Turks in Bulgaria

Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova has told Russian counterpart Alexander Novak that Sofia is proposing the construction of a gas hub on Bulgarian soil.

A total of 15 126 people were not allowed to cross the Bulgarian-Turkish border since the beginning of 2014, Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Svetlozar Lazarov told journalists at a joint press conference with caretaker Interior Minister Yordan Bakalov.

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A total of 51 persons were apprehended at Bulgaria's border checkpoints over the weekend, the Ministry of Interior informs.

Of those, 50 were detained at the Bulgarian-Turkish border and one at the Bulgarian-Macedonian border.

The total number of Bulgarian citizens who have cast their votes in the polling stations in 58 countries is 131,590.

Nearly half of them voted in Turkey - 60 090 people, according to a statement published on the website of Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry.

The blockade at two of the three border crossings between Bulgaria and Turkey - Kapitan Andreevo and Malko Tarnovo is lifted, said Bulgaria's Interior Ministry.

There are still people lingering at the checkpoints, but traffic has been restored.

The three border crossings between Bulgaria and Turkey - Kapitan Andreevo, Lesovo and Malko Tarnovo are blocked and crossing is impossible, said Bulgaria's Interior Ministry.

Two hundred Turkish academics, writers and civil society activists issue a statement calling on the Turkish people and the international organizations to take a strong position in defense of Kobane

Police have detained 78 illegal immigrants in an operation at a hostel in downtown Sofia.

The illegal immigrants, Iraqi and Afghanistan nationals, were detained in a joint operation of the Sofia Directorate of the Ministry of Interior and Border Police, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Television.

Some 10 illegal immigrants were sharing one room.

Ex-journalist and MEP Nikolay Barekov's Bulgaria without Censorship party has pledged to set up a blockade at the Bulgarian-Turkish border on October 1.

Mariya Kalenderska, MP candidate and Barekov's partner, has told national private channel bTV her party doubts the electoral process could be fair here or in the polling sections opened in Turkey.