Aneliya Veleva, an activist from the National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB) that is part of the government, who was arrested on charges of human trafficking, has left the party. Mrs Veleva was detained together with five other people on Trakiya Motorway in an attempt to transport five illegal immigrants from the Turkish border to Sofia. According to the prosecutor’s office Veleva was in the pilot car which had to watch out for police guards on the road. Later she was released from custody over lack of explicit evidence about her involvement in a criminal group. The case has prompted a row entailing from the strongly anti-migrant rhetoric of NFSB.
The National Assembly has approved the National Health Strategy 2030. The document sets out three main objectives: sustainable improvement of health and the living environment; ensuring health security and reducing inequalities; and efficient management..
The Sofia Court of Appeal has permanently remanded the former head of the National Customs Agency Petya Bankova and businessman Stefan Dimitrov in custody. The decision is not subject to appeal. National Customs Agency head Petya Bankova..
The Bulgarian Socialist Party will send the parliamentary report on the gas contract with the Turkish state-owned energy company Botas to the Anti-Corruption Commission, the Bulgarian and the European prosecutor's office, party leader Kornelia Ninova..
The MPs from the National Assembly Energy Committee have postponed by one year the full liberalization of the electricity marker. According to the..
Seventh-grader Kaloyan Geshev from the 125th High School "Boyan Penev" in Sofia became a three-time champion in mental calculation. He won first place..
President Rumen Radev did not say whether he would sign decrees for the replacement of two ministers – the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister..
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