Rumyana Bachvarova

There is "no evidence" of a terror attack being plotted in Bulgaria, outgoing Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova has said.

"There are people distributing this kind of information. [Security] services are working and every piece of information is being looked at," Bachvarova told private NOVA TV broadcaster.

There is no information whatsoever of a terrorist attack being planned in Bulgaria, prosecuting authorities have said.

No data about the preparation of such an attack has been submitted to the Specialized Prosecutor's Office as of Monday afternoon, according to the Supreme Cessation Prosecutor's Office.

Outgoing Bulgarian Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova has said the government received information about "three or four foreign nationals in the country" preparing a terrorist attack.

The data was received through diplomatic means, she has added in response to reporters, quoted by bTV station.

"It is not right for the biggest political force to back a significantly smaller one," stated Deputy PM Rumyana Bachvarova in relation to the intention of President Rossen Plevneliev to hand a mandate for the forming of a government to the Reformist Bloc.

Bulgaria's outgoing Interior Ministry Rumyana Bachvarova has said authorities are preparing to restrict the movement of migrants within Bulgaria's territory.

The decision, which matches earlier plans, follows the riots in the Harmanli reception center at the end of November.

The Afghan boy's medical condition has been stabilised after an operation, but his life is still at risk, Jivko Zhelyazkov, deputy director of the University Hospital in the city of Stara Zagora in southern Bulgaria told BIRN on Monday.

"The worst is not expected to happen," Zhelyazkov said.

Another 30 gendarmerie officers will leave for Harmanli, announced outgoing Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova. She informed Parliament about the situation in the refugee centre where there were riots on Thursday.

Outgoing Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova announced that GERB will not support the Patriotic Front in its attempt to form a government within the framework of the current Parliament.

Bachvarova explained on Nova TV that simple logic excludes the option of the biggest party in Parliament backing the third or fourth largest political force and implementing their programme.

It is expected that PM Boyko Borisov will be interrogated on Wednesday at 13:00 hrs at the investigative service with Sofia City Prosecutor's Office in relation to the contracts for vaccines with Turkey.

There will be no ground for the government to backtrack on plans to step down if Tsetska Tsacheva loses the election, Bulgarian Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova has said.

Bachvarova has told NOVA TV that Tsacheva, backed by the main ruling GERB party and coalition partner Reformist Bloc, has a good chance to become the next President after the runoff vote.