80,000 persons have attempted to cross the Bulgaria-Turkiye border illegally in the first six months of 2023, Minister of Interior Kalin Stoyanov said for BTA. "This represents an increase of 62% as compared to the same period of 2022. This indicates..
Bulgaria’s caretaker Minister of Interior Ivan Demerdzhiev visited the Bulgaria-Turkey border on Friday. Minister Demerdzhiev announced that in the coming days there will be reshuffles in the regional Border Police directorates because some..
150 soldiers and 20 vehicles of the Bulgarian army have joined the protection of the Bulgarian-Greek and Bulgarian-Turkish borders . The servicemen, who are members of the Centre for Specialist Training, from the 2nd and 61st mechanized brigades,..
The Ministry of Defense needs EUR 2.1 million a month to address migration pressure, caretaker Minister of Defense Georgi Panayotov said in the National Assembly . However, the ministry would receive the money, if the National..
In 2020 the Interior Ministry registered double the number of refugees detained. The highest number of people detained - entering the country illicitly and passing in transit - was in the interior of the country. The increase on an annual basis is..
Currently there is zero migration pressure from Turkey, Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov said on occasion of the ultimatum of Turkey’s President Erdogan that he may open the border and that 3.6 million migrants may enter the EU. The only person who..
According to the annual analysis of the Bulgarian Border Police, the migration pressure on the Bulgarian borders fell with 84%, the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior informs. However, the situation along the state border is still dynamic due to the..
The Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU is an opportunity for progress in the European integration of the Western Balkan countries, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni has said during talks with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov..
The Interior Ministry and the State Agency for National Security are holding an operation in Sofia against illegal migration and human trafficking that includes checks of addresses and automobiles. No details have been released to media so far...
We haven’t registered any serious migration pressure at the Bulgarian border, caretaker Minister of Interior Plamen Uzunov said on Tuesday on occasion of the information that the migrant flow has been redirected from the Aegean Sea to Rezovska River at..
