Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Five crew members of the Bulgarian ship Verila have been detained in Ireland

Photo: 5gmedia.bg

Five crew members of the Malta-flagged vessel Verila have been detained. 500-kilograms of cocaine were found onboard the Verila cargo ship at Shannon Foynes port in Ireland on December 20. An investigation into the case in underway. 

 The crew consisted of 17 Bulgarians and one Ukrainian. The bulk carrier, owned by the Navigation Maritime Bulgare company, was carrying wheat from Canada and set sail from Montreal on December 9. 




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Bulgaria's caretaker PM says no new talks with Skopje

I do not think that the tone that the Republic of North Macedonia has been using lately will help it become an EU country. It is not about any new negotiations either. We have made enough compromises with our national identity and they just have to..

published on 9/20/24 12:57 PM

Bulgaria will provide energy support to Ukraine

Bulgaria’s support for Ukraine in the context of the ongoing Russian aggression was the focus of a meeting between caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Kondov and Ukrainian Ambassador to Bulgaria Olesya Ilashchuk, the Ministry of Foreign..

published on 9/20/24 9:49 AM

A SANS investigation rejects "Bulgarian connection" with the detonated pagers in Lebanon

Following the checks conducted by the State Agency for National Security (SANS), in cooperation with the National Revenue Agency, the Ministry of Interior, and the National Customs Agency, it has been established incontrovertibly that no communication..

published on 9/20/24 9:30 AM