Airport employees and border police were among the first interrogated in the trial for the terrorist attack on Sarafovo Airport in Burgas on 18 July 2012 in which five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian were killed and more than thirty were injured.
The trial in which the Lebanese citizens, Meliad Farah and Hassan El Hajj Hassan, have been charged in absentia, began at the Specialized Court after nearly 18 months of procedural impediments.
The defendants have been wanted by Interpol under a red notice for more than five years, but to no avail.
In the meantime, the surviving victims and the relatives of those killed in the attack have lodged civil claims to the tune of about 100 million euro.
On Tuesday, minimum temperatures in the country will be between 11 and 16°C, 12°C in Sofia. During the day it will be sunny. In the afternoon, clouds will move in from the west and it will rain briefly, especially in the mountains. Maximum temperatures..
Archaeologists have discovered exceptional finds during construction works for a new bus station in the Black Sea city of Sozopol. A monastery dating back to the end of the 11th century was discovered. Within its borders there was also a church from..
The European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski will be on a working visit to Bulgaria on May 21. His program includes meetings in Sofia with President Rumen Radev, with Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, with the Minister of..
Caretaker Minister of Education Galin Tsokov has assured that the nearly 20 million euros earmarked in the budget for higher education..
Caretaker minister of tourism, Evtim Miloshev, predicts that the number of tourists in this country will grow by at least 10% during..
There will be no significant rise in the price of electricity for household users, said caretaker Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov. Kozloduy..
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