The Sofia Metropolitan Directorate of the Interior is conducting an operation against illegal migrants abandoned in Sofia by traffickers.
According to information obtained by the BNR, at least 10 persons have so far been detained who say they are Syrian. Meanwhile it was announced that the border police have thwarted 279 attempts at crossing Bulgaria’s border illegally in the past 24 hours, most of them – 186 along the border with Turkey, the rest – along the border with Greece.
According to former interior minister, now member of the parliamentary internal security committee Hristo Tersiyski, at the moment the pressure has increased significantly and the groups attempting to enter Bulgaria are mostly from Afghanistan.
The Bulgaria Parliament will hear today the Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Georg Georgiev about a "questionnaire" prepared by the US on topics related to Bulgaria's readiness to participate in a special military..
On Thursday, the minimum temperatures in Bulgaria will be between minus 14 °C and minus 8°C. In Sofia, it will be around minus 12°C. The day will be sunny but frosty. The thermometer values in most places will be negative. Before noon, there will be..
With various events throughout the country Bulgarians are marking 152 years after the death of the Apostle of Bulgarian Freedom Vasil Levski. Today, at 6:00 p.m. a memorial ceremony in front of the monument to the Apostle of Freedom in Sofia takes..
A serious train crash involving a train owned by the Bulgarian company PIMK has occurred near Craiova, Romania. According to initial information, the..
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends that Bulgarian citizens traveling or residing in Canada keep themelselves well-informed about the current..
Sofia Airport has been officially renamed to Vasil Levski Airport at a solemn ceremony on February 19 . The ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister..
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