Burgas

The population of Bulgaria is further on the ebb and ageing, an official from the country's statistics agency has said.

British electronic music group The Prodigy will be the headliners at this year's edition of the Summer Chaos festival, which will take place at the Lazur stadium in the Bulgarian city of Burgas on August 13.

The concert is part of the group's tour in support of their latest album "The Day Is My Enemy" which was released last year.

Bulgarian authorities detained a total of 39 migrants in two operations taking place in different parts of the country.

In the first instance, authorities detained nineteen people as they attempted to illegally cross the Bulgarian-Greek border near the village of Teplen in the municipality of Blagoevgrad over the weekend.

The Bulgarian city of Burgas will launch a modern electronic ticket system for its public transport in June.

Passengers will be allowed to change several buses at no additional cost if the total time of their journey does not exceed 45 minutes.

Bulgaria has commissioned the third of four modernized compressor stations, which is transiting 85% of natural gas to the country's neighbours, the Energy Ministry announced on Monday.

State-owned gas grid operator Bulgartransgas has put into operation the key Strandzha compressor station following investment of BGN 70 M, the ministry said in a statement.

Nearly 300 miners will lose their jobs as the "Cherno more" mine near the Bulgarian city of Burgas will close on Monday.

The closure of the mine comes as surprise for the miners, who are still waiting to receive their February salaries.

Bulgarian authorities detained on Thursday 21illegal migrants in a building from a former agricultural complex located in the neighbourhood of Dolno Ezerovo in the city of Burgas.

The men, who had illegally crossed the Bulgarian border, identified themselves as coming from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Syria.

Two Chinese companies - the e-commerce giant Alibaba and the Porter City Holding are considering investing in major logistical projects in Bulgaria, Bulgarian institutions have announced.

Lukoil Neftochim, a Burgas-based oil refinery, will be slapped with a fine for contaminating the city's air with hydrogen sulfide, Environment Minister Ivelina Vasileva has said.

Vasileva has told the Bulgarian National Television the official announcement is to come from local authorities later on Friday.

Bulgarian authorities detained eighteen illegal migrants and two suspected smugglers after stopping a minibus for inspection in the city of Burgas on Tuesday evening.

The group, which had crossed the Bulgarian border illegally, consisted of men, women and children who identified themselves as coming from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq.