Border Police

Border policemen have managed to confiscate since the beginning of the year over 4,600 tonnes of waste, as part of some operations carried out with the Environmental Guard - the Directorate of Customs, Border Police Inspectorate General (IGPF) Head, chief police quaestor Liviu Bute informed on Thursday. "We notice a significant increase in several specific indicators for the Border Police.

Lorries leaving Romania through the Giurgiu-Ruse border crossing point (PTF) are queuing up eight kilometres on the first lane of the national road DN 5 Bucharest-Giurgiu waiting two hundred minutes for checking, while traffic in the area is guided by traffic police on the national road and by local police crews at the entrance to Giurgiu towards the border point.

The trucks leaving Romania through the Giurgiu-Ruse Border Checkpoint form, on Thursday morning, queues of about ten kilometers on the first lane of Bucharest - Giurgiu National Road 5 and have to wait 140 minutes at border control. "In the last 24 hours, there was a very large number of trucks at Giurgiu-Ruse Border Checkpoint, which is why the waiting times for border control are high.

The Blood Transfusion Center "Colonel Professor dr. Nicolae Nestorescu'', located inside the Central Military Emergency Hospital Dr.Carol Davila, is hosting on Monday, in partnership with the Romanian Patriarchate, a blood donation activity to mark World Blood Donor Day.

The life jacket of the pilot of the lost fighter was found in the sea today at about 10 o'clock, BNT reported.

The search for him continues. It involves forces and assets from the Navy, the Joint Special Operations Command, the Border Police and the Air Force.

A MiG aircraft has crashed into the sea off Shabla during the Shabla 2021 military exercises, confirmed for BNR Rear Admiral Kiril Mihaylov, Commander of the Navy.

The caretaker Interior Minister has appointed a new National Police director, the Ministry said on Tuesday. Stanimir Stanev comes to replace Nikolai Hadjiev who will be reassigned. The reasons for Hadjiev's replacement remain unclear.

Border police officers, tax inspectors and customs officials will begin an inspection of Russian oil giant Lukoil's oil port located near the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas on Wednesday.

The border police in Bors has caught 30 foreigners who were attempting to illegally cross the border with Hungary hidden in a lorry. On Saturday, around 2.00 pm, at the Bors Border Crossing Point, a Turkish citizen showed up for the formalities, on the way out of the country, driving a lorry registered in Turkey.

For the first four months of the current year the Interior Ministry reports seven times as many attempts by illegal immigrants to enter Bulgaria through the Bulgarian-Turkish border compared to the same period in 2020. The Ministry said border police stopped 3,978 illegal immigrants who tried to enter the country.