Turkey’s Energy Ambitions in the Balkans Grow with Key Deals with Bulgaria and Romania
Turkey is advancing its energy strategy in the Balkans with new agreements aimed at deepening its influence in the region
Bulgarian postal services have been put on red alert after Sofia police intercepted a suspicious package addressed to the Israeli Embassy in the capital.
The postal departments have been asked to screen arriving parcels and the officials to be extra vigilant while handling them.
"This is the highest level of alert and security in the postal offices. Emergency situations call for emergency measures," Transport Minister Alexander Tsvetkov commented.
Earlier this week Greek police carried out a controlled explosion on a package found outside Parliament and two more at the Russian and Bulgarian embassies.
And two other packages were intercepted at the Chilean embassy and the offices of a courier company.
Police spokesman Athanassios Kokalakis said an object was thrown into the Swiss embassy courtyard and a "deafening blast" was heard, but no one was injured.
A suspicious package was also discovered at the offices of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.
Two Bulgarian sailors, Kamen Petkov, 36, and Nikola Penchev, 34, have been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Ireland for their involvement in a cocaine trafficking scheme
Three men from Radomir have been arrested and charged with hooliganism after a violent altercation
Sofia police have detained 24 groups of so-called "locals" over the past four months, according to a briefing by Chief Commissioner Lyubomir Nikolov and Commissioner Ivo Zahariev
Chavdar Boyadzhiev has been sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole by the Sofia City Court for the brutal killings of 18-year-old Yana Velinova and 27-year-old Ivo Kolev in the Bulgarian village of Lozen
The brutal killing of 18-year-old Magdalena from Haskovo has sent shockwaves through the countr
An 18-year-old girl who had been reported missing in Haskovo has been found dead, prompting a murder investigation
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