Russian tourists in 2014, said deputy economy minister Branimir Botev, quoted by the Cherno More agency. 

“We are seeing an increase of tourist numbers – not only from Russia, but also from Ukraine,” Botev said. 

The Varna Regional Court sentenced a 34-year-old man to five months in prison for trying to steal seven chocolate bars from a supermarket, reports BGNES. 

The culprit pleaded guilty for trying to steal chocolate at a total price of BGN 24 from a supermarket in downtown Varna. 

A nearly 7-km-long traffic jam has clogged the roads between Bulgaria's Black Sea towns of Pomorie and Aheloy on Friday afternoon.

It takes as long as an hour to travel the distance, Bulgaria's National Radio (BNR) reports. Kilometers-long traffic jam was also generated in the opposite direction - from Sunny Beach resort to Aheloy.

On August 9, Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Burgas will host the first edition of the Sea Garden Festival.

Among the main guests of the event will be the popular R&B singer Yarah Bravo and DJ Vadim.

The one-day festival will take place in the Summer Theater of Burgas. The program includes Bulgarian singer Ruth Koleva and the new wave band Review, as well.

Excessive levels of lead, chromium and manganese have been detected by the Greenpeace organization in reservoirs located near power plants in Bulgaria's region of Stara Zagora.

This was announced at a press conference by Dr. Filka Sekulova from the Bulgarian branch of the international environmental organization, Radio Stara Zagora reports.

Bulgaria would be split into nine tourist regions, according to the project of the National Centre For Territorial Development, reports Dnevnik.bg.

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.