The 112 emergency hotline will be launched in Bulgaria at long last. As of July 3, the line will receive emergency calls from the citizens in 10 districts. At the same time two call centers will start functioning in the capital and in Russe, which will cover Greater Sofia, Pernik, Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Silistra and Razgrad. Till the end of the year the free line should be available for the rest of the towns in Bulgaria, Minister of State Policy for Disasters and Accidents informed yesterday. Meanwhile in the towns of Shumen and Sliven a temporary information center already operates. It receives calls about emergency situations and dispatches them to Civil Protection agency. To make a call people have to dial the respective area code and then 112.
Ventsi, the authorised Toyota distributor for the Gabrovo and Veliko Tarnovo regions, said it will invest 2.2 mln euro in a new auto service center in Gabrovo. The 3,100 sq m complex, located in the northern industrial zone of the city, will house offices, warehouse, service shop and a retail outlet for auto accessories. The service center should be operational by the end of `08. The company plans to launch a Toyota dealership in Veliko Tarnovo this Sept.
Earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter scale was felt 6.43 am today north of the Bulgarian town of Gabrovo . The earthquake`s epicenter was in the villages of Donino and Velkovtzi , around 170 km east of Sofia . Operational teams from the regional direction of the Ministry of disaster management policy has headed towards the region to check the condition in the two villages. Situation in the town of Gabrovo is normal, mayor of the Municipality of Gabrovo Tomislav Donchev t...
National Agriculture and Rural Development Plan 2000-2006 - Settlements in Mountain Areas BLAGOEVGRAD
1. Bansko : Town of Bansko, Gostun, Dobrinishte, Kremena, Mesta, Obidim, Osenovo, Filipovo
2. Belitza : Town of Belitza , Babiak, Zlatarica, Gylybovo, Dagonovo, Kraishte, Kuzaovo, Liutovo, Orcevo, Palatnik, Gorno Kraishte, Chereshovo
3. Blagoevgrad : Izgrev, Belo pole, Bistrica, Town of Blagoevgrad, Buchino, Bylgarchevo, Gabrovo, Gorno Hyrsovo, Debochica, Delvino, Drenkovo, Dybrava, ...
The result for self-awareness of the Bulgarian population based on last made census from the National Statistics Institute in 2001
District
Total
Ethnic Groups by self-awareness
Do not know
Not answered
Bulgarian
Turk
Gypsy
Russian
Armenian
Wallach
Macedonian
Greek
Ukrainian
Jewish
Romanian
Other
Bulgaria
7 928 901
6 655 210
746 664
370 908
15 595
10 832
10 566
5 071
3 ...
Two dogs kept as pets have been registered so far for this year in the Bulgarian town of Gabrovo, the correspondent of FOCUS Radio – Veliko Tarnovo reported. Meanwhile the Mayor of the Municipality of Gabrovo claims that the actual number of pet dogs is roughly 10 000 plus 1 400 street dogs. According to last year’s reports, only 59 dogs have been registered as pets.
About 40 towns and villages in the region of Gabrovo in Bulgaria are without electricity as a result of power lines disconnected by the strong wind in the area, the Bulgarian Natural Disaster Management Ministry announced for FOCUS News Agency. According to the information eight villages in the region of Montana and another eight in the region of Razgrad are also with no electric power.