Disaster

A munitions plant in Southern Bulgaria is on fire after an explosion that occurred early on Saturday evening.

No casualties have been reported in the incident at the VMZ Sopot factory located in the village of Iganovo. Plovdiv District Governor Rozanin Petkov has told 24 Chasa daily there were no people at the time of the blast.

The Athens metro will not be running between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Thursday as workers stage what they said is a ?warning? strike.

Unionists are demanding the replacement of the network?s trains, which they say present a danger to staff and passengers.

None of the proposals suggested in the report on the Soma mining disaster of May 2014 have been taken into consideration in any laws passed since the tragedy, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Manisa deputy Özgür Özel has said.

As investigations continued into the cause of the deadly crash, health minister Zlatibor Loncar said on Monday that it was necessary to fly the baby to Belgrade because the child needed to be treated in a larger and better-equipped health centre.

"Baby had to be transported to larger medical center"

BELGRADE -- Health Minister Zlatibor Loncar says the VS helicopter that crashed was en route to Belgrade because a sick baby had to be treated in "a larger medical center."

Vanuatu's president March 16 pleaded with the world to help the cyclone-ravaged Pacific nation rebuild as aid agencies warned conditions were among the most challenging they have ever faced with fears of disease rife.
      

Hatay?s famous Harbiye waterfalls, mentioned in classical mythology, are in a sorry state after recent heavy rains and a terrible landslide in the area The Harbiye waterfalls in the southern Turkish province of Hatay have been badly damaged by a landslide that followed recent heavy rains in the area.

BELGRADE - The most important lesson Serbia has drawn from the last year's floods is that it has to be ready for natural disasters and improve coordination between the republic and local authorities in the future, UN Coordinator in Serbia Irena Vojackova-Sollorano said.

A NATO oil pipeline crossing from eastern Turkey has been pierced by a bulldozer working on private land in the eastern province of Elaz??, resulting in the spillage of tens of thousands of liters of oil.

The pipeline was damaged by a construction vehicle in the area, where it crosses the village of Saraybahçe in the Kovanc?lar district of Elaz??.

An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale hit a region of Serbia located 90km southwest of Belgrade.

According to reports of the European Mediterranean Seismological Center, as cited by the BGNES news agency, the earthquake struck at 9.47 pm local time.

The depth of the earthquake was initially estimated at 2km and the epicenter was 21km south of Valjevo.