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An international law enforcement operation against migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings, co-ordinated by Europol, has led to the arrest of 29 suspected migrant smugglers. Those arrested are thought […]
The European Commission has noticed that Slovakia has not been fulfilling its duties stemming from the EU quotas on re-distribution of refugees among ...
The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Bulgaria has decided to withdraw the limited mandate to be represented by the Confederation of Industrial ...
Trade unions at the Bulgarian Interior Ministry say that 20 000 police will protest on November 4, including by blocking national roads, after negotia ...
Thirty asylum seekers were to travel from Greece on November 3 under the European Union’s migrant relocation scheme, headed for Luxembourg for processing of their asylum applications. On November 4, […]
An estimated 28 000 migrants and refugees crossed into Greece on the weekend from October 30 to November 1 2015, according to Hellenic Police figures, quoted by the International Organization […]
These are the mayors of Bulgarian cities and towns, declared elected after the October 25 and November 1 2015 elections. Sofia: Yordanka Fandukova, GERB Plovdiv: Ivan Totev, GERB Varna: Ivan […]
Political parties whose candidates lost in mayoral elections in three of Bulgaria’s largest cities are mounting various challenges to the outcomes, from requesting recounts to outright annulment. Prime Minister Boiko […]
The United Nations says more than 218,000 migrants crossed the Mediterranean Sea during the month of October, more than the total amount of migrants that crossed in all of last […]
