Nedbank Zimbabwe teamed up with Dzikwa Trust to stick over 100 trees in the ground around Dzivaresekwa for the country's annual tree-planting celebration. Dzikwa works with orphaned and at-risk kids by helping them with school stuff, food, health care, and cultural programs, and the bank dropped some cash to cover education support, environmental care after planting, biodiversity efforts with different tree varieties, and arts programming. Joel Gombera from Nedbank's marketing team said the whole thing lines up with UN development goals around quality education, climate action, and protecting life on land.
Seppo Ainamo from Dzikwa said trees matter because they provide oxygen, food, shade, and medicine for the vulnerable children they...
Zimbabwe's government is trying to calm down some worried wildlife activists by promising that the major road repair work between Bulawayo and Victoria Falls near Hwange National Park isn't going to mess up the animals or their habitat. Engineer Joy Makumbe from the transport ministry told reporters during a site visit that her department has been working closely with the environment, tourism, and local government agencies to make sure everything stays sustainable and doesn't wreck the ecosystem.
Makumbe admitted that some environmental damage is basically unavoidable when you're doing big construction projects, but they've been meeting with different groups to figure out how to keep the disruption as minimal as possible. The road...
Zimbabwe's Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe just rolled up to Forbes Border Post and basically told everyone to get their act together after seeing the massive traffic jams firsthand. President Mnangagwa specifically sent him there because the endless queues are making Zimbabwe and Mozambique look bad, especially after both countries recently signed a bunch of cooperation deals, and their presidents literally said the two nations are basically one.
The minister got pretty annoyed when he noticed staff just stopped working the second he showed up, which proved the whole problem is just people having terrible work habits rather than actual system failures. When processing started back up, everything moved fine without any changes...
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and Bulgarian National Bank Governor Dimitar Radev checked out the mint cranking out euro coins with Bulgarian designs, and the place is running nonstop shifts to pump out enough currency before the country officially switches over. The 2-euro piece shows Paisius of Hilendar with Cyrillic lettering, while the 1-euro coin features Saint Ivan of Rila, and smaller denominations carry the Madara Horseman rock relief from the 8th century.
The mint is supposedly ready to flood the market with starter packs and follow-up batches once euros replace leva everywhere. Radev said the banking sector finished prepping for the transition, and there should be no shortage panic because production capacity runs at maximum...
Regional Development Minister Ivan Ivanov showed up at Edrevo village to celebrate their fixed water supply system that got bankrolled by state money. The guy credited the current government for actually delivering results when they decide to work for regular people, and he said problematic settlements still exist across the country. Nikolaevo Municipality's mayor thanked Ivanov and his crew for wrapping up a headache that dragged on for over 15 years.
Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Zafirov rolled through the event with Deputy Speaker Dragomir Stoynev and Environment Minister Manol Genov. Ivanov expressed hope that voters will remember this stuff when decisions get made about continuing the investment program down the road.
A four-person household got pulled from their place in Izvor after the local river busted through its dam and started flooding the area. Burgas officials triggered the BG-Alert warning system because both the Fakiyska and Izvorska rivers climbed way higher than normal, and the water column hit five meters near the village bridge.
The main Burgas-Malko Tarnovo highway stays open for traffic, but the route connecting Izvor to Gabar, Zidarovo, and Varshilo got shut down. Mayor Dimitar Nikolov called for the emergency alert, and authorities said other homes in the settlement are not at risk right away.
GERB lawmaker Toma Bykov told reporters his party basically saved Bulgaria's eurozone bid by keeping the current government alive. The country landed in the waiting room back during Borisov's third cabinet and officially cleared admission under this administration, which means history books will credit the GERB era for the whole thing. Bykov said his crew never loved the original budget draft, but street protests accidentally bailed them out when the coalition partners scrapped it.
The guy thinks GERB's whole brand relies on keeping talks open instead of wrecking dialogue like the coalition supposedly did over the past year. He shut down any idea about the cabinet resigning right away, and he made it clear that his party will ditch the...
A drone-damaged tanker flying Ghana's flag dropped anchor near Ahtopol after getting hit in the Bosphorus earlier this week, and rough seas are blocking Bulgarian officials from boarding the vessel. The empty ship called Kairos holds 10 crew members who are doing fine with three days of supplies, but the captain is missing from the boat. Authorities lost radio contact at first before the crew started responding to messages.
Turkish tugboats were dragging the tanker before it ended up in Bulgarian waters about 700 meters offshore. Weather conditions feature massive waves and 15-meter-per-second winds that keep helicopters grounded, but rescuers plan to deliver gear and food once the storms calm down. A Chinese company owns the vessel...
BSP-United Left Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Zafirov told reporters his coalition locked down every social benefit promise in the revised budget, which means they have zero plans to bail from the government right this second. The guy was hanging around Nikolaevo for some city holiday event when he pointed out his crew had already warned they would reconsider their spot if social programs got wrecked.
Zafirov said his coalition can handle fresh elections whenever society demands them since everything they touch stays public anyway. He acknowledged street protests asking for resignations but argued the updated budget already addresses most complaints that stirred up tension. The deputy PM was there to break ground on street paving work...
