The head of the government headquarters for refugees, Colonel Valeri Rachev, resigned on Wednesday night, bTV reported. The government has not commented on the news. Rachev also refrained from commenting, BGNES reported.
In the beginning of March, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov set up an Operational Headquarters, which coordinates the work of 6 inter-departmental groups at the level of deputy ministers. The headquarters is responsible for the evacuation of Ukrainian refugees and providing them with shelter. Valeri Rachev, a political adviser to the prime minister, was appointed head of the headquarters. Rachev is a former army officer, ambassador to Iraq and security expert.
The truck traffic on the Maritsa highway to the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing at the Bulgarian-Turkish border is now normalized. "As of this morning, there are no more queues of trucks standing on the roadway waiting to cross the border," assured..
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, searches have been carried out in Sofia, Burgas, Petrich and Rila in connection with an investigation into alleged fraud with EU funds in the restoration of a church. In 2017, a public tender..
One million and eight hundred Bulgarian citizens travelled as tourists during the third quarter of the year, National Statistical Institute data show. 72.3% of them travelled inside the country, 20.8% travelled abroad and 6.9% - both inside Bulgaria..
A quadripartite meeting of the interior ministers of Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria and Romania in Budapest on 22 November made it clear that Austria would..
Overnight it will be mostly clear. Winds will weaken and die down in many areas. In the morning it will be cold, with minimum temperatures between minus..
The Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski has made available for free use the..
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