Eastern Balkans in July 2026: the most important developments in society
Eastern Balkans, July 2026: record-low water levels in the Danube revealed mammoth remains in Bulgaria. Earlier in the month, a powerful overnight storm on July 1 dropped nearly a month's worth of rain on Bucharest in 10 hours, flooding streets and disrupting road and subway traffic, and new heatwave and storm warnings were issued in Romania. Eurostat data put Bulgaria on the front line of EU migration as the gap in returns grows. Bulgaria reported that more than 108,000 foreign workers have entered its labor market amid record low unemployment, and more than 7,000 pensioners continue working in the Interior Ministry system. Giant locusts appeared across Bulgaria.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary
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