Crime
Bulgaria sacked Tuesday the deputy head of its State Agriculture Fund, over charges that he had taken a bribe.
"We will not allow the future of Bulgarian agriculture in EU to be marred by such actions," Agriculture Minister Nihat Kabil.
Crime | May 9, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00
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An insider might have helped the robbers of a Bulgarian lottery van the past weekend.
That is one of the three main versions for the attack, the police announced Tuesday.
Crime | May 9, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00
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The deputy head of Bulgaria's State Agriculture Fund has been accused of taking a bribe, media broke Tuesday.
Krassimir Nedelchev was charged with pocketing about EUR 183 000.
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A fifteen-year-old boy in Bulgaria attempted a suicide on Tuesday by jumping off the Asparuhov Bridge near Varna.
Crime | May 9, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00
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The student dormitory of the Technical University in Bulgaria's second city of Plovdiv caught fire late Monday night.
The flames started from a third-floor room and three fire brigades immediately responded to the scene.
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Another ten dead dolphins have been found at the Bulgarian Black Sea coast near the port of Burgas.
The bodies of the friendly mammals were found after signals.
Crime | May 8, 2006, Monday // 00:00
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Bulgaria's office for fighting organized crime announced that they are about to hit the pirate industry in the country harder than ever on Monday.
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Suspected smuggling baron Ivan Todorov, who was shot dead in downtown Sofia at the end of February, is believed to have owed more than EUR 400,000 to Greek and Macedonian cigarette traffickers.
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Cypriot police has arrested a Bulgarian and a Frenchman found to grow cannabis to the south-east parts of the island.
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Two people were injured Sunday in an armed robbery from a cash-in stand in Sofia.
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Italian police have handcuffed two Italians suspected in human trafficking and exploitation of Bulgarian emigrants.
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Bulgaria's office for fighting organized crime has launched raids against Internet users, who illegally download and distribute audio and video files, media reported.
As part of the special operation, three men were arrested in Sofia on Wednesday, and po
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Bulgarian customs officers foiled an attempt for cigarettes smuggling worth BGN 80,000 at the Gyueshevo border checkpoint.
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Sofia City Court postponed for June 8 the trial against underworld bosses Krassimir and Nikolay Marinovi - the Marguins and five more people.
The two Marguins and their accomplices are charged with plotting three murders and arms possession.
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Flames have burst near a Sofia marketplace, witnesses alerted Sofia News Agency.
Eye-witnesses say that it looks like one of the stands at the marketplace in the capital's eastern "Musagenitsa" district is ablaze.
Crime | May 4, 2006, Thursday // 00:00
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A stolen traffic light caused a delay in the schedule of all the trains that pass through the country's Iskar station in Sofia.
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The Greek police have arrested a Bulgarian woman trying to sell her baby for EUR 18 000.
The woman, aged 32, was accompanied by a local midwife when they tried to sell the newborn to undercover officers.
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Another 17 dead dolphins were found on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast.
Seven dead dolphins were discovered at Shabla's beach, five of the friendly mammals were found near the village of Kripets and 5 at Durankulak's beach.
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The number of crimes committed in Bulgaria in 2005 has decreased, going down twice over 2001-2004, a survey shows.
The report of the Centre for Democracy Study called "Crime tendencies in Bulgaria - police statistics" was presented during the open sessio
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The son of a union leader in the south-western city of Blagoervgrad has been arrested for fornication, media reported.
Twntey-year-old Ivan Marchev, son of the local "Podkrepa" labour union Dimitar Marchev was apprehended with his friend Alexander Bumbar
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A teenage girl, 17, was attacked by a woman at a Sofia bus stop Tuesday, media reported.
The assaulter, aged around 30, stabbed the teen with a knife.
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