Macedonia police deploy tear gas on refugees at Idomeni
Macedonian police have deployed a battery of nonlethal force on refugees at Idomeni. Refugees who’ve been stuck at the crossing
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Month: April 2016
PM: Bulgaria can protect its borders – even without Nato
Observing a maritime exercise off Bourgas on April 10, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov boasted that his country’s military and
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Turkey envoys guests at founding congress of Mestan’s DOST party
The DOST party founded by ousted Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) leader Lyutvi Mestan held its inaugural conference in
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Muslims in Bulgarian village restore Christian church
The Muslim community in a Bulgarian village have raised funds and contributed their labour to restore a century-old Orthodox Christian
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Police in Italy, Bulgaria break sex-trafficking ring
With the support of European police agency Europol, the Italian Carabinieri and the Bulgarian police have dismantled an organised criminal
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Opening of new high-tech plant near Plovdiv creates 1200 jobs
More than 1200 jobs will be created in a new high-tech plant near Plovdiv, an investment of $40 million by
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Migrant deportations between Greece and Turkey resume
In the face of protests, Greece has resumed deporting migrants to Turkey as part of a controversial European Union-Turkey deal
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Greece sees first day that no refugees, migrants arrive by sea
On April 5, not one migrant or refugee arrived by sea in Greece, the first day that this has been
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First Bulgarian business people named in Panama Papers reports
Bulgarian daily 24 Chassa has begun publishing the identities of the country’s business people that it says appear in the
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