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Bulgaria’s annual wheat crop to drop up to 25% because of floods – agriculture minister

June 24, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Varna floods

About 35 700 hectares of farmland in Bulgaria have been affected by the floods that hit parts of the country

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Stanishev quits National Assembly to become MEP

June 24, 2014June 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Sergei Stanishev

Sergei Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party and of the Party of European Socialists, has quit the 42nd National

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Bulgaria 

Varna, Dobrich floods: Discovery of body of child brings death toll to 13

June 23, 2014June 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna floods

The discovery of the body of a three-year-old girl on June 23, who was one of two children still missing

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Bulgaria 

Varna hands Asparouhovo residents compulsory evacuation orders after floods

June 23, 2014June 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna, Varna floods, Veliko Turnovo

As Bulgaria held its day of official mourning for those who died in the June 19 deadly floods that hit

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Bulgaria 

Risk of further floods remains – Bulgaria’s environment ministry

June 22, 2014June 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna floods

A risk of further flash floods remains, Bulgaria’s Environment Ministry said on June 22, as the country prepared to officially

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Bulgaria 

Heavy rains, floods in Bulgaria destroy thousands of hectares of wheat, ruin fruit and vegetables

June 22, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Varna floods

About 25 000 hectares of Bulgaria’s wheat have been destroyed by recent heavy rains, ruining about 25 per cent of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian state lottery jackpot set to hit five million leva

June 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

An estimated five million leva (about 2.56 million euro) are expected to be up for grabs in one of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s floods: Village evacuated as dam wall threatens to break

June 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna floods

The village of Novo Botevo in the Dobrich area in north-eastern Bulgaria was being evacuated on June 22 as the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s floods: Two children still missing, hundreds of volunteers join cleanup effort

June 22, 2014June 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna, Varna floods

Two children were still missing on the morning of June 22, the third day after the floods that brought death

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