The government is developing a plan of action if 200,000 citizens of Ukraine enter Bulgaria, the new head of the Agency for Refugees Mariana Tosheva said.
According to UN High Commissioner for Refugees data, a second wave of refugees is to be expected. More than 133,500 Ukrainians have entered this country since the beginning of the war, and less than half of them have remained. The number of Ukrainian citizens on Bulgarian territory currently stands at 61,196, data of the portal #BGforUkraine show. 27,325 of them have already registered for temporary protection. With every passing day the number of job openings on offer increases, Mariana Tosheva said further.
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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