The Bulgarian Ministry of Interior has announced that thanks to its information and together with Europol in Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Belgium, an operation took place to neutralize an organized criminal group, specialized in illegal production of cigarettes. A total of 16 people have been arrested and two factories were discovered. 17 tons of tobacco have been confiscated, as well as more than 500 million cigarettes, machinery and other materials used in the criminal activity. The process of assessing the damage done by the activity continues.
Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev and Minister of Interior Kalin Stoyanov discussed with representatives of the border authorities measures for faster passing of vehicles through the border checkpoint of Kulata on the border with Greece. The prime..
Farmers are donating 19 trucks of their produce for the farmers from Southern Bulgaria affected by the wildfires. The Ministry of Agriculture and the Southwestern State Enterprise are helping the national association United Farmers transport the..
The efforts to put out the fire on the Greek Bulgarian border continue. Two aircraft sent by France under the EU civil protection mechanism will join the efforts in the coming two days , caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev said, and went on to..
The BG-ALERT system has issued an evacuation warning for the residents of five villages in the municipality of Strumyani due to the large fire that..
The situation related to the two fires raging in Maleshevo and Slavyanka mountains is complicated. Both fronts remain active. About..
The range of the fire on the Bulg arian-Greek border has increased overnight. The fire has crossed the protective clearing over 2 places into Bulgarian..
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