Bulgaria will not extradite Iva Mihaylova to North Macedonia unless Sofia has a ratified international treaty allowing it, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry said after an Interpol request. The Interpol notification from Skopje arrived at 7:38 p.m. on October 13. It asks for Mihaylova’s international search, arrest and extradition over charges tied to a traffic offense under Article 300 of North Macedonia’s Criminal Code. Bulgarian authorities said no Interpol Red Notice has been issued for Mihaylova and that they have taken no steps to locate her inside Bulgaria. A check of Interpol’s website by BNT also found no listing for her tied to a North Macedonia Red Notice request. The Interior Ministry pointed to Article 25, Paragraph 4 of Bulgaria’s Constitution, which bars extradition of Bulgarian citizens for prosecution abroad unless an international treaty has been ratified, promulgated and entered into force. It also cited Article 6, Paragraph 1a of the European Convention on Extradition, which allows a country to refuse extradition of its nationals. Mihaylova, 23, is being tried at the Basic Court in Kočani over a fatal car crash on October 7, 2025, between Kočani and Štip. North Macedonia prosecutors say a 33-year-old man died in a head-on collision and that several others were injured, including Mihaylova. She is accused of speeding and entering the oncoming lane. Her legal team disputes that version, saying the other vehicle moved into her lane while trying to pass a stationary police car, and they argue she is a victim of the collision rather than the party responsible. A Kočani court issued an arrest warrant on October 13, 2026, ordering 30 days of detention. After the crash, her identity documents were confiscated and she was barred from leaving North Macedonia. Medical documents reportedly supported treatment she could receive in Bulgaria, Turkey and Israel, but her travel request to Sofia for treatment was refused by the Kočani court and upheld by the Štip Appellate Court. Earlier, Mihaylova and her Bulgarian lawyer Nikolay Dimitrov told Bulgarian media that they entered Bulgaria legally through an official border checkpoint on October 11, saying border police knew her identity. North Macedonia’s Interior Ministry said its border system contained no record of her departure and insisted she did not leave legally. The case status remains tied to the Interpol request and Bulgaria’s constitutional position on extradition. Mihaylova faces ongoing proceedings in Kočani, with a 30-day detention order issued after the October 13 arrest warrant.