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Bulgaria floods: New torrential rains hit Dobrich

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

A new bout of torrential rain hit the Bulgarian town of Dobrich on the afternoon of June 24, five days

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s floods: Syrian refugees among volunteers in cleanup of Varna’s Asparouhovo area

June 24, 2014June 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees, Varna, Varna floods

A group of Syrian refugees is among volunteers who have joined in cleaning up the Asparouvo area of Bulgaria’s Black

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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 

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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Bulgaria 

Illegal construction, logging seen as possible worsening factors in fatal floods in Bulgaria’s Varna

June 20, 2014June 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna, Varna floods

Illegal construction that obstructed the stormwater drainage system and illegal logging that heightened the risk of landslides were being named

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Bulgaria 

Fundraising campaign to aid victims of flood disaster in Bulgaria’s Varna

June 20, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Varna, Varna floods, Veliko Turnovo

A fundraising campaign was announced on June 20 2014 to assist victims of the flood disaster in Varna, set up

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria declares national mourning on June 23 as death toll in Varna floods rises

June 20, 2014June 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna, Varna floods, Veliko Turnovo

Even as Varna and other parts of Bulgaria struggled with the aftermath of torrential rain that has led to a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President closely monitoring situation after fatal floods hit Varna

June 20, 2014June 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Varna, Varna floods

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is in constant contact with interior minister Tsvetlin Yovchev and Varna mayor Ivan Portnih regarding the

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Bulgaria 

Political war of words over fatal floods in Bulgaria’s Varna

June 20, 2014June 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Plamen Oresharski, Rossen Plevneliev, Tsvetlin Yovchev, Varna, Varna floods

Amid the superheated Bulgarian political crisis, it was arguably inevitable that the floods that hit the Black Sea city of

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