Serbia’s authorities announced that in the recent months the flow of illegal migrants from Bulgaria and Macedonia on Serbian territory has decreased sharply after that country deployed military and police staff to guard the state borders. A maximum of 10 illegal migrants attempt to cross the Serbian border on a daily basis. The number of migrant smugglers has dwindled as well. In the past 11 months 142 migrant smugglers were detained-most of them Serbian nationals. Recently, Bulgarian’s Ministry of Interior announced that migration pressure on Bulgaria has decreased to record-low levels. Only 8 illegal migrants were detained in Bulgaria in the past 7 days. A total of 576 illegal migrants were detained in that country since the beginning of 2017. Between January and May this year a total of 1,071 foreign nationals were taken out of that country. Nearly 500 of them were Afghani nationals and 300 were citizens of Iraq.
The Kalotina border checkpoint on the border with Serbia has already been renovated and has a nearly 30% increased capacity for passenger cars. It has seven lanes each for entering and leaving the country, as well as another eight lanes that can be..
On Wednesday minimum temperatures will be between 2 and 12°C, 5°C in Sofia. Maximum temperatures will be 19-24°C, 21°C in the capital. In the higher plateaus of western Bulgaria there are conditions for frost. The day will be bright and sunny with light..
The second group of 80 Bulgarians who wanted to leave Lebanon has taken off from Beirut to Sofia onboard the governmental Airbus. The plane is expected to land in Sofia after 7 pm. The second group of Bulgarians is ready for evacuation from..
Bulgaria has begun evacuating our fellow citizens who expressed a desire to leave Beirut following Israel's attacks on Lebanon. Some of the Bulgarians..
Some of the Bulgarians in Lebanon were evacuated on a government aircraft flight on Monday evening. The first group, consisting of 89 people, mostly..
''The second evacuation flight from Lebanon will be carried out today around noon, provided the circumstances are favorable'', caretaker Premier Dimitar..
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