Interior ministry

Bulgaria's Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova is to request a new update of the budget of the Ministry for 2015, seeking to cover additional expenses amounting to BGN 21 330 000.

The extra costs involve obligations to pay benefits to former employees due under the Interior Ministry Act and the Labor Code.

An extraordinary meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council of the European Union over the refugee crisis is scheduled to take place in Brussels on Tuesday.

The interior ministers will discuss the proposal of the European Commission for the emergency relocation of 120 000 people from member states exposed to massive migratory flows, namely Italy, Greece and Hungary.

The European Commission (EC) has judged Serbia's Action Plan for Chapter 24 (Justice, Freedom and Security) positively.

The negotiating team in charge of the chapter, which is under the Ministry of Interior, will take all the necessary steps to open it as soon as possible, the ministry has said.

Recordings showing meetings of Radoslav Radulovic with people from the Interior Ministry in 2008 and 2009 have been published on the website KRIK.

Energy Minister Taner Y?ld?z recently attracted a lot of reaction when he declared: ?I want to be a martyr.?

Mehmet Alkan, a member of the Turkish Gendarmerie who lost his brother, was one of those who reacted, saying at his brother?s funeral: ?You can?t say you want to be a martyr and then walk around with an armored guard surrounded by 30 body guards.?

Army helicopters will provide assistance in monitoring Bulgaria's borders to counter a potential surge in the number of migrants trying to enter the country, Deputy Interior Minister Filip Gunev has said.

Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic saidon Friday that around 90,000 migrants have passed through Serbia since January.

According to him, "the police are fully capable of ensuring the security and safety of the country."

The Interior Ministry announced the cancellation of annual and casual leaves of all police staff under the General Directorate of Security, until further notice.

The Interior Ministry (MUP) has banned all gatherings scheduled for Saturday in Belgrade, Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has confirmed.

Stefanovic told a press conference that the police, after performing security and operational checks, decided to ban all gahterings scheduled for tomorrow outside parliament.

Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic says a total of 35,712 people have sought asylum in Serbia in the first six months of 2015.

They come most from Syria and Afghanistan, but also from Somalia, Iraq and other countries, the minister explained on Thursday.