Bulgarian Foreign Ministry cautions travellers to Ukraine
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued on August 17 a series of recommendations to the country’s citizens travelling to Ukraine,
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Bulgaria sends humanitarian aid after Skopje, Tetevo fatal floods
Bulgaria’s Cabinet said on August 17 that it was sending humanitarian assistance worth about 120 000 leva (about 61 000
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Building of Kresna – Sandanski stretch of Struma motorway to begin in September
Construction of the Kresna-Sandanski stretch of Bulgaria’s Struma Motorway, that will run to the Greek border, is to begin in
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Bulgaria’s former air force chief, expected to be leftist presidential candidate, lashes MoD ‘incompetence’
Bulgaria’s former commander of the Air Force, Roumen Radev, who is expected to be named on August 17 as the
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Bulgarian court rules to extradite brother-in-law of Charlie Hebdo attacker to France
Sofia City Court ruled on August 16 to extradite Mourad Hamyd, brother-in-law of Charlie Hebdo attacker Cherif Kouachi, to France,
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More than 1200 migrants have arrived in Bulgaria since August 1 – IOM
A total of 1289 migrants have arrived in Bulgaria since August 1 2016, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said
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Refugee crisis: Frontex to send 100 officers to Bulgaria
The European border agency Frontex will provide 100 officers, who are supposed to help Bulgaria control its borders with Turkey
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Bulgarian Border Police top officers quit after migrant transport contract given to ‘people-trafficker’
Bulgarian Border Police chief Antonio Angelov and senior commissioner Yotko Andreev resigned on August 15 after Prime Minister Boiko Borissov
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Bulgaria to set up checkpoints inside country against illegal migration
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry will set up checkpoints inside the country to counter trafficking of people who have entered the country
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