Border checks between Bulgaria and Romania on the river Danube will continue after the two countries’ accession to the Schengen area by air and water on 31 March, a European Commission source told the BNR, adding that river borders between the member countries are regarded as land borders, and border control will remain at them for Bulgaria and Romania.
As of 6 AM on 21 March, truck traffic is intensive at the exit on the border with Romania, at the border check points Vidin and Durankulak, Kardam and Oryahovo, the Border Police have announced.
On the border with Turkey, traffic is intensive, at the exit, at the border check points Kapitan Andreevo and Lesovo.
On the border with Greece, traffic is intensive at Kulata border check point, at the exit for trucks.
Traffic is normal on the borders with Serbia and North Macedonia.
The share of foreign students in Bulgaria has more than doubled in the last decade. In 2013, they were nearly 4 percent while in 2025 their number reaches 9% of active students. This is indicated by the annual Ranking of Higher..
Over 3,000 antiques worth more than EUR 100 million have been seized in an international operation, coordinated from Sofia, the Greek police reported. One of the largest antiquities smuggling networks has been dismantled with the support of Europol..
President Rumen Radev has issued decrees appointing ambassadors to Slovakia, Serbia and Tunisia. Snezhana Ivanova Yoveva-Dimitrova has been appointed ambassador to Slovakia, Angel Aleksandrov Angelov to Serbia, and Boryana Ivanova Simeonova to..
The first quaternary wastewater treatment plant in Bulgaria was opened today in the village of Benkovski, Maritsa Municipality. “Today we are launching..
Bulgaria has officially become part of the European cultural route “The Wine Route” ( Iter Vitis ) . The certificate of membership was presented to..
Over the next 24 hours, cloudy and foggy conditions are expected across much of the western Danube and Upper Thracian plains. Rain is likely in western..
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