As a result of the enhanced dialogue and actions by the competent bodies in Bulgaria and Turkey, a 70% drop in the migrant flow has been registered, the Interior Ministry’s press service has announced. Caretaker Minister of Interior Atanas Ilkov..
Customs officers at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint have detained a truck carrying 337 kg of marijuana worth more than 3 million euro , public broadcaster BNT reported. This is more than the 260 kg of drugs seized at Kapitan Andreevo BCP in the whole of..
The State Laboratory for Pesticide Testing started work today at the Kapitan Andreevo BCP on the border with Turkey. It was inaugurated in the presence of Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov and Agriculture Minister Kiril Vatev. Among the official guests..
The number of attempts to cross the Bulgarian-Turkish border illegally has significantly decreased by about 80% compared to last year. This was revealed during a visit to Bulgaria by Frontex Executive Director Hans Leijtens to the Kapitan Andreevo BCP...
Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov and Minister of Agriculture and Food Kiril Vatev will today inaugurate the State Laboratory for Pesticide Testing at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint on the border with Turkey. The capacity of the laboratory will ensure..
Several countries are involved in the case of more than 50kg of cocaine seized from a car with diplomatic plates at the Bulgarian-Turkish border, according to Stefan Bakalov, head of the Customs Agency's anti-narcotics department. Yesterday, customs..
The European Commission has ended the so-called Cooperation and Verification Mechanism which monitored the processes connected with the rule of law in this country and in Romania. The motives for this decision – that Bulgaria and Romania have..
Customs officers found EUR 1.5 million in undeclared cash at Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint yesterday in a car with an 18-month old baby inside, BGNES news agency reports. More than 10 million Leva has been seized at Kapitan Andreevo..
2,940 ancient coins were intercepted at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint and saved from smuggling on 12 June 2018 during a customs inspection of a truck driven by a Turkish citizen entering Bulgaria from Turkey. The bronze coins are a collective..
Even though it is operating some of the buildings along the border, the private company Eurolab will not be returning to exercise plant health control as along as Yavor Gechev is Minister of Agriculture. This promise was made by Minister Gechev..
