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The migration flow into Bulgaria has practically stopped in recent weeks, Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova said during Question Time in the National Assembly on November 27. However, the state has […]
The number of migrants, including refugees, that have arrived in Europe by land and sea since the beginning of 2015 is more than 898 000, according to the International Organization […]
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on November 27 to approve an agreement with Poland for that country to repair and maintain the Bulgarian Air Force’s Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter aircraft. The National […]
A monthly poll of the business climate in Bulgaria saw a slight decrease, by 0.5 percentage points, in November 2015 in comparison with October, a result of the more unfavourable […]
The situation with refugees on the southern border of Macedonia continues to be tense. Hundreds of refugees from Pakistan, Iran, Algeria, Morocco and other countries, spent the night outdoors, as […]
Two managers of taxi companies in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv were taken into 72-hour custody after an investigation by the Regional Prosecutor’s Office found tax evasion of more than 1.5 […]
A memorandum of understanding between Bulgaria and China was signed by Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov and his counterpart Wang Yi on November 26, aimed at developing policies on trade, […]
Bulgaria will take part in Eurovision 2016, after a two-year absence from the song contest, public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television said. Bulgaria first took part in Eurovision in 2005, placing […]
Tensions remained heated between Ankara and Moscow Thursday following Turkey’s shooting down of a Russian warplane near the Turkey-Syria border earlier in the week. In an interview with CNN, Turkish […]
Uncontrolled migration is an unprecedented risk for Slovakia and the entire EU, according to Prime Minister Robert Fico, and his government is now responding with a set of what it calls […]
