Ministry of Interior

''I have already chosen the head of Sofia Directorate of the Ministry of Interior Mladen Marinov as Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry'', said the new Interior Minister Valentin Radev in an interview for bTV.

After a five-day search resulted in the discovery of a corpse, the death of ten-year-old Konstantin Stijepic has been blamed on the reluctance of authorities in the Bosnian Serb entity to ask for help from counterparts in the country's Federation entity. 

A day of mourning was declared by the Bulgarian government on Monday after a cargo train carrying petrol and propylene derailed in the village of Hitrino in northeast Bulgaria, causing an explosion that killed seven and injured 29 people.

Outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borisov postponed the planned meeting with Viktor Orban in Hungary due to the escalation of the situation in the refugee camp in Harmanli, announced the Government information service.

A Coordination Centre for Counteracting Illegal Migration has been established with Chief Directorate Border Police, announced the Ministry of Interior.

Dragan Lukac, Interior Minister of Republika Srpska, the Serb-dominated entity of Bosnia, said the entity government will soon send its special police units for training in Russia and is also keen to buy military equipment from Moscow.

The Serbian Ministry of Interior (MUP) will ban anti-migrant gatherings planned for August 31 "by organizations such are Dveri, Nasi and Obraz."

Minister of Interior Nebojsa Stefanovic made the announcement on Wednesday, adding:

BELGRADE/SEOUL - State Secretary in the Serbian Ministry Interior Ministry (MUP) Aleksandar Nikolic and Commissioner General of the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) Kang Sin-myeong met in Seoul Thursday to discuss a memorandum of understanding that should enhance cooperation in fighting cyber crime.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said in Banja Luka on Saturday that in the coming period the cooperation with the police of Republika Srpska (RS) would be stepped up even further, in an effort to ensure an efficient fight against crime, corruption and terrorism.

The Sofia Directorate to the Ministry of the Interior is currently working on an investigation regarding a severe criminal case.

The dead body of a 5-year old boy has been discovered in a closed suitcase near the village of Pasarel on Friday.