Since the beginning of 2023, the number of illegal migrants entering Bulgaria has increased by more than a third as compared to the same period last year. In that respect, Bulgaria’s caretaker Minister of Interior Ivan Demerdzhiev announced in Parliament that the country is negotiating European funding to recruit more than 1,260 border police officers, in order to address the increased migratory pressure at the border and stop the redeployment of forces.
Funding is also being negotiated for the purchase of vehicles and technical equipment to better guard the Bulgaria-Turkiye border, Minister Demerdzhiev further said.
Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has started talks with the candidates nominated so far by the parliamentary groups for the post of EU commissioner. This was confirmed to BNR by government sources. We recall that on August 27, in a letter to..
The fourth, the longest of the five stages of the 71st International Cycling Tour of Bulgaria has begun. The start was given in the town of Primorsko, and the movement will be restricted in stages in the sections from Primorsko to Sliven. The..
The Sofia District Prosecutor's Office is prosecuting a Tunisian citizen and two Syrians. The three helped minor foreign citizens to reside and cross illegally in Bulgaria, in the period from August 16 to 18 in Sofia. The three violators of the..
The 32 nd edition of the exhibition "Agriculture and Everything About It" will be held between August 28 and 31. It is organized by the Dobrich Fair...
The migrant pressure on the Bulgarian-Turkish border has decreased by 70% compared to last year, said Chief Commissioner Anton Zlatanov, Director of the..
Overnight there will be considerable cloud over the eastern half of the country, with rain and thunder in some places. The western parts will remain..
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