Two of the three Bulgarian citizens detained and charged with spying for Russia in the UK were members of sectional election commissions in London, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed. Katrin Ivanova and Biser Dzhambazov served as chairpersons of sectional election commissions at the last parliamentary elections. The two had previous experience of elections in 2017 and 2019.
Grubby guesthouse in Great Yarmouth 'was seaside spy headqurters for Russian 007', the British daily newspaper "The Times" wrote about Orlin Rusev, who is believed to be the leader of the spy ring. He included "007" in one of his email addresses. A room with equipment for making fake identity documents was found in the house presented as a three-star hotel "Haydee". The hotel is owned by 47-year-old Bulgarian businesswoman Irina Parvanova who bought it for GBP 220,000 in September 2021.
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. During the shutdown, technical maintenance of the systems and facilities will be carried out,..
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 turning cloudy again later, with rain moving in by evening and overnight. Cloudy spells are also..
"Bulgaria expresses strong solidarity with Lithuania following Russia's repeated violations of European airspace, a clear example of deliberate breaches of international law and the territorial integrity of our allies and partners," the Bulgarian..
By mid-2026, Bulgaria should be removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) “grey list” of countries with deficiencies in its anti-money..
Plovdiv Airport welcomed the first flight from Milan (Malpensa) with an official ceremony on October 26. The aircraft carried 87 passengers on the newly..
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