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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued an advisory note on September 15 warning the country’s motorists that they could face difficulties travelling on roads in Austria and Slovakia because of stepped-up policing […]
Among 28 members of the EU, Bulgaria could benefit the most from closer energy ties inside the bloc, European Commission vice president for energy union Maros Sefcovic said on September […]
The 2015/16 school year opened in Bulgaria on September 15, with more than 750 000 pupils heading to schools across the country, including 64 841 first-graders. The number of first-graders […]
During a televised debate on Monday night, Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras ruled out forming a coalition government with New Democracy after the Sep 20 election. In the debate, hosted by […]
The small Hungarian border village of Röszke was awash with activity the night before the country promised to crack down on illegal border crossings by migrants. Sometime between 7:30 and […]
EU interior ministers were supposed to agree on a relocation scheme for refugees. But they split up without even coming to a common conclusion, postponing any decisions to October. In […]
