Border closures heighten fear refugees may use Adriatic Connection
Rights groups and organized crime experts are expressing rising alarm at the prospect of Syrian and Iraqi war refugees —
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Month: March 2016
Macedonia begrudges ‘paying’ for EU’s mistakes
Macedonia’s president says his country has been forced to pay for the actions of the European Union in the current
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Bulgaria to provide humanitarian assistance to refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border
Bulgaria is to provide humanitarian assistance in the form of tents, beds, blankets and heating fuel to refugees and migrants
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Fate of Plovdiv tobacco warehouse turns focus to state of Bulgaria’s other historic buildings
The attempt at demolishing a historic 1920s tobacco warehouse in Plovdiv, now the subject of pre-trial proceedings by prosecutors because
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Mediterranean migrant arrivals in 2016 approach 150 000, deaths reach 455 – IOM
Arrivals in Italy and Greece of migrants and refugees via Mediterranean sea routes so far in 2016 exceeded 150 000
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EU ministers propose stronger directive on preventing terrorist attacks
European Union justice and home affairs ministers have agreed on a proposed EU directive on combating terrorism that they say
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Bulgaria reports increased exports to non-EU countries in January 2016, but trade balance negative
January 2016 saw Bulgarian exports to third countries – meaning, non-EU countries – increase by 6.34 per cent compared with
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Bulgaria’s exports to other EU countries increased close to 8% in 2015 – statistics institute
Exports from Bulgaria to other European Union countries were 7.9 per cent higher in 2015 than in 2014, adding up
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister calls for Russia to immediately release Ukrainian pilot Savchenko
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov, in his capacity as head of the committee of ministers of the Council of Europe,
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