Bulgaria has detained more than 17 700 migrants illegally in country so far in 2016
From the start of 2016 until November 24, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry apprehended a total of 17 717 migrants who
Read more
Bulgaria
Domestic politics, stories of relevance to expatriates, organised crime and corruption, judiciary, foreign policy and popular topics such as archaeology and weather
Interior Minister Buchvarova: Reports about planned terrorist attack in Bulgaria untrue
Bulgarian Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova has indicated that allegations about plans for a terrorist attack in Bulgaria are untrue. “There
Read more
Bulgarian Interior Minister: Tipoff received via diplomatic channels on plans for terrorist attack
Bulgaria had received an alert via diplomatic channels of plans for a terrorist attack in the country, Interior Minister Roumyana
Read more
Bulgaria’s political crisis: Scant chance election rules will change before 2017 vote
In spite of the outcome of Bulgaria’s controversy-ridden November 2016 national referendum on changes to the political system – including
Read more
Bulgaria’s outgoing PM discusses migration crisis, presidential elections with US ambassador
In talks on December 5, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov discussed the migration crisis and the outcomes of the presidential
Read more
Siderov: Bulgaria’s nationalist ‘patriotic bloc’ will stand united in 2017 parliamentary elections
Bulgaria’s far-right Ataka party leader Volen Siderov said on December 4 that the group of nationalist formations that had a
Read more
Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod to choose between two candidates to be Stara Zagora Metropolitan
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, will on December 11 choose from between two candidates to be
Read more
Bulgaria’s chief of defence resigns, to give next president free hand to choose new chief
Bulgaria’s Chief of Defence, General Konstantin Popov, has resigned, the Defence Ministry said on December 2. Popov, who has held
Read more
Bulgarian prosecutors press charges against controversial former judge
Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on December 2 that it indicted former judge Roumyana Chenalova on charges of malfeasance in office
Read more