Sat, Nov 21 2009
The situation in Bulgarian regions affected by the latest heavy rain and snowfall is beginning to normalise, Interior Ministry representatives said.
Pazardjik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Veliko Turnovo and Kurdjali regions no longer face a state of emergency threat, Focus news agency reported.
Emergency teams from Sofia continue pumping water out of houses in Mirovo, Zhivkovo, Ihtiman, Doganovo, Lesnovo and Elin Pelin.
Several building in the industrial part of Ihtiman remain flooded. The roads to Elin Pelin and Gorna Malina are accessible. Several villages in the Sofia region lack water supply.
Teams control landslide dangerous regions along major roads.
The dike of Maritsa River near Mirovo villages is not broken, the agency reported, countering previous threat alerts.
A number of roads in the Sofia region remain inaccessible. The passage of vehicles through Capitan Andreevo border point is stopped and redirected to the Lesovo border checkpoint.
The state of emergency in Suedinenie municipality was cancelled.
The European Commission is taking Bulgaria to court for delays in providing Sofia with adequate waste disposal facilities.
James Warlick is the spouse of Mary Warlick, director of the office of Russian affairs at the US state department, who has been nominated to serve as ambassador to Serbia
Bulgaria’s Health Ministry announced on November 20 2009 that the flu epidemic declared two weeks earlier is at an end as rates of infection decline. The announcement coincides with reports of two deaths from A (H1N1) flu in Bulgaria.
Acting on allegations by Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria leader Ivan Kostov, prosecutors and Government officials are to probe deals by which Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Ahmed Dogan acquired various properties.
Prosecutors allege that a deal agreed by the former defence minister caused losses of 12.9 million leva.