Ministry of the Interior

The Presidency has sent an official refusal to release the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Petar Todorov and the reasons attached to it to the Council of Ministers, BNR reported. The refusal was sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In July, 2,576 citizens of third countries were detained in Bulgaria, which is 35% more compared to the previous month, according to the monthly data on the migration situation of the Ministry of the Interior.

For the period from January to July, 8,740 migrants were detained in Bulgaria, which represents a 14.5% increase compared to the figures for the same months in 2022.

The businessman Vasil Bozhkov announced on his Facebook profile that he is returning to Bulgaria this afternoon. Since January 2020, he has been in Dubai, and several investigations are being conducted against him in absentia and he has been declared an internationally wanted man.

Four PFC "Levski" fans died in a car accident on their way back to Gabrovo after last night's match against Eintracht, "BNT reported. One person survived the serious accident and was taken to hospital.

The accident happened in the area of the village of Bulgarene, and the road remained closed in both directions for several hours.

A football match and a march in support of Ukraine require increased security measures in Sofia, the Ministry of the Interior reports.

On Thursday, a football match from the "Conference League" tournament between the teams of PFC "Levski" and FC "Eintracht Frankfurt" will be held on the territory of the capital. The match starts at 20:00 p.m. at the "Vasil Levski" National Stadium.

Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov announced that the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Chief Commissioner Petar Todorov, will be replaced. After a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of the Interior and the heads of the special services, he commented that currently, serious criminal offenses do not pose a threat to national security.

The investigators are working on 2 versions of the murder of Aleksei Petrov - revenge or financial debts, announced the Minister of Internal Affairs Kalin Stoyanov.

In an interview with "24 Chasa", Stoyanov explains that the whole country is working with a heavy criminal contingent for possible complicity in the murder.

An attack on the monument to the Soviet Army took place last night. Young men broke with a hammer the plaque on the monument known as MOCHA - Monument to the Occupier Red Army, and also attacked with smoke the tent camp that the party "Levitsata" had set up there to guard the monument.

By order of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Kalin Stoyanov, senior commissioner Tsvetan Mihailov Tsankov has been appointed director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Smolyan, announced the Ministry of the Interior.

He was officially presented to the leadership of the Directorate by Deputy Minister Kiril Tsenkin.

Former politician and national security expert Alexei Petrov was killed, sources from the prosecutor's office told the media. According to initial information, the murder took place in the capital's "Dragalevtsi" district.