Bulgaria fears new refugee wave from Iraq conflict
Bulgaria could face an even greater inflow of refugees in the coming months, following intensified fighting in Iraq in recent
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Month: August 2014
Bulgaria’s Borissov’s political bridges
In the runup to Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections on October 5 2014, Boiko Borissov – leader of GERB, the party
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Greek banks offloading assets ahead of ECB stress test
As difficult stress tests by the European Central Bank (ECB) approach and bad loans continue to weigh heavily on Greek
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Global interest for Hellenistic-era tomb in Amphipolis
The major archaeological discovery of a Hellenistic-era tomb in Amphipolis, in the district of Serres in northern Greece, has attracted
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Rockets reportedly kill fleeing civilians in eastern Ukraine as Kyiv, insurgents swap blame
Rockets struck and killed many civilians fleeing the besieged eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk, burning some of them alive inside
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Bulgaria detains 63 refugees on boat in Black Sea
Bulgaria’s border police have intercepted 143 refugees attempting to enter the country illegally over the past three days, including 63
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Italian court rejects Bulgarian drug trafficker appeal – report
An appeal court in Milan ruled to uphold the 20 years imprisonment sentence on Evelin “Brendo” Banev, who was found
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Bulgaria’s Bojinov in talks for free transfer to West Ham
Former Manchester City and Fiorentina striker Valeri Bojinov was in London to discuss terms of a free transfer to English
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Russia says agreement reached on aid to Ukraine
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says his country has resolved the issues it has had with sending humanitarian aid into
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