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A Serbian court held on April 6 the latest hearing on the extradition request lodged by Bulgarian authorities against Tsvetan Vassilev, former majority shareholder in insolvent Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB). […]
Several hundred doctors took part in a protest in Sofia on April 6 against what they describe as hasty reforms to the health care system. Doctors from ...
Traffic in the centre of Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv was blocked on April 6 as taxi drivers turned out in convoy to protest against amendment ...
The European Commission presented on April 6 options on reforming the Common European Asylum System, and developing “safe and legal pathways to ...
Migrant-trafficking routes have not been diverted to include Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova told the National Assembly in Sofia during Question Time on April 6. Buchvarova said […]
The European Union has made a surprise announcement that there will essentially be no automatic return of migrants from the Greek islands to Turkey, in a capitulation to human rights […]
The European Commission proposed on April 6 what it called “stronger and smarter information systems for borders and security”, intended to improve information-sharing for border and law enforcement authorities in […]
Aegean Air flights between Sofia and Athens on April 7 2016 have been cancelled because of Athens Airport being closed that day as a result of air traffic controllers’ participation […]
The world’s governing body of football, FIFA, has given the Greek government a matter of days to avoid Greek football teams being banned from international competitions. A letter arrived at […]
The EU member states registered a record number of 1.82 million irregular border crossings last year, a sharp rise that makes Europe more vulnerable to militant attacks, according to the […]
