Crime

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: 1377

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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Man with Bulgarian Passport Found Dead in Russia

Man with a Bulgarian and a Turkish passport was found dead in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg on Monday, the web site fontanka.ru reported.

Crime | March 13, 2007, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1560

Bulgarian Jailed for 18 Years for Killing Offspring

The Regional Court in the Bulgarian town of Yambol sentenced Tuesday to 18-year imprisonment a man, who killed his infant child in an extremely cruel way. After a domestic row on August 13 2006, Stefan Zlatev, 29, gripped the 3-year-old Nasko by the thro

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2 Bulgarians Sentenced in Spain

Two Bulgarian citizens were sentenced to nine years in prison in Spain, who are charged with using gorged credit cards, Spanish newspaper La Verdad reported on Tuesday. The court in Alicante decided that two men will also have to pay a fine of EUR 3000 a

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American, 74, Jailed in Bulgaria for Sex Abuse

An American, living in the Bulgarian town of Vratsa, was found guilty of underage sex abuse and porn materials distribution, Darik News reported.

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USD 28 M Worth of Diamonds Stolen from Antwerp Bank

Diamonds that worth USD 28 M were stolen from an Antwerp bank by a man, who has been a trusted customer for a year using a stolen Argentine passport, Darik News reported. Prosecutors say the suspect broke into safety deposit boxes in an ABM Amro bank in t

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Car Crash Injures 3 Bystanders in Sofia

The collision of two cars on the Hristo Smirnenski boulevard in downtown Sofia injured three bystanders, Darik News reported on Monday. The causes of the collision were not immediately clear, but both cars ended up in the outdoor section of a caf?©, wher

Crime | March 12, 2007, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1650

Train Cars Moving Propane Explode in New York State

A train carrying propane derailed near the town of Oneida, in New York, forcing authorities to evacuate the town's inhabitants and shut off a portion of a nearby motorway, the Associated Press reported on Monday. The explosion followed the derailment of

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Bulgarian with Fake Passport Arrested in Austria

A Bulgarian citizen was arrested in Austria's province Burgenland on suspicions for people smuggling. The 30-year-old man was detained late on Saturday night together with a fellow citizen and a 28-year-old Turkish.

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Bulgarian Killed in Drunken Brawl

A 53-year-old man was beaten to death by a fellow villager after a drunken brawl in the village of Aidemir, Northern Bulgaria on Saturday. The victim and his attacker, a 51-year-old man, were sitting at the same table in a local pub and drank a lot.

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Sofia Police Chief Dismissed

Sofia district police chief has been dismissed days after the interior minister asked him to resign over the case of missing Croatian Ivan Mozhe. Interior Minister Rumen Petkov has accused top cop Stoyan Stoyanov of covering up crucial for the investigat

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Severed Head Found in Bulgaria Is Not Kidnapped Croatian's

The severed human head, which was discovered last week near Bulgaria's town of Slivnitsa, does not belong to the allegedly kidnapped Croatian Ivan Mozhe, his lawyer said. Lawyer Nikolay Berov made the statement in an interview for Darik News on Monday.

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2 Versions For Blasting Bulgarian in Cyprus

Police is working on two versions for the death of a Bulgarian with dual citizenship, who was blasted in his car in Cyprus on Sunday. The first hypothesis is that Anastasious Tsapelous and his wife Bulgarian Antoaneta Atanasova, who was seriously injured

Crime | March 12, 2007, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1368

Bulgarian With Dual Citizenship Blasted in Cyprus

A Bulgarian with dual citizenship was killed in a Cyprus car blast on Sunday, Darik News reported, citing Foreign Ministry spokesman Dimitar Tsanchev. Anastasious Tsapelous, who had both a Cyprian and a Bulgarian passport, was killed on the spot when his

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Bulgarian Killed in Cyprus Car Blast

A Bulgarian man was killed in Cyprus when a blast ripped through his car in the resort of Limasol. The man's wife, who was also in the car, has been hospitalized in critical condition, Darik News reported, quoting AFP.

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Corrupt Border Policeman Sacked in Bulgaria

Bulgaria's Interior Minister Rumen Petkov has sacked officer Lyubomir Vladov from the Kalotina border checkpoint because he asked for a bribe. A citizen called the anti-corruption hotline to report that Vladov had requested cash from passengers on a bus

Crime | March 11, 2007, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1729
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