160 held in police operation in Sofia against illegal migration
Bulgarian police detained about 160 people in an operation in capital city Sofia against illegal migration on July 18 and
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Bulgarian police intercept 45 trying to cross border into Serbia
Bulgarian Border Police detained 45 foreigners attempting to illegally cross the Bulgarian – Serbian border in the past day, the
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Turkish ambassador: Supporters of Gulen have schools in Bulgaria
The organisation founded by Fethullah Gulen, the Muslim cleric and opponent of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has schools at
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Bourgas Bombers: Bulgaria charges terrorists
Prosecutors in Bulgaria have brought terrorism charges against two men for the bombing at Burgas airport, which happened exactly four years ago, to the day. Hassan El Hajj Hassan and Meliad Farah were accused of detonating a bomb carried by suicide bomber Mohamas Hassan El Husseini. The explosion in Burgas killed five Israeli tourists and one Bulgarian bus driver. Many people were injured.
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Bulgarian PM ‘deeply concerned’ by violence in Turkey
Commenting on July 18 in the wake of the attempted coup in Turkey, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said that
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Bourgas – Varna road is most dangerous in Bulgaria, Europe’s road death champion
The road between Bulgaria’s Black Sea cities of Bourgas and Varna has the country’s highest accident rate, according to the
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Serbia sending joint army-police teams to Bulgarian border
The Serbian government has decided to set up joint military and police teams to be deployed at its borders with
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Bulgaria marks fourth anniversary of Bourgas Airport terrorist attack on Israelis
Bulgaria marked on July 18 2016 the fourth anniversary of the terrorist attack at Bourgas Airport in which five Israeli
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Bulgarian Cabinet meets in emergency sitting following attempted coup in Turkey
Bulgaria’s Government was holding an emergency sitting on July 16 to assess the latest developments in the wake of an
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