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Danube’s Low Waters Devastate Business of Major Bulgarian Port
Novinite of Sofia One of the major Bulgarian river ports, Lom on the Danube, has curtailed the working day of its employees from 8 to 4 hours because the record low level of the river has affected badly its business … Continue reading
Posted in bulgaria, danube delta, drought, finance, governance, The Danube River, transportation, Travel, water security
Tagged Bulgarian Transport Ministry, Lom, Port Lom
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Bulgarian Firms Struggle Because of Danube’s Low Level
Novinite Companies along Bulgaria’s Danube bank are about to go bankrupt as a result of the continuously hurdled navigation of the major European river because of its low level. Several firms in Northeastern Bulgaria, in the District of Silistra, are … Continue reading
Posted in bulgaria, drought, ecoregion, finance, The Danube River, transportation
Tagged Batin, belene, construction sector, Danube islands, lumber industries, Silistra, Vardim
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Priority area coordinators for EU Danube Region Strategy announced
ENPI The European Commission has revealed which countries and regions will lead priority areas of cooperation under the EU’s Strategy for the Danube Region. A Commission press release said the announcement pinpointing the ‘priority area coordinators’, including Moldova and Ukraine, … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, biodiversity, bosnia, bulgaria, Conservation, Croatia, culture, czech republic, Germany, governance, heritage, Hungary, montenegro, romania, Serbia, slovakia, slovenia, The Danube River, tourism, transportation, Travel, world water
Tagged Commissioner for Regional Policy, education, information technologies, Johannes Hahn, organised crime, research capacity, The Danube Strategy
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EU Danube strategy key to overcoming disparities: Barroso
AFP The European Union’s strategy for the Danube is key to overcoming disparities in the region, European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said on Monday during a summit in Bucharest. “There has been major progress since the beginning of the … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, bosnia, bulgaria, Croatia, czech republic, danube delta, ecoregion, Germany, governance, heritage, Hungary, moldova, montenegro, poverty, romania, Serbia, slovakia, slovenia, social structures, The Danube River, tourism, transportation, Travel, ukraine
Tagged commercial shipping, disparities, EU Strategy, european union, Jose Manuel Barroso, shipping, The Danube basin, The Strategy for the Danube, Viktor Orban
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Bulgarian Police Seize Aphrodite Statue from Archaeology Criminals
Novinite Bulgarian police have shattered a crime group trafficking archaeological finds, including breath-taking items such as 2-meter marble statue of Aphrodite. The organized crime group carried out illegal archaeological digs at the ancient Roman city of Ulpia Oescus on the … Continue reading
Posted in bulgaria, Conservation, culture, heritage, social structures, The Danube River
Tagged Aphrodite, Asklepius, Constantin the Great, Emperor Constantine I, Gigen, goddess of love, Hygiea, illegal archaeological digs, largest river bridge in ancient times, Moesia, organised crime, Pleven District, Sucidava, Thracian tribe Triballi, trafficking of cultural heritage, Ulpia Oescus
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EU Danube Strategy to promote basin-wide development
WWF WWF welcomes the EU’s initiative to develop a Danube Strategy, which can help bring together and implement existing policies and legislation to achieve long-term sustainable development across the Danube basin. Development of the Strategy comes at a time when … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, biodiversity, bulgaria, Croatia, Danube, ecoregion, Germany, Green, Hungary, moldova, romania, Serbia, social structures, The Danube River, ukraine, Water
Tagged danube basin, danube region, Danube River Basin Management Plan, EU danube strategy, EU Water Framework Directive, european commission, Hungarian EU Presidency, loss of biodiversity, sustainable development, wetland restoration, WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme
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Bulgaria intends to build a Danube-Black Sea Canal
ActMedia Bulgarian premier Boiko Borisov promised that the Danube and the Black Sea would be connected by a canal on Bulgarian land, the Sofia daily “Standard” writes. Borisov declared that Bulgaria has not given up large projects such as building … Continue reading
Posted in bulgaria, finance, governance, The Danube River, transportation
Tagged Boiko Borisov, canal, Cernavoda-Constanta canal, Ruse, Silistra, Tutrakan, Varna
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Flooding in northern Bulgaria feared as Danube River levels rise
The Sofia Echo The water levels of the Danube River were constantly rising and there were fears that the heavy rainfalls combined with the bulging tributaries would cause floods in the coming days, Bulgarian National Television (BNT) reported on June … Continue reading
Posted in bulgaria, ecoregion, flooding, The Danube River, transportation, Water, world water
Tagged danube river, fears, floods, heavy rainfalls, river levels, task force, The Danube River, tributaries, water levels
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Romanian-Bulgarian Danube hydropower plant project could win European funding
Finaciarul A new hydropower plant on the Danube to be constructed by Romania together with Bulgaria could be financed from European funds, Secretary of State with the Romanian Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business Environment Tudor Serban told an ISPE … Continue reading
Posted in bulgaria, hydropower, romania
Tagged bulgaria, Danube, european funds, hydropower plants, romania
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A decade on, lower Danube exceeds green corridor targets
WWF Vienna - A decade after four governments agreed to work together to establish a “green corridor” along the entire length of the Lower Danube River, Europe’s most ambitious wetland protection and restoration programme is well ahead of targets for … Continue reading