More than 30 customs officers have been arrested at the Lesovo checkpoint at the Bulgarian - Turkish border. Because of the operation, carried out by Chief Directorate "Combating Organized Crime" and the National Security State Agency, the checkpoint was closed and the queue of waiting cars is 4 km long, it was reported. Arrested customs officers are suspected of taking bribes from carriers. It is unclear when traffic through the border checkpoint will be restored. The advice of authorities is that drivers should head towards the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint.
Over 3,000 antiques worth more than EUR 100 million have been seized in an international operation, coordinated from Sofia, the Greek police reported. One of the largest antiquities smuggling networks has been dismantled with the support of Europol..
President Rumen Radev has issued decrees appointing ambassadors to Slovakia, Serbia and Tunisia. Snezhana Ivanova Yoveva-Dimitrova has been appointed ambassador to Slovakia, Angel Aleksandrov Angelov to Serbia, and Boryana Ivanova Simeonova to..
The Prime Minister of North Macedonia and leader of the ruling party VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, has once again accus еd Sofia of failing to respect the rights of the “Macedonian minority” in Bulgaria. At the opening of the VMRO–DPMNE Albania..
The first quaternary wastewater treatment plant in Bulgaria was opened today in the village of Benkovski, Maritsa Municipality. “Today we are launching..
Bulgaria has officially become part of the European cultural route “The Wine Route” ( Iter Vitis ) . The certificate of membership was presented to..
A huge criminal network trafficking cultural artefacts and laundering money has been dismantled by the Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office, the General..
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