Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov phoned European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Commission President Charles Michel to inform them of his discussions with Turkish President Erdoğan on the crisis in Syria and the refugee situation, the government information service in Sofia said on February 28. Earlier, a Read more…
Additional gendarmerie have been deployed at Bulgaria’s border with Turkey, given the increased attempted movement of migrants across the Turkish border to Bulgaria and Greece, but there have been only isolated attempts at illegal crossings into Bulgaria, Interior Minister Mladen Marinov told journalists on February 28. “In the meantime, we Read more…
Bulgaria joined Greece on Friday in boosting border controls after Turkey said it would no longer prevent refugees from going to Europe. “We sent police forces to our borders (with Turkey) early in the morning. It is worrying that the Turkish border guards have withdrawn,” Prime Minister Boyko Borisov told journalists. Read more…
So far, 7 people have been arrested. Turkish authorities have prevented a large-scale terrorist attack. So far, seven people have been arrested and reportedly involved in the terrorist act. According to local authorities, the main suspect has a leading position in the judicial institution. Explosives and about 30,000 Turkish pounds Read more…
Turkish police detained five Syrian nationals in Ankara preparing a terrorist attack on New Year’s Eve celebrations, according to a TV station quoted by BGNES. They are affiliated with the Islamic State terrorist group. At present, there are terrorist groups only in Syria‘s Idlib province. The government army has launched an offensive Read more…
The Greek government will send 400 troops to handle the increased migrant flow from Turkey. Thus, the government will strengthen the security along the Evros River, located in northeastern Greece. The Greek government has already begun recruiting the guards, and according to Citizens’ Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis, the process will Read more…
The driver, a 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The bodies of 39 people have been found in a lorry container in Essex. Police were called by the ambulance service shortly before 01:40 BST after the discovery at Waterglade Industrial Park in Eastern 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…
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…
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…