More than 200,000 pieces of contraband cigarettes were seized during a special operation, conducted by the Bulgarian Border Police on the territory of Burgas, Varna, and Dragoman, the Interior Ministry has reported. A truck was stopped for inspection near the Sunny Beach resort and officers discovered 42,000 pieces of cigarettes hidden in a secret compartment. Three people were arrested over the case. Meanwhile, police carried out checks in six facilities for temporary storage of excise goods in the region of Varna, as over 38,000 pieces of contraband cigarettes were found and there were more arrests. In Bulgaria’s Dragoman over 165,000 cigarettes were seized, as they were hidden in a freight train coming to Bulgaria from Serbia, it was reported.
Former majority owner of the collapsed Corporate Commercial Bank Tsvetan Vassilev has accused the leader of the parliamentary group of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms Delyan Peevski of racketeering. Vassilev made these claims on his personal..
A memorial service was held in "Tsar Boris-Mikhail’ church in Tsarevo in honor of the four victims of last year's flood. Local residents and relatives of the deceased gathered to remember with love and gratitude veterinarian Dr. Daniela..
Bulgaria will receive the second medical helicopter at the end of November. The third medical helicopter will be delivered at the end of December. There has been a delay in the delivery of the second medical helicopter, which was originally..
Niagara Falls was illuminated in the colours of the Bulgarian national flag on the occasion of the Day of the Unification of the Principality of..
Elhovo is located in the south-eastern part of the Thracian Plain, a region of fertile land between the Strandzha and Sakar mountains. One of the largest..
The celebrations on the occasion of the 139th anniversary of the Unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia and the Feast of..
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