Bulgaria's Interior Ministry

Vladimir Pisanchev, who heads the Bulgarian counter-intelligence body DANS, has tabled his resignation.

This comes hours after on the Chief Secretary of Bulgaria's Interior Ministry, Svetlozar Lazarov, stepped down and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said he would accept the move.

A group of young men armed with batons stormed into a shopping mall on Alexander Stamboliiski Boulevard in Sofia late on Wednesday.

The incident happened at around 8:15 p.m.

The group consisted of 7-10 members, according to reports of different media outlets.

The security guards of the shopping center called the police.

Bulgaria's Interior Ministry has been provided with reliable evidences from its Greek colleagues that the former chief of the State Agency for National Security (DANS) Petko Sertov is in Greece.

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The administration in Bulgaria's Interior Ministry will be reappointed according to the Civil Service Act next year, in which way servants will not be able to retire under the conditions pertaining to the first category of labour.

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Bulgaria's Interior Ministry will announce on Wednesday details on the disappearance of Petko Sertov, former head of the National Security Agency (DANS).

According to his wife, Sertov calmly left home on Friday, leaving behind his mobile phones and hasn't been heard from or seen since then.

A fire broke out at the building of the Kanal 3TV channel in Sofia Tuesday evening, according to reports of Bulgaria's Interior Ministry.

The staff of Kanal 3 have been successfully evacuated from the building in Sofia's Krasna Polyana district.

The fire started in a nearby apartment and was probably caused by a short circuit, according to Nova TV.

The Kapitan Andreevo border crossing point has been closed since 11 pm on Wednesday due to flooding.

The processing of incoming and outgoing vehicles at the border crossing point has stopped due to flooding caused by an increase in the water level of the Kalamitsa River after heavy rain.

Bulgaria's Interior Ministry will present on Tuesday new rules for the work of police officers, aiming to combat corruption, especially among traffic police.

The new rules will minimise the direct contact between the traffic police and the motorists. One of the ideas is to film each interaction between the police and the drivers.

Bulgaria's Interior Minister Veselin Vuchkov on Tuesday supported the idea of establishing European Prosecutor's Office responsible for combating fraud and misappropriation of EU funds.

Bulgaria has a track record of mismanagement of EU funds, which had resulted in the suspension of funding under several operational programmes.

Migrant pressure and a shortage of finds are the main issues Bulgaria's Interior Ministry should tackle in the near term, Interior Minister Veselin Vuchkov said on Sunday.

The ministry's budget is expected to show a shortfall of some BGN 210M (EUR 105M) at the end of the year, Vuchkov told a news conference.