The drivers of vans carrying illegal migrants in Bulgaria receive instructions from migrant smugglers to hit police cars and cause damage if chased by police . This was announced to the BNR by the Director of the Border Police, Chief Commissioner..
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of lawsuits involving human trafficking, the prosecutor’s office announced. In 2019 there were 670 new lawsuits, and in 2022 - 2 , 626 . 2,208 people were convicted last year as against 720..
At a press briefing, when asked about the case in which the bodies of 18 migrants were found in a truck near the village of Lokorsko, President Rumen Radev pointed out that in other countries the perpetrators of similar crimes receive tens of years in..
North Macedonia must understand that the path to Europe and good neighborly relations is through actions, not through words. Violence and provocations beget violence and provocations, and this vicious circle must be broken, said Bulgaria's caretaker..
Unfortunately, the celebration of the 151st anniversary of the birth of Gotse Delchev has not contributed to building up the relations between Sofia and Skopje. February 4, 2023 will go down in history as a date on which the..
The countries members of the EU can finance the fence along the Bulgaria-Turkey border themselves according to European Commission sources. BNR’s correspondent in Brussels Anguelina Piskova reports that representatives of the EC are citing..
In a letter to European leaders, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen states that the Bulgarian-Turkish border should be a priority in strengthening the EU’s key external borders through targeted measures which are open to..
The suspects detained for the murder of Bulgarian border policeman Petar Bachvarov near Elhovo were near the border to steal cattle. This was what the Turkish prosecutor's office reported, district prosecutor of Yambol, Doychin..
Migration processes and refugee pressure were at the centre of the meeting on Sunday (18 December) between Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev and his Turkish counterpart Suleyman Soylu, Demerdzhiev told journalists. "We have agreed with the Turkish..
The European Commission expects the Bulgarian authorities to conduct a full investigation into the case of the Syrian man shot at the border with Turkey, spokesperson Anita Hipper said. No shots were fired by Bulgarian officers at a..
