The General Directorate Border Police has registered increased migratory pressure at the Bulgarian-Turkish border since the beginning of the year, compared to the same period of 2021.
At the same time Bulgarian patrols and posts along the border have thwarted over 36,000 attempts at illegal entry into the country. After additional staff were posted at the border, the number of migrants entering the country in May has dropped by 32% compared to April, border police data show. 552 illegal immigrants have entered Bulgaria since the beginning of the year, most of them citizens of Afghanistan and Syria, 64 migrant traffickers have been detained.
20,400 people lost their lives in road accidents in the EU in 2023 , a 1% reduction compared to 2022, the European Commission has reported. Sweden and Denmark hold the lead for the safest roads, with 22 and 26 deaths per million inhabitants..
Interior Minister Atanas Ilkov has assessed as serious the support Bulgaria is receiving for full Schengen membership. However, he did not commit himself to a timeframe on whether this country will be accepted into Schengen by land by the end of the..
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev is in Poland, where he is participating in the 19th meeting of the heads of state of the Arraiolos group at the invitation of his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda. The main theme of the forum this year is the opportunities..
Bulgarian singer, musician and composer Kiril Marichkov has passed away. The rock musician has died in an accident in the village of Selanovtsi,..
Hungary’s Interior Minister Sándor Pintér stated that abolishing checks at Bulgaria and Romania’s land borders will be on the agenda of the meeting of..
The official trailer of the film Gundi – Legend of Love caused a veritable sensation, turning into the biggest success in the history of Bulgarian..
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