Since the beginning of 2017, the total of 941 migrants have been seized at Bulgaria’s border with Serbia while trying to leave the country illegally and then continue their journey to Central and Western Europe, BGNES reports referring to Interior Ministry statistics. Unlike the pressure on the Bulgaria-Serbia border no pressure is seen on the border with Turkey. During the week only 39 migrants were detained there. This brings the number of detained illegal migrants in Bulgaria since the beginning of 2017 to 328 compared to 299 for the same period of last year. The trend continues of refugees and migrants leaving accommodation centers. Currently, refugee centers accommodate 3311 given their total capacity of house 5190. The migration centers of the Migration Directorate of the Interior Ministry accommodate 828 migrants given a total capacity of 940. 480 migrants have rented lodgings outside specialized centers.
Army personnel and two helicopters from the 24 th air base at Krumovo have joined the efforts to extinguish a big fire in Mount Sredna Gora close to Pesnopoy village, Kaloyanovo municipality and Mihiltsi village, Hisarya municipality. The..
President Rumen Radev called for the processes of modernization of the navy to continue. On board the frigate Drazki in the Black Sea, the president, the Deputy Minister of Defence Radostin Iliev and the commander of the Bulgarian navy rear admiral..
"It is important for us to stand firm and instill confidence in our European partners, and this frequent change of governments, frequent elections, does not send a good signal", Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth..
Sunday will be sunny and hot. There will be a light, in the Eastern parts to moderate wind from the East-Northeast. Maximum temperatures 35-40° C.,..
Seven fires are burning in forest areas in the districts of Plovdiv, Haskovo, Kyustendil and Yambol, the Executive Forests Agency said. In..
Caretaker Premier Dimitar Glavchev and the Director of the General Directorate Fire Safety and Civil Protection, Chief Commissioner Alexander Dzhartov,..
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