The fire in Sakar Mountain next to the Bulgaria-Turkey border has been extinguished, after raging for four days , BNT reports. More than 200 people – volunteers, firefighters, forestry workers, soldiers, as well as a military helicopter..
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Bulgaria has seen a 60% drop in international tourists since the beginning of the year, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism Mariana Nikolova announced in Plovdiv. There are 70,000 reservations on the Black..
Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism Mariana Nikolova has announced in Plovdiv that she talked with the Minister of Health Prof. Kostadin Angelov to allow tourism from Turkey to Bulgaria. She expects that by mid-August it will..
In June 2020, during the ongoing epidemic situation in Bulgaria, Bulgarians travelled 286,100 times to other countries, which is a reduction of 60.1% compared to June 2019. The number of visits by foreigners to Bulgaria in June 2020 shrank..
At the EU Foreign Affairs Council, Bulgaria called for de-escalation, and restoration of trust and the dialogue with Turkey on topics like migration, security of energy supply, infrastructure, trade, economy and the fight against terrorism...
The border police officers, for whom the Turkish criminal court is demanding an Interpol red notice for terrorism, have called on the state for help. The Bulgarian Ministry of Justice announced it would not hand them over to the Turkish..
"We join the calls of the international community to preserve the existing access to the monument, given its history and its symbolic significance for Christianity and Islam . We expect the universal historical value of the monument to be preserved as..
Protests in Serbia over Covid-19 curfew The surge in coronavirus cases in Belgrade, and the more than 4,000 people admitted to hospital, prompted Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic to announce his intention of reintroducing curfew for the..
Truck traffic at the "Kulata" border checkpoint on the Bulgarian-Greek border has been intensive. There, as well as at the checkpoints of Ilinden, Makaza, Kapitan Petko Voyvoda and Ivaylovgrad, EU citizens can enter Greece without being subject to..
The traffic of trucks towards Greece at the Kulata-Promachonas checkpoint is intense, Bulgaria's Border Police has announced. At the border crossings of Ilinden, Makaza, Kapitan Petko Voyvoda and Ivaylovgrad, EU citizens are allowed to cross without..
