Interior Ministry Chief Secretary, chief commissioner Petar Todorov and deputy Chief Secretary Stanimir Stanev have resigned, Petar Todorov has announced. The reason is the latest incident in which a police officer was injured during the attempted apprehension of illegal migrants.
Petar Todorov stated that every day the police have to stop the migratory wave “with their bodies and their lives”, and it is high time there were legislative decisions to protect them. Chief Commissioner Todorov pointed out that the law is liberal towards human trafficking, with only 175 convictions out of the 4,000 preliminary investigations launched in the past two years.
After a 50-km. car chase, a minibus transporting 12 migrants from Syria, with a Bulgarian national at the wheel with a criminal record and without a driver’s licence, collided with a police van on Sofia’s ring road.
On Friday, the lowest temperatures will range between 5°C and 11°C, in Sofia 7°C. During the day, the cloud cover across the country will be variable, with some areas seeing mostly sunny weather. More significant cloudiness is expected over..
The National Sheep and Goat Breeders Association has called for the resignation of Agriculture Minister Georgi Tahov and Food Safety Agency director Svetlozar Patarinski over delays in vaccinating animals against sheep pox, BNR reported. The..
The population of white storks in Bulgaria has increased by 33% in recent years, according to data from the 8th International White Stork Census , cited by BGNES. The survey recorded 9,527 nests across the country, 7,749 of which were occupied by..
Matan Angrest, who holds Bulgarian and Israeli citizenship, was among the twenty hostages released by Hamas in the Gaza Strip , the Israeli Ministry of..
Education Minister Krasimir Valchev is set to propose a public debate on banning social media for children under 15, reports BNR correspondent Nezabravka..
An initiative committee led by the historian Georgi Markov, has proposed that a monument to Khan Asparuh, the founder of the Bulgarian state, be erected..
Mostly Cloudy
Cloudy
Overcast, rain