Malko Tarnovo

Bulgarian Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova will insist for urgent review of the legislative amendments aimed at imposing stricter sanctions against human traffickers.

Bachvarova stated this during a working visit to the border check point near the town of Malko Tarnovo on Saturday, private bTV station informs.

Bulgaria has suffered losses amounting to EUR 80 M due to the restrictions, which Russia has imposed on exports of agricultural production from Bulgaria.

This was announced by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in the town of Malko Tarnovo on Saturday, Darik radio reports.

Bulgarian customs said on Monday they have seized 9.5 kilogrammes of heroin stashed in the LPG reservoir of a Bulgarian-registered passenger car.

The car was entering Bulgaria from Turkey at Malko Tarnovo border crossing.

The car driver, a Bulgarian national, has been detained, the Customs Agency said in a statement.

Forest guards discovered the dead body of an immigrant near the Bulgarian-Turkish border in the Malko Tarnovo region, reports the Burgas police.

The body of the unidentified man was found near the river Mladezhka in the Strandzha mountain, not far away from the village of Zvezdets.

Turkish border authorities will introduce a disinfection system for vehicles at the border crossings with Bulgaria - Kapitan Andreevo, Kapikule, Hamzabeyli / Lesovo and Derekoy / Malko Tarnovo.

Vehicles entering Turkey from Bulgaria will pass through a special system for disinfecting, the governor of the border town of Edirne, Dursun Ali Sahin, announced at a press conference.

The blockade at two of the three border crossings between Bulgaria and Turkey - Kapitan Andreevo and Malko Tarnovo is lifted, said Bulgaria's Interior Ministry.

There are still people lingering at the checkpoints, but traffic has been restored.

The three border crossings between Bulgaria and Turkey - Kapitan Andreevo, Lesovo and Malko Tarnovo are blocked and crossing is impossible, said Bulgaria's Interior Ministry.

Bulgaria’s Customs Agency said on Friday it has seized nearly 16 kg of heroin at Malko Tarnovo checkpoint, at the border with Turkey.

The drug haul was hidden in a Bulgarian-registered car that travelled to Bulgaria from Turkey on August 13, the agency said in a statement. The car driver was a Bulgarian citizen.

Border crossing points on the Bulgarian-Turkish border have opened polling stations for Turkey’s presidential elections on August 10.

A total of10 polling stations have been opened, including 8 at Kapikule – Kapitan Andreevo, one at Hamzabeyli – Lesovo and one at Derekyoy – Malko Tarnovo, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Radio.

Bulgaria's Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint with Turkey will be closed for incoming trucks from 10 am to 4 pm on Wednesday.

Due to road maintenance, freight trucks will not be allowed to pass into Bulgaria during these hours, the border authorities informed.

The other two checkpoints, at Malko Tarnovo and Lesovo will be opened for traffic.