3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (862+ words) Sofia has reached the final of the European Capital of Tourism 2027 competition, becoming one of eight cities shortlisted after an independent assessment of 43 applications from 18 countries. The Bulgarian capital is one of only two national capitals to make the final…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (491+ words) Eleven cars were burned in two separate incidents in Sofia overnight, with six vehicles destroyed in one fire and another five affected in the second. The fires broke out in the capital’s Lagera and Hipodruma neighborhoods, BNR reported. Both incidents…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (493+ words) More than 20 sexual assaults have been reported in Ceuta over the past month, with authorities investigating a number of alleged perpetrators. The figures released by Spanish government officials and prosecutors differ. Equality Minister Ana Redondo told Congress that 21 sexual assaults…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (728+ words) Greek authorities have tightened police controls along the Serres-Promahon road following renewed tensions at a migrant camp near the Bulgarian border, where more than 100 migrants reportedly attempted to break out for the second time in a week. The migrants tried…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (635+ words) That crash was notable in Bulgaria this summer only for its lack of casualties. Over the preceding ten weeks the country recorded a sequence of incidents in which vehicles passed through central barriers on motorways that were built precisely to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (809+ words) Italy is extending temporary border controls on travelers arriving from Spain for another 15 days, citing the continuing migrant crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and the security concerns it has created. The Italian Interior Ministry said the suspension of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (602+ words) Migrants clashed with police at a detention center in northern Greece, with 35 people escaping the facility after cutting through a perimeter fence before authorities recaptured nearly half of them, police said Sunday. The incident took place at the temporary accommodation…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (976+ words) Firefighting crews continued battling a large wildfire in Bulgaria's Haskovo region, where flames have spread across nearly 10,000 decares, or about 1,000 hectares, near the villages of Dinevo, Koren, Krivo Pole and Malevo. Seventeen fire brigade teams, a bulldozer and a helicopter…...