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.
One parachutist has died and another one has been injured and hospitalized with life-threatening conditions after jumping from a hot air balloon near the town of Botevgrad, Sofia region, announced Mitko Dimitrov, director of the press center of the..
The air quality measurement stations of Sofia Municipality do not provide accurate information, Sofia Mayor Vasil Terziev said. According to him, there is a 12 times discrepancy in the data of the municipal stations compared to those of civil..
Illegal migration pressure to Bulgaria has decreased by 70% compared to the first nine months of 2023 , announced caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev. Since the beginning of the year, less than 50,000 attempts to illegally cross the border..
BGN 1,454 (EUR 738) per month is needed for a working person to be self-sufficient and live according to Bulgarian standards. For a family of three,..
Cows locked in a lorry have been stranded for six days in the buffer zone between the Kapitan Andreevo and Kapikule border crossings. Two of the..
Bulgaria is hosting the annual meeting of the ECTAA - European Travel Agents' and Tour Operators' Association - the largest event of the institution that..
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