Hungary to close border with Croatia
Hungary will close its border with Croatia at midnight Friday to contain the flow of thousands of migrants arriving daily
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Day: October 16, 2015
Bulgaria’s shooting of migrant: Town raises petition in support of border cop
Residents of the town of Sredets in south-eastern Bulgaria have started a petition in support of the border policeman who
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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry advice to avoid Jerusalem counter-productive – Israeli ambassador
The recommendation by Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Bulgarian citizens to refrain from trips to Jerusalem is counterproductive and
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Turkey shoots down unidentified aircraft near Syria
Turkey says it has shot down an aircraft of unknown nationality that had intruded into its airspace near the Syrian
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Bulgaria’s shooting of migrant: President expresses regret, calls for EU-wide measures to resolve crisis
Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev said on October 16 that he deeply regretted the “ludicrous” incident in which
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Surge in migrant arrivals in Greece – IOM
Since the beginning of October 2015, more than 68 000 migrants have now crossed into Greece, with most – close
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Bulgaria’s shooting of migrant: Reactions range from calls for probe – to calls for medals
The head of the Bulgarian Parliament’s internal security committee has called for a thorough investigation and the allocation of responsibility
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Migrants said to be from Afghanistan detained in Bourgas, Sofia
Fifteen migrants said to be from Afghanistan were detained in Bulgaria’s Black Sea region of Bourgas after an incident in
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Investigation continues into fatal shooting of migrant in Bulgaria
An investigation is continuing into the fatal shooting of a migrant late on the night of October 15 in the
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