Religious minority asylum-seekers detained at Turkish-Bulgarian border say they were beaten, tortured
Thirty of 104 members of religious minority group Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light who had presented themselves at the
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Month: June 2023
European Parliament endorses plan to provide more ammunition for Ukraine
The European Parliament voted on June 1 to approve a draft bill to increase European production of ammunition and missiles,
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EC opens infringement cases against Bulgaria on money laundering, fighting fraud
The European Commission said on June 1 that it opened two infringement proceedings against Bulgaria and was advancing the infringement
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EU ministers approve EU’s accession to Istanbul Convention
The Council of the European Union approved on June 1 the EU’s accession to the Convention on preventing and combating
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Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in April 2023 was 3.9%
Unemployment in Bulgaria in April 2023 was 3.9 per cent, down from four per cent in March 2023 and from
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ECRI report: Russian leaders’ false narrative that Ukrainian government are neo-Nazis is absurd
Russian leaders’ false narrative, from the highest political level, describing the democratically elected Ukrainian government and Ukrainians who did not
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Bulgaria January-April 2023 Budget deficit at 1.1B leva
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget deficit of 1.1 billion leva in the first four months of the
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Covid-19: In past month, 57 deaths in Bulgaria
The deaths of 57 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past month, bringing
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Bulgaria’s road death toll in first five months of 2023 is 189
A total of 189 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in the first five months of 2023, according to
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