36 300 false Euro were caught by customs officers from the frontier post "Kalotina". The counterfeit bills were caught during a through customs check-up of a bus, traveling on the regular route Bulgaria-Spain. The easily recognized bills were found in an abandoned envelope, packed as sandwiches. A motion has been filed against an unknown violator. The case has been submitted to the competent authorities.
Accidents: Italian citizen detained with Illegal Money at Kalotina Checkpoint Village of Kalotina >> Wednesday, 2008-10-01 13:38 Source: Novinite.com The undeclared sum of EUR 20 850 has been detained by Customs` employees at the border checkpoint Kalotina . The money has been discovered Tuesday after the checkup of an Italian citizen, who has been traveling from Serbia to Bulgaria, in a car driven by a Turkish national. The perpetrator has been issued an act for violating the Bulgarian currency law. Just a month ago, five Bulgarian nationals were detained at the border checkpoint Lessovo while trying to illegally take EUR 50,000 across the borde...
The customs officers at the Kalotina Checkpoint on Bulgaria`s border with Serbia detained 10,568 kg of heroin Sunday night. The heroin was found in a truck destined for Serbia, and driven by a Croatian citizen. It was in a total of twenty packages hidden in a backpack in the back of the truck. Two of the packages somehow fell off from the backpack on the asphalt under the vehicle, and were thus spotted by one of the customs officials.
Politics: Kalotina Checkpoint at Bulgaria-Serbia Border to Be Completely Rebuilt Village of Kalotina >> Friday, 2008-08-22 16:27 Source: Novinite.com The Kalotina Checkpoint at Bulgaria`s border with Serbia is going to be rebuilt completely by 2012. The construction of the new buildings and infrastructure at Kalotina is going to start in 2009 in execution of a project prepared in 2004. The EUR 50 M needed for the reconstruction of the checkpoint will be provided by the Ministry of Finance through a credit from the World Bank. On Friday Bulgaria`s Minister of State Administration Nikolay Vasilev inspected the functioning of the "one-slip" system ...
Properties: Apartment Prices in Bulgaria Grow 6% in April-June 2008 Village of Kalotina >> Wednesday, 2008-07-23 22:16 Source: Novinite.com Bulgaria`s National Statistical Institute announced Wednesday that the apartment prices in the country had grown 5,9% in the second quarter of 2008. The average price of one square meter of residential property in Bulgaria was BGN 1299,95 in January-March 2008 but in April-June 2008 it was already BGN 1376,29. The highest growth in apartment prices was recorded in the southwest city of Kyustendil - almost 15%. On the other pole, the prices in the northeast city of Turgovishte even declined by 2,9... Politics: Bulgaria Government Allocates BGN 120 M for Highway Construction City of Sofia >> Thursday, 2008-07-17 18:20 Source: Novinite.com The Bulgarian cabinet allocated Thursday BGN 120 M for the construction of the Trakiya, Maritza, and Hemus Highways, and for the southern arch of the Sofia beltway. The funds will come from expected savings in the state expenditures and the surplus in the state budget. The aim of the move is to accelerate the construction of key segments of the highways. These include 25 km of the Stara Zagora - Karnobat segment of the Trakiya Highway, 4 km of the Svilengrad - Kapitan Andreevo segment of the Marit...
Customs inspectors at Kalotina border checkpoint caught a big stash of undeclared EUR in the amount of 800,000 Tuesday. On July 15th, around 7:30 pm a Mercedes automobile had arrived at Kalotina, driven by a German citizen traveling from Turkey to Germany. The inspectors have conducted a thorough checkup of the car and found a total of EUR 800,320 underneath the car seats and carpets as well is in the driver`s jacket. All money has been undeclared.
Business: Dalkia reaffirms interest in Sofia heating utility District Sofia-city >> Wednesday, 2008-06-18 11:21 Source: Dnevnik.bg Dalkia, the French energy services company, is interested in acquiring the Sofia district heating utility and is not fazed by the considerable red ink it will inherit in case of a deal, said Jean-Michel Mazalerat, vice president central and Eastern Europe. The Dalkia official said everything depends on whether a sale procedure will be launched. In his view, Dalkia has already proven it can engage successfully in partnership with the local authorities. Since 2006, the French company has been investing... News: Emergency Hotline Starts Operating in Bulgaria Village of Kalotina >> Saturday, 2008-06-14 12:39 Source: StandartNews The 112 emergency hotline will be launched in Bulgaria at long last. As of July 3, the line will receive emergency calls from the citizens in 10 districts. At the same time two call centers will start functioning in the capital and in Russe, which will cover Greater Sofia, Pernik, Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Silistra and Razgrad. Till the end of the year the free line should be available for the rest of the towns in Bulgaria, Minister of State Policy for Disasters and Accidents informed yesterday. Meanwhile in the towns of Shumen and Sliven a temporary information center already operates. It receives calls about emergency situations and dispatches them to Civil Protection agency. To make a call people have to dial the respective area code and then 112. Accidents: Young Man Drowns in Artificial Lake in Bulgaria District Sofia >> Sunday, 2008-06-01 20:49 Source: Novinite.com
A 20-year-old man drowned in Iskar artificial lake in Bulgaria on Sunday afternoon. The accident occurred while a group of youngsters were swimming in the lake. After a short time all but one managed to reach the shore. The group signaled Civil Defense services over the disappearance of their friend. Few hours later the rescue teams pulled the dead body out of the water. The reasons for the man`s death have not been discovered yet.
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