The construction of the prison in the village of Samoranovo (Dupnitsa Municipality) begins. This will be the first prison built in 60 years in Bulgaria. Bulgaria’s Minister of Justice Krum Zarkov will turn the first sod on 19 December.
Funding is provided under the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021. 200 cells for 400 prisoners should be ready by 2024. The place will meet all European standards. The complex includes a modern detention facility for remand prisoners, a chapel, a school building, a library, outdoor sports grounds, etc.
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev cancelled the meeting, scheduled for today, of the National Tripartite Council on the draft budget for 2006 after, in an unprecedented move, businesses decided not to take..
The European Commission has presented a proposal for developing high-speed railway lines within the EU until 2040, linking the capitals in the EU, among them a direct link Bucharest-Sofia-Athens. According to the plan, using the trans-European..
President Rumen Radev has returned for a new discussion in parliament the adopted legal amendments, according to which the sale of assets of Russian company Lukoil in the country will take place after a decision of the Council of..
Birth rate in Bulgaria has decreased by 33% over the past three decades. In 1994, 79,442 live births were registered in the country, while in 2024 the..
The police have neutralized an organized crime group that transported migrants from Burgas through Sofia to the Serbian border, Sofia..
The majority in parliament overcame the president's veto on the Investment Promotion Act. The bill was passed in second reading on..
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