Bulgarian President Radev defends controversial scrapping of regulation on integration of refugees
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has sought to defend the controversial scrapping of a government regulation on the integration of refugees,
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Month: April 2017
Donald Tusk in Sofia: ‘Our goal is to minimise the costs of Brexit for all EU citizens’
European Council President Donald Tusk, speaking during a visit to Bulgarian capital city Sofia, said that the country’s citizens only
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NGOs: Unaccompanied refugee children at extreme risk in the Balkans
An estimated 1300 unaccompanied child refugees and migrants are at an increased risk of exploitation, violence and trafficking because of
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Borissov heads GERB negotiating team on new Bulgarian government
The leader of Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party, twice former prime minister Boiko Borissov, has taken personal charge of the team
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Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2017 was 6.7%, again below EU average – Eurostat
Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2017 was 6.7 per cent, down from 8.1 per cent in February 2016 and again
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Bulgarian anti-corruption prosecutors file charges against caretaker Health Minister
Bulgarian special anti-corruption prosecutors have lodged criminal charges against caretaker Health Minister Ilko Semerdzhiev for allegedly threatening to fire a
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Serbia’s conservative Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic wins presidential election: projection
Serbia Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic looked set to sweep a first round presidential election on Sunday, coming in with 56
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Bulgaria’s March 2017 elections: Central Election Commission announces full list of names of MPs
A week after Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 National Assembly elections, the Central Election Commission announced the full list of 240
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Warning sirens to be tested in 11 Bulgarian cities and towns on April 3
Disaster warning sirens will be tested in 11 Bulgarian cities and towns, as well as in places within a 30km
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