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Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov expects the recent airstrikes in Syria to cause a new wave of refugees. Borissov, speaking to reporters on October 2, called for Russia and the […]
Russia carried out more airstrikes in Syria Friday, as a U.S-led coalition urged Moscow to halt any attacks on the Syrian opposition and focus on Isla ...
The Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office anti-corruption unit has arrested an employee of the State Agency for National Security for allegedly leaking ...
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry, State Agency for National Security and prosecutors detained 46 alleged people-traffickers and 501 migrants who had ...
The annual Sofia Marathon will be held on October 4 2015, starting at 10am from Vassil Levski national stadium. The distances include a 3km fun run, an 8.4km event, a […]
The Germany embassy in Sofia is marking 25 years since the country’s unification on October 3 1990 with running events in four cities in Bulgaria. In co-operation with www.5kmrun.bg, the […]
Wide-ranging changes to accelerate and tighten Germany’s asylum laws have been submitted to parliament. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said “hard decisions” are needed to cope with migrant inflows. Germany’s [& ...
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras says that his country is striving to bolster regional security and is supporting all efforts promoting peace and stability, even as it copes with three […]
The EU’s highest court has ruled that member states have the right to punish illegal migrants who re-enter a country after having been deported. The decision comes as many countries […]
Sabine Lautenschläger, a member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB), has highlighted the areas that need to be focused on to win back public trust on […]
