Kovachevtsi
Assassination Attempt against the Bulgarian Prosecutor General (OVERVIEW)
An accident with the motorcade of the chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev occurred on the road between Sofia and Samokov. According to information from the National Television, the chief prosecutor was supposed to travel to Turkey. Before leaving, he decided to go to a meeting with junior prosecutors in the Samokov region.
Refugee Center in Bulgaria’s Kovatchevtsi Faces Closure
The refugee center in the western village of Kovachevtsi will be closed, according to Nikolay Chirpanliev, Chair of Bulgaria's State Agency for Refugees.
In an interview for Presa daily, Chirpanliev says that the authorities will have to move some 100 people, who currently live there, to other centers.
Bulgarian Village Demands that Immigrants Leave Accommodation Site by end-October
Residents of the western Bulgarian village of Kovachevtsi have issued a declaration demanding that the immigrants accommodated at the National Children Ecological Complex leave by October 30.
Parents Oppose Admission of Refugee Children to School in W Bulgaria
Parents of pupils from the Kovatchevtsi municipality have staged a protest in front of a school, opposing plans to allow 12 refugee children to attend classes.
According to Vasil Stanimirov, Mayor of Kovachevtsi, the parents of the children, Somali and Afghan nationals, have been rejected refugee status.