Joint training involving Bulgarian special forces and the US Air Forces in Europe began on August 19, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence said. The joint exercise involves 250 military personnel from Bulgaria’s 68th Special Forces Brigade and up to 30 personnel with five UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the US Air Read more…
The Specialised Prosecutor’s Office and the Directorate for Combatting Organised Crime disrupted an organized crime group on trafficking and sexual exploitation of women, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev said at a briefing at the Court of Justice on July 29. The organized crime group was involved in the trafficking of Read more…
Chief Instructor Comment: Cyber and physical security go hand-in-hand and you can not have one without the other. (CNN)Asen Genov is pretty furious. His personal data was made public this week after records of more than 5 million Bulgarians got stolen by hackers from the country’s tax revenue office. In a country Read more…
A large-scale training exercise of the Ministry of the Interior and the Road Agency takes place on Hemus Motorway on July 10. The traffic through “Echemmiska” tunnel towards Varna is temporarily closed for simulation of a multiple-vehilcle accident with many wounded. Some of the best international experts in dealing with Read more…
,,On average, by 20%, road accidents increase in July and August compared to the other months of the year. Therefore, it is very important now to emphasize the attention of people to be more careful and tolerant on the road.” This was announced by the Chair of the State Agency Read more…
A National Coordination Center for Safe Road Traffic is being established, the government decided today. The main task of the new center is to reduce the response time for heavy road accidents or the occurrence of temporary obstacles on the roads as a result of severe weather conditions or other Read more…
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarian officials said on Saturday that they had arrested and charged a 16-year-old student who had been radicalized by the Islamic State with planning a terrorist attack. The Islamic State had recruited the teenager, who is from Plovdiv, in a process that started over social media, Deputy Read more…
Every day in our country there are an average of 18 road traffic accidents, and 10% of them are fatal for some of the participants. This was stated by the chairman of the State Agency “Road Safety” Malina Krumova. This week is marked as World Road Safety Week, which the Read more…
Hours remain until Pope Francis’ visit to Bulgaria. Last preparations are running in the places the Holy Father will visit. Pope Francis will arrive at 10 am and will be welcomed at the airport by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. The two of them will meet in four eyes. After the meeting Read more…
Europeans believe that war on the Old Continent is possible. The main reason – the tension between the West and Russia. The findings are from a report commissioned by a prestigious German foundation. In the context of the dramatic challenges facing the European security architecture, the emergence of hot and cold Read more…