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Bulgaria is the world leader in lavender growing and oil production after managing to steal the first place from France in just several years, French newspaper Figaro reported.

According to Spanish José Maria Blazquez, writer of World Olive Encyclopedia, olive growing started in Anatolia about 6,000 years ago. The world’s oldest-known olive oil production was discovered near the Aegean town of Urla, in the ancient city Clazomenae.

Greece is expecting to accept bids for permits to explore for hydrocarbons in the Ionian Sea and south of Crete in the middle of next year, Environment Ministry sources told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Monday.

They said that bids regarding 20 blocks would be accepted in March and then reviewed over a three-month period.

Minister-delegate for Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technological Development, Mihnea Costoiu requested the institutions operating in the field of research and environment protection to draw up a report on the quality of the Black Sea water on the Romanian shore, and to perform checks on similar risks in the Black Sea seaside area, the Education Ministry informs in a r

There is a sharp increase in investments in gold and other precious in Bulgaria, shows a survey of the Bulgarian National Radio among brokers. 

According to them, this was a new trend for the country and they still cannot explain the reasons for the new interest in precious metals. 

Increased US exports of liquefied petroleum gas amid higher shale oil production will boost demand for ships that carry gases such as propane, butanes and ethane, Paris Kasidokostas-Latsis, director at Athens-headquartered Latsco Shipping Ltd, said.

The City of Athens on Wednesday said that it has installed 35 drinking points around the capital where stray cats and dogs can get fresh drinking water, in an effort to ensure that they are not at risk from high temperatures.

Activists have collected over 40,000 signatures for a petition against the construction of a coal plant in the Black Sea port of Amasra, a town much renowned for its nature and history that is aiming to enter UNESCO’s permanent cultural heritage list.

BELGRADE - Estimated value of registered damages to flood-defence facilities exceeds RSD 2 billion and the funds have to be ensured as soon as possible, Minister of Agriculture Snezana Bogosavljevic-Boskovic stated on Monday.

The tragedy in Varna's district of Asparuhovo is caused entirely by a human error, experts told the Capital.bg website. 

According to Asen Lichev, director of the Water Management department in the Environment and Waters Ministry, the main cause of the flood is “the humans' suicidal behaviour”.