Eight inflatable boats used to transport migrants illegally from the EU to the UK across the English Channel have been confiscated at the Lesovo border checkpoint on the border with Turkey. They were declared to customs authorities as signboards and mattresses, BNR correspondent Daniela Kostova reported. The boats were found during an inspection of a truck entering from Turkey, driven by a Romanian citizen. The boats were seized and the Romanian citizen driving the truck was charged under the Customs Act with attempted customs fraud.
Cabinet members, public figures and members of the public honoured the memory of the innocent victims of the communist regime in the country following the communist coup in Bulgaria on 9 September, 1944. February 1, Day of Remembrance and..
Bulgaria received the first F-16 Block 70 aircraft at the Lockheed Martin production facility in Greenville, USA. With this act the country’s strategic partnership with the US in the sphere of defence continues its upward development, said PM Rosen..
25.7% of Bulgarians support the adoption of the euro as of 1 January, 2026, and 30.8% accept it as an indispensable condition of the country’s membership of the EU but want it to happen later. According to a survey by Myara sociological agency, in..
Taxi drivers gathered at Sofia Airport in protest, blocking access to Terminal 2 for a short time on Friday afternoon. They are unhappy with the new..
On this day in 1905, 15 enthusiasts, university students, climbed the highest peak in Mount Vitosha near Sofia, in winter for the first time –..
On Saturday, fog or low clouds will cover the plains and sheltered valleys. Minimum temperatures will be between 0 and 5°C, around 1°C in Sofia. Sunny..
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