Bulgaria: 16 Events Worth Remembering of 2016 (Part 1)
Novinite is publishing highlights of the year, using only one selection criteria: those which gained the biggest reader interest throughout 2016 have made it into the shortlist.
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A Bulgarian court on Tuesday acquitted Petar Nizamov, the man who made headlines last year after detaining three Afghan migrants, tying their hands with a plastic strap, of all charges.
Prosecutors had demanded at least 2 years of imprisonment for Nizamov, whose own footage of the citizen's arrests released on Facebook sparked controversy both in Bulgaria and abroad.
But several key witnesses had changed testimony, explaining they could not remember anything well enough. Therefore the court failed to ascertain that it was Nizamov who tied the migrants with plastic straps.
Nizamov, known in Bulgaria by the nickname Perata, said after the ruling he would continue to protect the border.
Vigilante migrant hunters gained notoriety when they started patrolling along the borders and performing the so-called citizen's arrests, detaining migrants who had crossed into Bulgaria.
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Bulgaria is set to experience favorable weather conditions on March 29, with mostly sunny skies forecasted across the country
A new ordinance aimed at improving road safety by enhancing traffic light regulations has been drafted and released for public discussion by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Transport
Google, Amazon, Meta, and Apple are among the tech giants slated to convene in Sofia for a landmark event in 2025
In anticipation of the forthcoming adoption of regulations on packaging and packaging waste, the Association Polymers is spearheading a critical discussion on the pivotal role of recycling
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A bomb signal was received this morning at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
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