After an international investigation lasting more than a year, 4.3 tons of cocaine was seized in Italy in one of the biggest drug hauls in Europe. 38 people have been arrested in 6 countries – Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, the Netherlands and Columbia.
Bulgaria’s General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime arrested two Bulgarian citizens from Pernik, one of them was detained at Sofia airport while attempting to leave the country.
According to Reuters, Italian police have seized 4.3 tonnes of cocaine with a street value of EUR 240 million, dealing a heavy blow to the Columbian Clan del Golfo drugs gang. Besides cocaine, the police also confiscated EUR 1.85 million cash.
“There is no change, Bulgarian troops are not going to be sent to Ukraine,” said PM Rosen Zhelyazkov in a comment about the meeting between US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House. “The institutions in..
Bulgaria is to take part in common procurement procedures in the sphere of defence at an EU level, under projects for the acquisition of IRIS-T air defence systems and CAESAR self-propelled howitzers. The Ministry of Defence applied for and..
Bulgaria has submitted a request for an extraordinary convergence report based on the understanding that the country meets the criteria for entering the Eurozone, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said at the opening of a new production facility in..
Hristo Stoichkov has been appointed the Sports Tourism Ambassador for the World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism). This became clear at an official..
The effects of the protests against supermarkets are being felt, Agriculture Minister Georgi Tahov said in Plovdiv, where he was attending a national..
The common will and economic potential of the two countries are important prerequisites for the upward development of bilateral relations, said President..
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