The condition and most importantly the lack of enough servicemen in the Special Forces and the Army, is very disturbing, said in an interview for Radio Focus general Kircho Kirov, who was chief of the National intelligence agency between 2003 and 2012. He added that Bulgarian defence institutions should continue Read more…
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov was on a visit to Turkey, where he met with Turkish President Recep Erdogan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on 13th of June, BNT reported. During the meetings in Ankara, he expressed Bulgaria’s strong desire to work actively on improving the EU-Turkey relations. “It should not Read more…
23 customs officers were detained during a joint anticorruption operation conducted by the Directorate for Combatting Organised Crime and the State Agency for National Security at Kulata border crossing (border with Greece), the spokesperson of Bulgaria’s Chief Prosecutor, Roumyana Arnaudova told BNT on 14th of June. She added that 63,000 BGN Read more…
Since the beginning of the year, Bulgarian security services have detained 52 traffickers of illegal migrants, reported BNR. This was announced bt the head of Border Police Chief Commissioner Svetlan Kichikov before bTV. He specified that there were ”2054 illegal attempts to cross the border” in the same period. Last Read more…
A Bulgarian citizen was injured in the attacks in London in the night to June 4, the press office of the Foreign Affairs Ministry said. The information was sent to the Bulgarian embassy in the UK from Foreign Office. The injured man is currently treated in a hospital and is in a Read more…
Over 280 British soldiers with nearly 170 military and auxiliary vehicles entered Bulgaria on Wednesday via Kapitan Petko Voyvoda checkpoint at the country’s southeastern border with Greece while en route to Romania, officials said, Xinhua agency reported. The troops, belonging to the NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF), would spend Read more…