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Economy Wine making in Bulgaria, the occupation that goes back thousands of years published on 2/2/21 3:35 PM Photo: archive In Bulgarian tradition February is the month of vine-growers and wine-makers. With the start of the month of February the pruning of the vines begins. Once the ritual pruning of the first vine twig was done on 14 February, the day of St. Trifon, old style. This day came to be known as Trifon Zarezan (Pruner) – a tradition that is still popular to this day. After the calendar reform the church started celebrating the day of St. Trifon o...

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov held an emergency meeting on January 12 with members of the Cabinet and the mayor of Sofia as parts of the country reeled under the impact of harsh winter weather, with landslides and swollen rivers in several places. The officials told Borissov that the situation in the country was normalising, while he warned that more bad weather was on the way at the end of the week. “As soon as possible, the Disaster and Accident Fund should provide assistance when the mayors are ready. On Friday, winter is coming in full force, so be very careful,” Borissov wa...

wiki Heavy rains in recent days have increased river levels in Pernik region. In some places rivers have overflown their banks and caused flooding, and a state of emergency was declared in the town of Tran, BNR reported. It is in force as of today and will last for 7 days. The Erma River has raised by 3 meters flooding the town. Work is underway to repair the damage, said the Director of "Fire Safety and Protection of the Population" in Pernik Commissary Boris Borisov. The school in Tran is flooded too, in its part where the fuel tanks are, a rescue team works there and drains the floode...