PM Borissov at Harmanli refugee camp: Lawbreakers will be expelled from Bulgaria
Visiting Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee camp for the second time in less than 24 hours, following violent clashes at the camp
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Month: November 2016
Clashes at Harmanli refugee centre spark political storm in Bulgaria
The violent clashes between people locked down in Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre and police prompted a political storm, with Parliament’s
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Bulgaria increases military retirement age to 55 to cope with shortage of personnel
Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on November 25 to approve the second reading of amendments to the Defence and Armed Forces Act
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Bulgarian Interior Minister: Situation at Harmanli refugee camp ‘normalised’
The situation at Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee camp has normalised, while 110 people at the camp who had taken part in
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Bulgarian outgoing Defence Minister faces second set of criminal charges
The Military Prosecutor’s Office in Sofia has laid criminal charges of abuse of office against Nikolai Nenchev, Defence Minister in
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Bulgarian PM calls emergency meeting of ministers over unrest at Harmanli refugee camp
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov called an emergency meeting on November 25 of key Cabinet ministers and security chiefs in
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Three years after EuroMaidan Revolution, Ukrainians disappointed
Great hopes for a better future drove the wave of demonstrations that swept Ukraine starting in November 2013 – demonstrations
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200 arrests, police injured, as thousands clash with police at Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee camp
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov made a late-night visit to Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee camp on November 24, when more than
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Majority of European Parliament votes to freeze EU membership talks with Turkey
The majority of lawmakers in the European Parliament on Thursday voted to halt membership talks with Turkey after Ankara’s post-coup
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