Currently Bulgaria does not face a real terrorist threat, Bulgaria’s Minister of Interior Rumiana Bachvarova announced after the anti-terror training held at Plovdiv Airport. The Bulgarian services showed high professionalism. We have to find ways to optimize the overall organization and avoid additional tension among the population, Minister Bachvarova further said. All participants at the anti-terror training showed good coordination and exchanged information in a prompt manner, the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Interior Georgi Kostov said. Nearly 300 people from Bulgaria’s Ministry of Interior, the State Agency for National Security, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Healthcare, the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office and the Special Counterterrorism Unit with the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior took part at the training.
Plovdiv will offer concerts, bazaars and an ice park for the Christmas and New Year holidays to its citizens and guests, the municipality has announced. Mayor Kostadin Dimitrov will light the Christmas tree in front of the Plovdiv Municipality..
On Thursday, minimum temperatures will range from 3° to 19°C, with eastern areas reaching 15–19°C and Sofia around 6°C. The day will be cloudy with widespread rain. Heavy rainfall is expected in western regions overnight and in central and southern..
“Solutions for achieving peace in Ukraine must be based on fundamental principles of the UN Charter, such as sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.” This was stated by Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev at the informal video..
Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy
Overcast, rain
Rain / Snow
Partly cloudy, chance of rain
Cloudy
Rain