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Bulgarian tourists in Marbella, Spain without transport back to Bulgaria

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:08:00 GMT

Dozens of Bulgarian tourists have been stranded in Marbella, Spain , remaining without transport back to Bulgaria during the last day of their stay, TV7 and bTV reported on Sunday. Our compatriots had booked the Golden Spain vacation at an off-season ...

Lozenets: 3 workers still missing after explosions in ammunition depot near village of Lozenets (Yambol district)

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:22:00 GMT

Three workers are still missing after Tuesday`s incident in which an ammunition depot exploded in Southeastern Bulgaria. Authorities will continue searching for the three missing employees on Wednesday. The first blasts at the ammo site near the Petolach...

Biser: 9 victims after floods because the rupture of the wall of the Ivanovo Dam near village of Bisser

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:30:00 GMT

Yesterday, the floods in the Haskovo district claimed eight victims. The rupture of the wall of the Ivanovo Dam near the village of Bisser in the Harmanli Municipality claimed four casualties. Two people were engulfed by the raging waters while tra...

Katunitsa: Protests and outrages over the properties of the roma leader tsar Kiro in village of Katunitsa

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:13:00 GMT

... On September 23 in the village of Katunitsa ( Plovdiv region ) fightings continued all night. They were caused by the murder of 19 year-old boy, Angel Petrov, of Bulgarian origin who was crushed to death by a Ford Transit Minibus driven by Roma peopl...

Sofia: 23 hooligans detained after the football match Levski - CSKA in Sofia

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:30:00 GMT

23 people were detained after the football match between FC Levski ( Sofia ) and FC CSKA ( Sofia ) (final result 1:3), according to the latest police information. Three police officers sought medical help in a hospital and ten more received medical treatme...

Merichleri: 2 options for solving the crisis with the excessive arsenic content in the water of Merichleri

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:50:00 GMT

There are two options for dealing with the crisis with the excessive arsenic content in the water supply in the town of Merichleri and the village of Velikan - either for a filter to be installed or for a new water supply network to be built. The c...

Stolichna: False signal for bomb in Sofia municipality

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:23:00 GMT

Signal for a bomb that was received at Sofia Municipality was false told the security expert Ivan Boyadzhiev. The signal was received at 13.50 on 166 telephone number. Team of the Department for Operational-technical information (DOTI) have visited the s...

Dobrich: 26-year-old man from Dobrich arrested as organizer of sex slavery

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:42:00 GMT

Bulgarian channel for sex slavery has been nabbed in Germany, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry has announced. The operation has been conducted together with the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany. A 26-year-old man from the Bulgarian town of Do...

Gorna Vasilitsa: Businessman Shot Dead in village Gorna Vasilitsa near town of Kostenets

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:03:00 GMT

A businessman was gunned down late Wednesday night in the village of Gorna Vasilitsa , near the town of Kostenets (60km away from Sofia ). The murdered individual is identified as Stefan Matrochiiski. The victim was in the company of a young woman, who...

Varna: 2 Dutch nationals and 19-year-old girl detained in Varna for run of porno websites

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:33:00 GMT

An organized criminal group dealing with online pornography been busted in coastal city of Varna , the press office of the Interior Ministry announced. Two Dutch nationals and a 19-year-old girl have been detained in the frames of a special police opera...

Belitsa: Ministries concealed existence of carcinogenic asbestos near village of Belitsa (Ihtiman)?

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:43:00 GMT

" The Ministry of Environment and Water and the Ministry of Health concealed the existence of carcinogenic asbestos in the "Verona" field in the village of Belitsa , in the Ihtiman municipality ," claimed the Green and Clean Belitsa ecological a...

Varna: Operation against pimps and prostitutes in Varna and Golden sands resort

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:08:00 GMT

Bulgarian police have detained nine pimps and a bus full of prostitutes in the Black Sea city of Varna Sunday. Police have staged a large-scale anti-prostitution operation Saturday overnight and Sunday, according to information by the Bulgarian Nationa...

Silistra: Dangerous increase of Levels of Danube river

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:15:00 GMT

Level of Danube River close to the town of Silistra has increased by 11cm over the last 24 hours reaching 794cm, press centre of the Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River announced. The level of the water close to Ruse is up by 4c...

Stara Zagora: Police officer of Stara Zagora detained at time of друг distribution

Fri, 21 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Police officer of Stara Zagora was detained at time of distribution of drugs, press office of the Interior Ministry announced. The operation was conducted yesterday by officials of the Directorate for Internal Security and District Police Directorate -...

Kutela: Man from village of Kutila killed by bear

Tue, 18 May 2010 09:34:00 GMT

A 65-year-old man has been killed by a bear in the Rhodope Mountains in Southern Bulgaria. According to Commissar Kiril Hadzhihristev, head of the Regional Police Directorate of the Smolyan District , it is absolutely certain that the victim, Nikola Shi...

Sofia: Plane Gets Flat Tyres While Landing at Sofia Airport

Sun, 02 May 2010 22:00:00 GMT

The tyres of an Airbus 320 got flat while it was landing at Sofia Airport on Saturday, the Fire Service of the Airport told BTA.No one was hurt in the incident. Airport-based rescue teams used four fire engines to evacuate the passengers from the plane....

Fotinovo: Illegal cigarettes found in villages Nova Mahala and Fotinovo

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:02:00 GMT

Police officers from the town of Peshtera found and seized cigarettes without excise labels, press centre of District Police - Parzardzhik announced. Yesterday police officers carried out special police operation on the territory of villages Nova Maha...

Kamenyak: Two people killed in village of Kamenyak, Shumen region

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Two people were killed in village of Kamenyak ( region of Shumen ), the Ministry of Interior Regional Police Directorate - Shumen announced. The signal was given to the operative part of the Regional Police Department at about 5.25am on Monday mornin...

Petrich: Police operation Lapachi conducted on the territory of Sofia and Petrich

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:03:00 GMT

Special police operation codenamed Lapachite targeted at VAT draining is being carried out on the territory of Sofia and Petrich, Minister of Interior and Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria Tsvetan Tsvetanov announced. " The objective the Interior Minist...

Lesovo: Contraband shipment of labels for clothes with logos of world brands seized at Lesovo

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:54:00 GMT

Contraband shipment of 6350 total number of metal, textile and paper labels for clothes with logos of world famous brands has been seized at Lesovo border checkpoint today, the National Customs Agency reported. The contraband shipment was found in secre...

Bregovo: Floods in Bregovo

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT

Water level in flooded areas in the Northwestern town of Bregovo dropped 20 cm overnight after an opening was made Monday in the dyke along the bank of the Timok River, Bregovo Mayor Milcho Lalov told BTA on Tuesday. The opening was cut Monday after ...

Sofia: Russian Embassy in Sofia has received a bomb threat signal

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:39:00 GMT

Russian Embassy in Sofia has received a bomb threat signal on Tuesday morning (7.35am), the Ministry of Interior`s press office announced. The signal was received at 112 emergency phone line. Police sealed off the area little after 8.30am and searched ...

Svilengrad: 878 boxes of illegal cigarettes seized near Svilengrad

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:05:00 GMT

878 boxes of cigarettes without excise labels have been seized Friday and Saturday on E-80 main road in the region of Svilengrad , press centre of the District Police Directorate of Interior - Haskovo announced. The smuggled cigarettes were found in Fi...

Samokov: 5 Romanians killed in incident at Sofia-Samokov road

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Romanians have been killed in road incident along Sofia - Samokov road, the National Medical Coordinative Center announced. The signal for the incident was received at about 8.30am. Car with Romanian registration and a TIR truck with Bulgarian registrati...

Varna: Scandal with dean from Technical University of Varna

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:10:00 GMT

The Dean of the Faculty of Marine Sciences and Ecology in the Technical University (TU) of Varna has availed himself of the university`s resources to conduct private business constituting a conflict of interest, "Klassa" newspaper announced. Prof. Ata...