Pernik
Britishnoun
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Stanislav Vladimirov, mayor of Pernik, a Bulgarian town close to the site, said that accidents were common in the area because of the notoriously dangerous roads.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021
The mayor of the nearby village of Pernik said the motorway was in poor condition on that section and there were often accidents in the area.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2021
On a side trip to the Pernik coal mines, the Bulgarian general in charge succumbed to habit; he wagged a forbidding finger when the first American camera appeared.
From Time Magazine Archive
The main source of brown coal for many years has been the Pernik basin in the upper Struma valley, about nineteen miles southwest of Sofia.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.
In the 1971-75 period brown coal mining is to be substantially expanded at the Bobov Dol deposit in the Rila mountain range, south of the Pernik basin.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.
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