News archive of September 2016

Until January 1, 2015, people at the age of over 80 in Bulgaria were over 331,000 or 4.6% of the entire population, reported Eurostat in an analysis on elderly people in the EU-28 in the period 2005-2015.

This means that almost every 20th person in Bulgaria is over the age of 80.

Religious authorities have launched an investigation into an imam who closed down a mosque in the Safranbolu district of the Black Sea province of Karabük to take his annual leave, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Denmark has voiced support for Turkey's "counter-terrorism efforts" and its people's role in suppressing the deadly July 15 failed coup.

The Pirelli plant in southern Slatina is an example of the good co-operation between Romania and Italy in economic field, on Friday said Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos.

Employees of the Border Police Chief Directorate have arrested an organised criminal group for human trafficking, reported the directorate.

Fifty-year old V.M. and two women - R.P. and A.T. from Sofia have been detained.

The 34-year-old Victoria’s Secret angel cast her sultry gaze on the camera as she poses completely nude for photographer Variano Vivanco, proving that she is never one to shy away from showing her slender frame in all its glory. Alessandra Ambrosio posted the black and white picture on Instagram and got hundreds of thousands of likes from her followers.

A Council of State meeting to consider appeals against the constitutionality of a recent auction of TV licenses by the government was suspended Friday following a disagreement between judges.

The reasons behind the disagreement were not immediately clear.

The Interior Ministry is currently carrying out an operation at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint, reported BNR.

According to initial information, four border policemen have been arrested for corruption. the policemen were caught with marked money.

There are representatives of the Interior Ministry and the Prosecutor's Office on the spot.

Conservative opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has repeated his call for early elections while accusing Greece's SYRIZA-led coalition of setting the economy back two years.

"We are ready to win the election and we are ready to govern," Mitsotakis said in an interview with CNBC.

A new unit financed with a part of the EUR 160 M provided by the EU to Bulgaria will outline measures for increasing the security of the country, stated Vice Premier and Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova.