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Bus drivers in Bulgaria will no longer be allowed to deliver parcels, under legal amendments that parliament adopted on Friday.
It was not immediately clear what penalties will be imposed on the bus companies offering the service, which, MPs say, constitutes an unregulated courier service.
The amendments are part of a package of security measures on buses, driven by the July 18 bus bombing in the Black Sea city of Burgas, which killed 7 and injured more than 30.
According to unofficial reports, in 2008, when the national counter-terrorism plan was being prepared, the State Agency for National Security (DANS) insisted that drivers should check passengers' luggage, but the Transport Ministry declared that they could not force private transport companies to make checks.
Passengers' luggage can only be searched in joint checks with the police triggered by tip-offs about heightened risk.
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I feel no moral guilt towards anyone. This was stated by Kiril Petkov, answering a question whether he would apologize to the Bulgarian people for violating the Constitution.
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The Ministry of Finance has revised its autumn forecast for economic development.
Bulgarian police arrested a Russian citizen and two Lithuanians on suspicion of exporting “sensitive information” from the Arsenal military plant in Kazanlak.
The government has changed its order requiring state-owned companies to pay a dividend to the budget.
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