Bulgaria is willing to accept 500 new refugees, cabinet ministers say
Bulgaria is confirming its readiness to accept 500 newly-arrived refugees, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova said on
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Month: September 2015
More clashes on Lesbos, as number of migrants reaches 20 000
There have been more clashes between migrants and police on the island of Lesbos, as they sought to board a
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Two Bulgarian Border Police arrested over bribe from people-trafficker
Two Bulgarian Border Police who were on duty at the Kalotina border checkpoint in western Bulgaria at the Serbian frontier
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58 new migrant fatalities at sea in past four days – IOM
September continues to be a deadly month in the Mediterranean, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on September 8
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EU ambassadors criticise Bulgarian MPs’ rejection of anti-corruption bill
A group of ambassadors from EU countries said in a letter that Bulgarian Parliament’s decision to reject a draft anti-corruption
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Exhibition of work by Belgian and Bulgarian cartoonists in Sofia
An exhibition of work by 13 Belgian and 15 Bulgarian cartoonists has opened at the Saints Kiril and Metodii National
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Bulgarian President calls for unity in solving refugee crisis in Europe
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has called for united efforts to address the refugee crisis in Europe. Plevneliev was speaking in
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Bucharest mayor arrested on charges of bribery
Sorin Oprescu, mayor of Romania’s capital city of Bucharest, was arrested for 30 days on September 6 for allegedly taking
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Europe braces for new wave of refugees
Europe is preparing for a new wave of refugees as word filters back to others that the passage through Hungary
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