In Bulgaria, as well as in the whole of Europe, there is an increased risk of terrorist activity, but there is no specific threat to this country, current Secretary of the Interior Ministry Georgi Arabadzhiev said. In relation to the upcoming..
Currently there is no information about Bulgarians injured in the St. Petersburg metro explosion, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has announced. Authorities are ready to provide assistance if necessary, Svetlozar Panov of the Consulate in the city told..
During a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, caretaker Bulgarian Defense Minister Stefan Yanev said that countering terrorism was becoming a task of paramount importance for NATO. In terms of security in the Black Sea region Yanev pointed out..
Deputy Prime Minister Rumyana Bachvarova has convened a meeting of all security services in order to discuss data and take measures related to the situation after the deadly attack in Berlin. Before the meeting, Secretary General of the Ministry of..
For a second time the Specialized Criminal Court in Bulgaria has failed to open the court case over the terror attack at the Burgas Airport because of difficulties in summoning all victims and heirs of killed Israeli citizens. The next scheduled date is..
The Bulgarian Interior Minister will be the one to assess and declare various terror threat levels in cases of risk of terrorist acts. This was decided by the National Assembly, which adopted on first reading a law on countering terrorism. The new law..
The Syrian who blew himself up in Ansbach, southern Germany, injuring 12 people, was facing deportation to Bulgaria, spokesman of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Tobias Plate, said as quoted by the Associated Press. „Currently, Syrians cannot be..
The names of people charged with the Burgas Airport terrorist bombing will be announced within days, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said after meeting his Israeli counterpart, Reuven Rivlin. In July 2012 terrorists detonated a bomb next to a bus..
The Bulgarian government has approved a draft bill on countering terrorism before sending it to parliament for discussions and voting. The purpose of the bill is creation of an effective mechanism for cooperation between institutions for prevention and..
After today’s Security Council meeting, Bulgarian Minister of Defense Nikolay Nenchev said that the military would be trained to prevent terrorist threats. According to the minister, if a new bill was passed, the military would be allowed to conduct..
