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Winter weather crisis: Bulgaria closes all schools for three days

Tue, Feb 07 2012 17:24 CET 1779 Views
Winter weather crisis: Bulgaria closes all schools for three days

Photo: Anelia Nikolova

All schools in Bulgaria will be closed from February 8 to 10 2012 because of the severe winter weather conditions and road traffic disruptions.
 
This was announced by Education Minister Sergei Ignatov on February 7.
 
Already, more than 1000 schools in Bulgaria had been closed in various places, either because of harsh weather conditions or because of flu epidemics.

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