Burgas

42.5
27.4667
Country: Bulgaria
Burgas Province
Population: 199 873

Bulgarian Police Detains 12 Illegal Immigrants After Car Pursuit in Burgas

Bulgarian authorities detained twelve illegal immigrants after a police operation involving a car pursuit in the city of Burgas.

Officers from the fifth district department noticed a car bearing a Sofia licence plate to be speeding on one of the city's boulevards.

Six Bulgarian Cities Participate in Tenth Edition of European Researchers' Night

Six Bulgarian cities are participating in the tenth edition of the European Researchers' Night which is taking place on Friday.

Events will take place simultaneously in 280 cities across Europe and beyond.

The six Bulgarian cities hosting events are Sofia, Plovidv, Varna, Burgas, Ruse and Stara Zagora, daily Dnevnik informs.

Bulgarian Authorities Detain 29 Refugees from Syria, Iraq Near Burgas

Bulgarian authorities detained two groups of refugees numbering a total of 29 people from Syria and Iraq on the main road to Turkey near the city of Burgas.

One of the groups, which consisted of nine people identifying themselves as Iraqi citizens, was uncovered by foresters in the area of the village of Marinka.

Bulgaria Thwarts Two Attempts to Smuggle Some 90 Migrants from Turkey

Bulgarian police have prevented the trafficking of about 90 illegal migrants in two separate incidents near Tsarevo, close to the border with Turkey, the Sofia-based news daily 24 Chasa reported on Thursday.

Forty-one migrants from Syria including women and children were found packed in a minivan driven by a Bulgarian man from the city of Burgas late on Wednesday.

Bulgaria Denies Media Reports of Search for Two Suspected Terrorists Linked to IS

Bulgaria's Interior Ministry has denied media reports it is looking for two suspected terrorists allegedly linked to Islamic State group.

The information that appeared in Bulgarian media on Sunday was "wrong interpretation of measures being taken by the Interior Ministry", the Ministry said in a statement, according to 24 Chasa news daily.

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