Section: Bulgaria
The Largest Illegal Cigarette Manufacturing Factory Was Discovered Yesterday near Plovdiv
The largest illegal cigarette manufacturing factory was discovered yesterday near Plovdiv. 11 from the workers were arrested – Moldovans and Ukrainians. According to preliminary estimates, the factory has incurred budget losses between 15 and 20 million BGN per month. The discovered factory is close to another smaller one where the...
Bulgaria’s law-enforcement authorities dismantle two illegal cigarette factories employing Ukrainian and Moldovan citizens
The Bulgarian law-enforcement authorities dismantled two illegal cigarette factories near the city of Plovdiv in the villages of Trud and Razhevo Konare. Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov, this country’s Deputy Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev and the Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior Ivaylo Ivanov arrived at the village of...
Deputy Prime Minister Mariyana Nikolova meets with Bulgarian community in Toronto
Deputy Prime Minister Mariyana Nikolova met with the Bulgarian community at the North Macedonia-Bulgaria church Saints Cyril and Methodius in Toronto. We would like our compatriots abroad to return and the government endeavours to create good conditions for this to happen, Mariyana Nikolova said. The experience you have, your qualification could...
Bulgarians Can Visit 168 Countries in the World without Visas
Bulgarians can visit 168 countries without visas in the world. This is shown by the passport index data, which is compiled by the Swiss consulting company Henley & Partners. Bulgaria ranks on the prestigious 19th place, having lost one position compared to last 2018. By this indicator, Bulgaria is ahead of most of its Balkan neighbours....
Putin and Trump Unanimous – US-Russia Relations Affects the Whole World
US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Iran, Venezuela, Syria and Ukraine, the White House reported shortly after the meeting of the two heads of state in Osaka within the G20 forum, CNN reported. The conversation lasted for an hour and 20 minutes. The announcement also states that Trump and Putin...
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Outlined Transport, Environment and Culture Protection as a Priority for the Bulgarian Chairmanship of BSEC
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva outlined the cooperation in the field of transport, environment and culture protection as priority areas during the rotating presidency of Bulgaria to the Black Sea Economic Cooperation organization under the motto “Sea of Opportunities”. Today, Zaharieva...
Bulgaria hands over Chairmanship of BSEC to Greece
Bulgaria’s capital Sofia hosts the 40th Meeting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs. All BSEC members are represented at the meeting-Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. Egypt and Tunisia are participating as observers. The...
Majesty of Old Bulgarian capital city comes alive with battle reenactments and culinary surprises
In the Tsarevets Fortress, Veliko Turnovo, the 5th edition of the international festival “Medieval Tarnovgrad” /29 June – 01 July/, starts. This year, the forum is dedicated to the 800th anniversary of the rule of the great Bulgarian Tsar Ivan-Assen II in the period 1218-1241. At that time the city reached a real prosperity and...
4.6% Growth of Bulgarians’ Trips Abroad
The number of trips of Bulgarian citizens abroad in May 2019 was 762.1 thousand, or 4.6% above those registered in May 2018, NSI reported, quoted by BNT. The increase in the number of trips of Bulgarian citizens compared to the same month of the previous year is reported for: Italy – by 9.5%, Republic of Northern Macedonia – 7.3%,...
Traffic Congestion in Sofia is Worse than those in San Francisco and Sydney
The capitals of three neighbors of Bulgaria are among the ten cities in Europe with the greatest traffic congestion. These are Istanbul, Bucharest and Athens, with the first two cities ranked second and third in 2018, only behind Moscow. The Greek capital is in 7th place, ahead of Rome, Warsaw and Ekaterinburg. This shows the latest study by the...
