The ski season started earlier than usual in Bulgaria this year, thanks to the early snowfall. In Bansko, t he ski runs opened to the public early, in the first days of December , and the official start to the season was given a week later.  The other ski zones are also functioning at full throttle. Even though a snow cover formed in December, most resorts will also be relying on snow machines as well, so as to guarantee there will be a stable snow cover on the.. See more

An international police contingent of 100 officers from Bulgaria, Austria, Romania and Hungary is expected to be deployed on Bulgaria's border with Turkey on January 2. In December, Bulgarian caretaker Interior Minister Atanas Ilkov said that after January 1, activities on the Bulgarian-Turkish border, which becomes external to the Schengen area, would be intensified. At the time, he indicated that Greece had also expressed a desire to be part of.. See more

Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev was welcomed today at the "Kulata" border checkpoint on Bulgaria’s border with Greece with bread, salt, honey and wishes for a healthy and prosperous year. He went there to check the new organization after Bulgaria became a full member of Schengen on January 1, 2025. Earlier, at midnight, the barriers at the checkpoint were lifted and the employees of the control institutions left the inspection and.. See more