Lorry driver is jailed for two years for trying to smuggle ancient coins, arrowheads and statues into UK to sell for Bulgarian mafia bosses Dimitar Dimitrov, 41, was working as courier for Bulgarian organised crime gang Officers found ancient coins, pendants, brooches and spearheads in the trailer Dimitrov denied any knowledge of artefacts which are … Read more
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has become the latest leader to test positive for coronavirus as the eastern European country grapples with a spike in new coronavirus infections. The European leader, 61, who had self-isolated late on Friday, said today he would stay at home for any treatment, as recommended by his doctors, after testing positive for … Read more
Borat’s Bulgarian honey-trap girl: Sacha Baron Cohen character’s ’15-year-old daughter’ in Rudy Giuliani sting is revealed to be glamorous BLM-supporting 24-year-old actress plucked from obscurity Maria Bakalova, 24, graduated from film school in Sofia, Bulgaria, last year Posing as a conservative reporter she was able to con statesman Giuliani But their bedroom meeting was interrupted … Read more
A Bulgarian taxi driver was left bloodied after two passengers racially abused him and smashed a glass bottle over his head in a late night attack. Andreev Andrey was smashed over the head and punched and kicked until he passed out in the early hours of Monday morning. The shocking attack that left him bloodied … Read more
Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. Arrest: Gal Barak, the Israeli thought to be behind Xtraderfx, has been linked to a raft of crooked firms … Read more
British child, nine, is infected with coronavirus during skiing holiday with his family in Bulgaria The child and his family were tested at Bansko ski resort after arriving on Friday The nine-year-old is the only one of the family of five to have tested positive Officials say they are in quarantine and should return to … Read more
A spy who attempted to kill a Bulgarian arms dealer is a Russian diplomat linked to the poisonings of Sergei Skripal and his daughter, a new report has alleged. Bulgarian prosecutors charged three Russians last month with trying to kill arms factory owner and trader Emilian Gebrev and two other Bulgarians in Sofia between April … Read more