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An exhibition of the work of one of the pioneers in printmaking in Bulgaria, Josef Pitter, opens at the National Gallery in Sofia on September 17 and is on until October 25 […]
Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on September 17 to sharply increase the penalties for people-traffickers, in a step taken against the background of Europe’s current migrant crisis. Those found guilty of taking […]
Against the background of the continuing migrant crisis in Europe, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued its latest travel warning, this time one on September 17 regarding Croatia and Slovenia […]
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on September 17 to reject as inadmissible the query made by a group of 144 MPs regarding provisions in the proposed bill of constitutional amendments on […]
Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, voted on September 17 2015 to remove the statute of limitations for the prosecution of crimes committed by the communist regime. The statute of […]
Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta and a former transport minister in his cabinet have been indicted in a corruption investigation that has now been filed in court, the country’s anti-corruption […]
Bulgaria has told the European Commission that in the system for reallocating refugees, the country would prefer to have a “balance” and to receive mainly families, and mainly from Syria. […]
More than 1000 Bulgarian military personnel will be deployed at the Turkish border in the coming days to help Bulgaria’s Border Police, Interior Ministry chief secretary Georgi Kostov said on […]
Migrants and refugees are pouring into Germany at a rate of 1800 a day through the border with Austria, German police said on September 16. The influx is causing some […]
Claims that tens of thousands of migrants are headed towards the Bulgaria border are not true, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said on September 17, while the head of the country’s […]
