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.
Archaeologists have discovered exceptional finds during construction works for a new bus station in the Black Sea city of Sozopol. A monastery dating back to the end of the 11th century was discovered. Within its borders there was also a church from..
The European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski will be on a working visit to Bulgaria on May 21. His program includes meetings in Sofia with President Rumen Radev, with Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, with the Minister of..
Caretaker Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov is leaving this week for a working visit to the US, the Ministry of Energy has announced. The purpose of the visit is to hold consultations on the US-Bulgarian project for the construction of nuclear..
On Wednesday, minimum temperatures in the country will be between 9 and 14°C, 12°C in Sofia. During the day, sunny skies are expected, with some clouds..
Today the Orthodox Church worships Saints Constantine and Helena, who are venerated as the Equal of the Apostles because, like the Apostles, they..
Ventsislav Velev who is in the 11 th grade in the Baba Tonka high school of mathematics in Russe won the silver medal at the International Philosophy..
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