Migratory pressure along the borders of Bulgaria has gone up by over 40% since the beginning of the year , as compared to the same period of 2022, the annual analysis by the Border Police Directorate-General shows, BNR’s Nikolay Hristov reports...
The decision on Bulgaria’s accession to Schengen will be made on December 8 at the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting and Bulgaria has all chances to become part of the Schengen area, caretaker Minister of Justice Krum Zarkov has..
Mourning was announced in the municipality of Elhovo on November 9 in memory of the 32-year-old police officer Petar Bachvarov, who was killed in a shootout at the border. The junior inspector will be posthumously awarded a Badge of..
A total of 12,740 illegal migrants have been detained in Bulgaria for the first nine months of 2022, as more of 2,800 of them were detained in September . This is what the statistics of the Ministry of the Interior show. 1,855..
The parliamentary committee for control over the security services has started an investigation into the situation related to migrant pressure on Bulgaria’s southern border. The reason for the inspection was information from the Ministry of..
Traffic at some border checkpoints with Turkey and Romania has been intensive, Bulgarian border police reported. The traffic across the bridges near Ruse and Vidin, as well as on the ferry Nikopol - Turnu Magurele, is significant. The passage..
As of today, children aged 12 to 18 and arriving from a country in the red Covid zone will have to present a document for a negative PCR test, conducted up to 72 hours before entering Bulgaria, according to an order issued by..
Attempts of illegal migrants from Greece to enter Bulgaria have increased 12 times since the beginning of 2021 in comparison to 2020. This is what BNR learned from its sources in the services. Border police patrols have stopped a..
Reiterating expectations of a new third wave of coronavirus, Bulgaria’s Chief Health Inspector Assoc. Prof. Angel Kunchev has told BNT that very often pandemics occur in two or three waves. This had been observed in..
In the period December 28 to January 31, Japan will not allow entry to foreign nationals who had resided in one of 152 countries, including Bulgaria, 14 days before their trip, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. An exception will be made for..
