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Two Construction Workers Buried in Landslide in Sofia

Two construction workers have been injured after a landslide at a construction site in the capital Sofia, the life of one of them is in danger, Darik News reported.

Crime | September 28, 2006, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 997

Another Bulgarian Drug Trafficker Busted in Ibiza

Police have arrested yet another Bulgarian on charges of drug trafficking at the Spanish Ibiza Island, Darik News revealed. Cocaine, ecstasy pills, marijuana and hashish turned up in a search of the 34-year old man's house, and the fact that he had about

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Teen Slayer: I Believe in Bulgaria's Court Impartiality

It took no more than two hours for Sofia Court of Appeals to hear Thursday the pleadings of all parties in the trial of an 18-year-old teenager, who murdered and dismembered a classmate. Kristiyan Petrov was found guilty on February 2 by Pernik Regional

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Bulgarian Gangster's Hotel Greets First Guests on New Year

The notorious hotel in the resort of Borovets, previously owned by murdered drugs criminal Konstantin Dimitrov, is scheduled to be completed and put into operations by the end of December this year.

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Spain Hunting Accomplices of Bulgarian Cocaine Trafficker

Spanish police are still searching for the accomplices of the Bulgarian, who was apprehended with 2.4 tonnes of cocaine near Ibiza on September 25, local media reported.

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Sofia Court Delays Underworld Boss Blackmail Trial Again

Sofia City Court decided Thursday to delay the trial against suspected underworld boss Zlatomir Ivanov and an accomplice of his for exhorting a foreign businessman for November 22. A total of three witnesses were questioned, Darik News revealed, and all

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Authorities in Bulgaria Silent on Teen's Violation for Months

Authorities in Bulgaria took six months to send all the information about the case of three teen girls who beat up a classmate and forcibly filmed her dancing naked to the local juvenile delinquent commission. Thus the violated girl received psychologica

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"6 Years of Corruption" in Elite Sofia High School

Signals for corrupt practices in an elite Sofia high school have been coming for the past six years, Vanya Kasteva, head of the local Education Inspectorate has told Darik News. As a result the headmaster of Sofia's Mathematics School has been laid off,

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Prosecutor who Messed Gangster's Hotel Restraint Investigated

The prosecutor, who didn't put a restraint on a killed gangster's hotel, allowing his wife to sell it while investigation was still on, will be probed, his chief Boris Velchev said. In the wake of Wednesday's scandalous revelation of the blunder, Plamen

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Court Hears Appeal of Teen Slayer in Bulgaria

Sofia Court of Appeals will hear Thursday the trial of an 18-year-old Bulgarian, who murdered and dismembered a classmate, and was sentenced to 11 years in prison. On February 2 Pernik Regional Court found Kristiyan Petrov guilty and also stated that the

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Gunman Takes Hostages in School in USA

A gunman took six students hostage at a Denver high school Wednesday, killing one of them before he committed suicide. The tragedy unfolded kilometers away from Columbine, the school where one of the deadliest such shootings took place in 1999.

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Gangster's Sold Hotel under Restraint - Bulgarian Court

A hotel of killed underworld boss Konstantin Dimitrov, dubbed Samokovetsa, which was reportedly sold out, has been under restraint for two years. Bogdana Lazarova from Darik News reported that according to the register of the Sofia District Court the not

Crime | September 27, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1035

Teen Girls Beat Classmate in Bulgaria, Film Her Dance Naked

Bulgarian police have apprehended three teen girls who beat up a classmate and forced her to dance naked, filming the ordeal and then circulated the footage in school. The three girls asked their victim to join them after school in an apartment that belo

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Killed Gangster's Wife Sells Hotel after Prosecutor's Blunder

The wife of alleged underworld boss Konstantin Dimitrov has sold a hotel, previously owned by her now dead husband, due to an oversight of a Sofia district prosecutor, it emerged September 27.

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Aged Bus Breaks Apart in Bulgaria, Passengers Injured

An old public transportation bus broke apart Tuesday evening in Bulgaria's second city of Plovdiv, leaving two injured passangers. The bus, which is at least 25 years old, split when trying to go around a car and a truck, wrongfully parked on the road la

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Former Port Chief Knifed at Bulgaria's Seaside

The former head of the Burgas Port at the south of Bulgaria's seaside has been assaulted with a knife. Manol Manolov has received several stab wounds by unknown assailants on Monday, Darik News reported, quoting police sources.

Crime | September 26, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 959

Reliquary Pilfered from Monastery in Bulgaria

Unknown culprits have pilfered the museum of Bulgaria's biggest and most revered cloister - the Rila Monastery, Darik News reported. A reliquary has been stolen from the museum sometime between eight in the morning on Sunday and four in the afternoon on

Crime | September 26, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 995