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Three people, including a Bulgarian national, have been arrested in Hungary in connection with the 71 refugees found dead in a truck on an Austrian motorway.
According to reports of Austrian police, the truck was owned by a Bulgarian national of Lebanese origin.
The other two arrested in Hungary were drivers.
Police are investigating a Bulgarian-Hungarian people smuggling ring, according to CNN.
The truck, a refrigeration vehicle with Hungarian license plates, had been abandoned some 24 hours before it was discovered by police, according to preliminary information.
According to the latest reports, the death toll includes 60 men, 8 women, and 3 children, most of them believed to be Syrians.
As of November 30, 2025, over 4.3 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine were under temporary protection across the European Union, according to Eurostat
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In Kazanlak, a grocery store owner recently identified a counterfeit 100-euro banknote in circulation. Tihomir Bezlov, chief expert of the Security program at the Center for the Study of Democracy
Bulgarian authorities seized 215 liters of alcohol from a commercial premises in the village of Malo Konare, Pazardzhik region, the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Pazardzhik reported.
A family of pensioners from the village of Lozno in Kyustendil became victims of a robbery after converting 50,000 leva (approximately €25,500) into euros at a local bank.
A counterfeit 500 Euro (BGN 980) banknote was discovered in Pernik after being used to claim winnings at a local casino.
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