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.
Six Bulgarian nationals found guilty of spying for Russia by London's Central Criminal Court in March will be sentenced by the same court this afternoon, reports BNR correspondent Veselin Paunov. The final verdict is expected by Friday at the latest...
Vice President Iliana Yotova, Minister of Culture Marian Bachev and the Mayor of Montenegro's historic capital Cetinje Nikola Djurašković have named a street in the city after Bulgarian writer Ivan Vazov. In the Balkans, we share a common history,..
If the parliamentary elections were in May, the first political force would again be GERB, with 21.9% support. Second is "We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria", with 14.9%, according to a representative survey by the Market..
The planned liberalisation of the electricity market for household consumers on 1 July this year will not take place, MPs decided at the first reading of..
Oil products of unknown composition and origin have once again washed up on a large stretch of the Pomorie coastline, in what appears to be a more..
Polish President Andrzej Duda, on an official visit to Bulgaria, discussed with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev Warsaw’s proposal that NATO member..
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