Malko Tarnovo

The traffic along the border with Turkey is normal, there is no crowding of buses or cars. This was reported  from the press office of Chief Directorate 'Border Police'.

The activity of the checkpoints was not interrupted during the night in both directions, the traffic is normal.

The traffic at border cross checkpoint Kapitan Andreevo will be blocked again today by protests held by United Patriots against the so-called ''voting tourism'' from Turkey.

Slightly after 10:00 hrs, traffic at border cross checkpoint Kapitan Andreevo was blocked by protests held by patriots against the so-called "voting tourism" from Turkey.

Initially, the protest was announced as peaceful but, later on, people decided to block the lane from Turkey to Bulgaria and put tyres and chains along it.

Bulgaria said March 18 that it was ready to boost patrols and finish a fence along its southeastern frontier with Turkey in an effort to hold off any new influx of migrants.

The pledge comes as Turkey is in separate rows with Bulgaria and the EU, raising worries Ankara could allow a rush of asylum seekers across the border.   

Bulgaria's Defence Minister Stefan Yanev said on Saturday that he is ready to boost patrols and finish a fence along its southeastern frontier with Turkey in an effort to hold off any new influx of migrants.

The road through Kalotina to Serbia is unpassable, announced the Union of Bulgarian Drivers.

The highway from Niš through Aleksinac in the direction of Belgrade is impossible to use.

Due to a chain crash in which at least 20 cars were involved, the highway Belgrade-Niš has been blocked. At least 18 people have been injured.

Turkish police have sealed off roads into Bulgaria, fearing the gunman who killed 39 and wounded dozens in a nightclub in Istanbul might escape, the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) says.

A 4-km line of vehicles seeking to cross into Turkey has been caused by an operation of security and law enforcement officers, the Bulgarian National Radio reports.

Police have raided administrative spaces and residential buildings in Black Sea city of Burgas and the town of Yambol.

Twenty-eight customs officers have been detained so far, the prosecution says.

The Burgas Regional Prosecutor's Office has imposed a 72-hour arrest sanction on the Turkish citizen Metin Hersek who was detained at the Malko Tarnovo border cross checkpoint with nearly 30 kg of heroin and EUR 37,500, reported Darik radio.

Bulgarian Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova has said the government does not plan to set up new accommodation centers for migrants.

While on a visit to the border areas between Bulgaria and Turkey, she has voiced the cabinet's confidence the existing infrastructure will help address the current inflow of migrants.