Bulgaria's Ministry of Interior

Specially Equipped Team to Enter Site of Explosion in NW Bulgaria

A specially equipped team of Bulgaria's Ministry of Interior is to enter the site of the explosion near the village of Gorni Lom.

A powerful blast at a privately-owned explosives plant near the northwestern village of Gorni Lom at around 5 pm on Wednesday left 3 injured, with 15 people feared dead.

Bulgarian Interior Ministry Working to Nab New Contract Killing Group

Bulgaria's Ministry of Interior is investigating a new group of contract killers in the country, the Ministry Chief Secretary Svetlozar Lazarov said, Thursday.

He added that the group is responsible for the murder of a public figure, Bulgarian National Radio informed.

"I hope that soon we can shed light on a fifth contract killing group," Lazarov said.

Bulgaria's Interior Ministry Suspects 1,000 People of Vote Buying

About one thousand people have been defined by Bulgaria's Ministry of Interior as potentially involved in vote buying at the upcoming early parliamentary elections.

Their names were announced in the police departments and they are being investigated, assured the Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Svetlozar Lazarov.