More than 300 illegal migrants were detained in Bulgaria during a special operation on 13 July, said Deputy Prosecutor General Maria Pavlova at a press conference.
19 legal cases have been instituted for trafficking. It was announced, at the press conference, that 59 criminal groups of more than 250 individuals dealing in illegal migrant trafficking are being monitored by law enforcement services. In 2020, the number of judicial cases against traffickers was 150, and in 2022 – more than 1,000.
76 illegal migrants were apprehended on Trakia motorway near Chirpan on 14, July, Lazar Hristov, chief of police in Stara Zagora said for the BNR. They are in their early 20s and say they come from Afghanistan. The young men are dehydrated because they were found packed inside a truck. Seven of them have been sent to hospital, the rest have been transported to the refugee centre in Harmanli. The driver of the truck is Bulgarian.
At a general meeting of the Central Operational Bureau and the Parliamentary Group of DPS-DPS party around the honorary chairman Ahmed Dogan, it was decided that the movement would withdraw its support for the ruling majority. As..
On Wednesday, lows will be between 5 and 10°C, with Sofia around 7°C. The sky will be mostly sunny, with some clouds in the eastern areas before midday. Light to moderate winds will blow from the south-east. Maximum temperatures will be between 19 and..
The operational leadership of DPS-DPS party met to decide whether to continue its support for the government. This is happening a day before the discussion of the second vote of no confidence in the "Zhelyazkov" cabinet on the topic of corruption...
Together with PM Rosen Zhelyazkov we discussed the EU plan for a new Black Sea strategy which the European Commission will present soon, announced EU..
In an interview with public service TV BNT, Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos, who is on a working visit to Bulgaria, stated that Ukraine and the..
Half of the companies from the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association say that the tariffs on the import of commodities announced by US President..
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