“Thank God I switched cars at the last minute! Thank God nobody got killed! I am worried about the children, they got really scared,” said Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev for the website epicenter.bg after yesterday’s roadside explosion. He was travelling with his wife and children from Samokov bound for Sofia on 1 May when at midday, a bomb went off as his motorcade was passing.
Prosecutor’s office spokesperson Siika Mileva stated that Ivan Geshev has not and will not make any official statement on the matter.
Caretaker Prime Minister Galab Donev has called a meeting at 10 AM, of Interior Ministry heads and representatives of the special services and the prosecutor’s office to discuss what actions the institutions will take.
At 11 AM today prosecutors and examining magistrates will come out in front of the courthouses in the country. The protest aims to demonstrate unity against all attempts at intimidation, the organizers of the protest said.
On Thursday, lows will be between 9 and 13°C, reaching 9°C in Sofia. It will be mostly sunny during the day, but the atmosphere will be unstable with the development of cumuliform clouds around noon. Rain is expected, and thunderstorms and hail are also..
Banking services in Bulgaria are among the most accessible in the EU, according to an analysis by the Association of Banks in Bulgaria . According to it, banks in Bulgaria offer the lowest interest rates in Europe on newly granted loans to households for..
Around 50,000 medical tourists from abroad visit Bulgaria each year. Most of them come for dental care, which is of a high standard and 60–70% cheaper than in other European countries. Arkadi Sharkov of the Bulgarian Hospital Association announced..
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev met in Tokyo with Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba as part of his visit to Japan. Rumen Radev and Shigeru Ishiba..
The normal movement of buses, trolleybuses and trams in Sofia is being restored as of today, after last night the unions announced an end to the 6-day..
Only 2 kilometers remain to be built on the Bulgarian side of the railway corridor known as Corridor No. 8, which is intended to connect the Adriatic..
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