Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod elects Kipriyan as new Metropolitan of Stara Zagora
In a unanimous vote on December 11, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod elected Bishop Kipriyan as the new Metropolitan
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Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry urges people to stay away from Hitrino as gas leaks complicate situation
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry has urged people to stay away from the village of Hitrino, site of a gas tank transporter
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Bulgaria’s Hitrino gas train explosion: Death toll rises to seven, day of national mourning declared
The number of dead following the gas transport train explosion in the north-eastern Bulgarian village of Hitrino has increased to
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Bulgaria’s Hitrino explosion: Complete evacuation of village ordered over risky gas transfer operation
A complete evacuation has been ordered of the north-eastern Bulgarian village of Hitrino, site of a fatal explosion on the
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Bulgaria’s Hitrino train gas explosion: ‘Everything around the perimeter of the blast destroyed’
The death toll from Bulgaria’s Hitrino gas tank transporter train explosion stood at five, with 29 injured, the country’s interior
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Bulgarian Transport Minister on Hitrino train explosion: Sparks were seen coming from locomotive
Bulgarian Transport Minister Ivailo Moskovski said that ahead of the gas transport train explosion at Hitrino railway station that left
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Company owner: Cause of gas train explosion in Bulgaria’s Hitrino village not clear
It is not clear how the tanker in the middle of the train exploded, the owner of the Bulmarket company
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Bulgarian PM Borissov: Death toll from Hitrino gas train explosion expected to rise
The death toll from the massive explosion when a train transporting gas derailed near the village of Hitrino is expected
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Bulgaria’s Hitrino village devastation from gas train explosion: photos
At least five people are dead and more than 20 people are in hospital with severe burns and fractures, while
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