Ministry of Interior

The government withdrew the draft decision to build two multi-purpose modular patrol vessels at the request of the company selected for the order and despite yesterday's negotiations to change the payment scheme.

After the series of police protests there is already a salary increase in the Ministry of Interior was promised. However, the increase is not for all employees.

According to bTV information, the additional funds are in the range from BGN 30 to BGN 108 per month. According to trade unions, this does not solve the problems in the sector.

The Migration Directorate of the Ministry of Interior received a donation of two minibuses for the transport of migrants from the Ministry of Justice and Security of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, reports novinite.bg. 

Bus caught on fire on Tsarigradsko shosse Blvd in the area of ​​the former Pliska hotel, the press center of the Ministry of Interior announced. The report of the incident occurred shortly after 10am.

Vidin - Calafat Danube Bridge (between Bulgaria and Romania) will be temporarily closed to all vehicle traffic, in both directions, from 13:00 to 14:00 on 18th of October, the press center of the Ministry of Interior announced, quoted by BNT. 

The closure is required due to routine technical maintainance of the bridge, Border Police explains.

BGN 55 million additional funds for the Ministry of Interior will be included in the budget for next year. This was announced by the Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov on bTV this morning.

There was bustle and crowds of police near Lyulin metro station in the capital shared many people on social networks, dnes.bg informs. 

"The subway is moving very slowly ... I do not know what's going on," some of the posts on Facebook say.

The ATM was blown up in the "Druzhba" quarter of Sofia earlier on Thursday, the Ministry of Interior confirmed, reports Mediapool.

The report of the crime was filed at 4.30 am. The blasted device is located near the entrance to a large hypermarket in the residential complex. The explosion has caused material damage to the store, Nova TV reported.

Mechanism for immediate response in the events of assaults against medical staff was established by the police and the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Sofia on 26th of September. Their representatives met with hospital directors and the emergency medical service in order to explain to them how to act if there was an incident of violence by patients. By the end of the month.

Border officers will receive the right to conduct investigations. This was voted by the MPs with the amendments to the law on the Ministry of Interior proposed by the Council of Ministers. The border guards will be able to conduct operative-search actions and conduct investigations, Deputy Interior Minister Krassimir Tsipov explained, Darik informed.