A 42-year-old Iranian national was detained at the Bulgaria-Serbia border near the village of Dolni Koriten, Treklyano Municipality. The Iranian, who works in the cinema industry, pleaded guilty to illegally crossing the border. He was sentenced by the Kyustendil District Court to a suspended term of imprisonment and was fined 100 BGN (EUR 51).
Since the beginning of 2022, more than 140 refugees have been convicted after being detained at the Bulgaria-Serbia border. According to local people, the Border Police have stepped up controls and refugees have already changed their route.
Emergency teams continue to battle wildfires across Bulgaria. The situation in the municipality of Bolyarovo, near the Turkish border, is becoming more complicated . The fire, fanned by strong winds, has reached the village of Voden (Yambol region),..
Bulgarian MEP Tsvetelina Penkova of the Bulgarian Socialist Party has been unanimously elected as President of the European Energy Forum - the largest organisation in the energy sector in Brussels. Ms Penkova will be the first woman to be..
Bulgarian students have won a full set of medals - gold, silver and bronze - at the 35th International Biology Olympiad (IBO) in Kazakhstan. The Bulgarians competed against 320 students from 80 countries in the world's most prestigious biology..
Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has established a task force to combat the wildfires in the country. Today, he visited the Stara Zagora..
The 12 km perimeter of the big fire north of the city of Stara Zagora has been cordoned off , the regional governor Metodi Markov said. There are..
Tuesday will be sunny and very hot. Minimum temperatures will be between 17 and 23°C, 17°C in Sofia. Maximum temperatures will be between 37 and 42°C,..
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