Customs’ officers at Kulata checkpoint on the Bulgarian border with Greece seized 545 kilos of marijuana with origin in Albania. The operation was held on 29 April with the participation of the Customs Agency, Border Police and the Narcotic Drugs unit of the General Directorate Combating Organized Crime (GDCOC). The drug was found in the chassis of a car with Bulgarian registration driven by a Greek national. It had started from Albania passing through Greece and Bulgaria with a final destination in Belgium. In Belgium the retail price of the seized marijuana is close to 2.5 million euro, the GDCOC Narcotic Drugs unit said.
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 leader of GERB Boyko Borissov said that he did not propose the deputy chairman of the party Daniel Mitov to become caretaker foreign minister. In his words, Mitov only coordinated with him whether to accept the post. "I do not want and have no..
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..
Italy supports Bulgaria's full-fledged membership in the Schengen area, Italian President Sergio Mattarella said. Mattarella is on a two-day visit to..
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