As of the end of November, the Bulgarian police at the country’s borders had checked more than 176,000 attempts by migrants to enter the EU illegally, a 13% increase compared to November 2022, the Interior Ministry has announced. A 35% seasonal..
The Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR is the most likely buyer of the Lukoil Neftohim Burgas refinery, reported the site of the Trud newspaper. At the end of April 2023, SOCAR opened an office in Sofia in the presence of the presidents of Bulgaria and..
Bulgaria is launching a project to improve security in the border area between Bulgaria and Turkey under the Interreg-IPA Bulgaria-Turkey Cross-Border Programme. The project is worth more than €1.7 million . It aims to strengthen the national..
We have created a picture for ourselves that Bulgaria is connected to all its neighbours, but the reality is different , stated Bulgaria's Minister of Regional Development Andrey Tsekov. In Varna, before the "Municipalities - Perspective 2027" forum,..
Bulgaria's Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov said from the parliamentary rostrum that so far there are no indications of an impending wave of refugees due to the war in Gaza. Stoyanov took part in the debates on the motion of no confidence in the cabinet...
A 15-kilometer-long queue of heavy vehicles has formed at the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing. Over 2,000 trucks are processed per day at the entrance and exit, it was reported. Border officials attribute the increased traffic..
“The planned operation for demining the Black Sea with our allies Romania and Turkey will not be a violation of the Montreux Convention,” Defence Minister Todor Tagarev said in Varna. In his words, the operation will cover the whole region,..
At the Naval Museum in Varna, Defence Minister Todor Tagarev opened the exhibition Enemy/Friend , revealing the complex puzzle of Bulgaria’s military and political relations with Turkey, Russia and Germany, which are key to the history of the..
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov Seeks To Attend OSCE Meeting In Skopje As the rotating chair of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), North Macedonia has a problem, said Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani. The..
"Bulgaria greets Turkey: Happy Centenary of the Republic!" - is the motto of the gala tour of the Sofia Opera and Ballet in Ankara and Istanbul. The Bulgarian National Opera will present its production of "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini. The tour is..
