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.
Bulgaria could run into fuel shortages if the Lukoil Neftochim refinery stops operating, former Prime Minister and GERB leader Boyko Borissov warned on Thursday. Prime Minister: Bulgaria has a month to decide how to proceed after US sanctions on..
Bulgaria has until 21 November to decide how to proceed with the Lukoil Neftochim refinery, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said on Thursday ahead of a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels. He was apparently referring to the end of a US Treasury..
The Bulgaria army will make up for the lack of personnel but not immediately. For 2025, we have money to hire only 1,000 new soldiers, said Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov before the relevant parliamentary committee. The committee supported the..
The first regular direct flights between Bulgaria and the United States are expected to begin in April 2026, Transport and Communications Minister..
Saturday will start off with lows between 6°C and 11°C, dropping to around 6°C in Sofia. Skies will brighten for a time over northern Bulgaria before..
The annual planned maintenance of Kozloduy NPP Unit 6 starts today and is expected to last until early December, the nuclear power plant has announced...
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