A group of migrants was spotted this morning in a wooded area near the village of Vakarel, Sofia region. The signal for a large group of people was sent by employees of the local state hunting farm. The migrants are 31 men of visible age between 16 and..
Bulgaria and the United Kingdom share the second place when it comes to coronavirus mortality in the last two weeks in Europe with 1.4 per 100,000, according to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Romania is first with..
Switzerland has lifted all restrictions on citizens arriving from Bulgaria, while Norway introduced a mandatory ten-day quarantine for them. Travelers from three Bulgarian regions - Varna, Blagoevgrad and Dobrich, will enter Germany only after a..
In the "Catch-Up Index 2019", Bulgaria occupies 29th place with 36 points. The country performs best in the categories "Economy" - 28th place with 40 points and in "Governance" - also 28th place with 38 points. The worst performance is in the..
There has been no change in the radiation situation in Bulgaria, Deputy Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency Borislav Stanimirov has told BNR. We have information that a slight increase in background radiation has detected in Sweden. We received..
Covid-19 continues to exist and it is deadly. Nobody knows what would happen in the autumn. In addition to Covid-19, there will be seasonal flu, too, Dr Skender Syla, WHO Representative for Bulgaria has told NovaTV. When we have small outbreaks..
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva has called on Bulgarians to abstain from traveling outside Europe because of the coronavirus situation. "There is no joint European decision for traveling around the world...
In 2019 Bulgaria has approved 885 applications for international protection, Eurostat data show. Sofia responded favorably to one out of three applications received. Most often, protection is given to Syrian citizens, who account for 70% of cases,..
Greek authorities have asked Bulgaria for a controlled discharge of water from the Ivaylovgrad Dam in order to prevent illegal migrants crossing the Maritza River. Greek TV stations Star and Antenna have reported of controlled rising of river..
The Prime Ministers of Bulgaria, Israel, Hungary, Romania, Italy, the Austrian Chancellor and the President of Cyprus have held a video conference on the subject of coronavirus. Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said that the key word now was..
