Crime

Family with Child, 4, among Victims in Latest Chain Crash in Bulgaria

A young family and their four-year child are among the victims in the heavy car chain crash near the Black Sea town of Nessebar, it emerged hours after the tragedy struck.

Crime | March 18, 2007, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1508

6 Killed in Chain Crash Blast in Bulgaria

Six people died in a heavy car chain crash near the Black Sea town of Nessebar after the smashing hit triggered an explosion.

Crime | March 18, 2007, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1474

3 Bulgarian Teens Die in Truck, Car Crash

A 19-year-old Bulgarian boy and two girls at the age of 18 died Saturday when a heavy-loaded truck turned over the car the youngsters were moving in. The accident took place along the main road Sofia - Varna.

Crime | March 17, 2007, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1593

Elderly Bulgarian Robbed, Killed at Home

A Bulgarian woman at the age of 72 was found dead in her house in the village of Ivanski on Friday, local police reported. Several empty wallets have been found in the room, where the body of Kalinka Atanasova was lying.

Crime | March 17, 2007, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1371

Bulgaria's Showman Dies in Chain Car Crash

Bulgaria's TV anchor and showman Emil Trifonov, aka Kembala, died Saturday morning in a chain car crash on one of the busiest Sofia boulevards Tsarigradsko shosse. The accident, in which a total of five cars were involved, was caused by a Mercedes, movin

Crime | March 17, 2007, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 3582

Bulgaria Cuffs "Major Internet Pirate"

Bulgarian police arrested the owner of the arenabg.com web site, which is one of Bulgaria's main torrent sites providing users with pirate music, movies and software.

Crime | March 16, 2007, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1562

Business Interests Suspected behind Bulgaria's Ex-PM Murder

Bulgaria's former interior chief secretary blamed settling scores between business rivals for the murder of former Primer Minister Andrey Lukanov. Tsvyatko Tsvetkov, who led the investigation in the first days after the murder, told Darik News all possib

Crime | March 16, 2007, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1723

5 Bulgarians Sentenced for Selling Drugs in Schools

Five Bulgarians were sentenced on Friday for drug circulation in schools, Darik News reported.

Crime | March 16, 2007, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1481

Human Skull Found in Bulgarian Village

A human skull was found Friday near the Bulgarian village of Malomir, the local police authorities reported. The skull has been discovered in the bed of Ticha River, where once the graveyard of Kyiolmen village was situated.

Crime | March 16, 2007, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1751

3 Bulgarians Arrested for Stolen Cars Trafficking in Spain

Three Bulgarians were arrested by Spanish police on Thursday for their participation in stolen cars traffic channel, Darik News reported. The individuals were detained in the glitzy resort Costa del Sol.

Crime | March 15, 2007, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1565

Defendants Fully Cleared over Bulgaria's Ex-PM Murder

A supreme court has fully and definitively cleared the five defendants in the trial for the murder of former Bulgarian PM Andrey Lukanov. The verdict, which upheld an earlier ruling of a lower court, is final and is not subject to appeal.

Crime | March 15, 2007, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1467

Sofia Launches Trial Against "Lazy" Customs Chief

Sofia City Court launched Thursday the trial against the former head of Sofia Customs Margarita Petsanova. Petsanova and an associate, Plamen Zhivkov, are accused of not putting enough care in their work as customs heads.

Crime | March 15, 2007, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1287

Ex-Sofia Heating Head Sees Evidence on Trial against Him

Ex-heating utility head Valentin Dimitrov was given Thursday the last opportunity to look through the evidence on the trial, which is currently led against him. On the previous hearing the defendant's lawyer Marin Markovski demanded that Dimitrov should

Crime | March 15, 2007, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1311

Man Kills Waiter, Policemen, Shot Dead in NY

A man killed Wednesday evening a waiter and two policemen and was shot dead by another police officer after a hunt in the NY glitzy neighbourhood Greenwich Village. The criminal entered a pizza restaurant near the New York University, asked for the menu

Crime | March 15, 2007, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1711

Bulgarians Arrested for Credit Cards Cloning in Italy

Four Bulgarians were arrested Thursday in the Italia's Milan for credit cards cloning. 150 copied credit cards, EUR 4,000 cash, two devices for reading the card's data through ATMs as well as two phoney transmitter keyboards were found in Bulgarians' fla

Crime | March 15, 2007, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1671

Bulgaria Sentences Minister's Son to 3 Years in Prison

The Plovdiv Appellate Court sentenced the son of a Bulgarian deputy minister to three year in prison for causing grievous bodily harm, downgrading an earlier sentence of attempted murder, Darik News reported. Iliya Yurukov's lawyers successfully argued t

Crime | March 14, 2007, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1380

New Batch of Poisonous Nuts Fuels Concerns in Bulgaria

A new huge batch of poisonous peanuts has been seized in Bulgaria less than a month after a mysterious toxic shipment from Gambia unleashed a wave of concerns. Six hundred kilograms of poisonous peanuts were discovered by the sanitary inspectors in the c

Crime | March 14, 2007, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1522

Bulgarian Writes Directions for Finding His Body, Hangs Himself

65-year-old Bulgarian hanged himself on a tree at the foot of Balgarka mount, first leaving a note with directions, which helped the police find his body on Wednesday.

Crime | March 14, 2007, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1317

Bulgarian Colonel Appeals Sentence for Sex Abuse

Sofia Military Court of Appeal launched Wednesday the reconsideration of the colonel Alexander Petkov's case, who was given three years of suspended sentence and five years of probation for sex abuse by the court in the town of Sliven. Petkov was found g

Crime | March 14, 2007, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1606

Boy Flies off 3rd Floor of School in Bulgaria, Dies

A thirteen-year-old boy died on the spot after flying off the third floor of a school in a village, near the town of Stara Zagora, Central Bulgaria.

Crime | March 14, 2007, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1343

Shop Bombed in Bulgaria

A bomb exploded in the night hours of Wednesday in Bulgaria's southern town of Haskovo, Darik News reported. The blast occurred around 4 in the morning in a perfumery and cosmetics shop in the centre of the town, near the local mosque.

Crime | March 14, 2007, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1300
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