Swastikas, hate speech cleaned off walls of schools in Sofia
Swastikas and ethnic hate speech graffiti were cleaned off the walls of schools in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on September
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7240 first-time asylum applications in Bulgaria in first half of 2015
There were 7240 first-time asylum applications in Bulgaria between the beginning of January and the end of June 2015, according
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From covering up murder to freeloading: ‘anarchy’ at police departments in two Bulgarian towns
A total of 15 people, including two Bulgarian town police chiefs and other police officers, are in custody following an
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Bulgaria’s September 19 – 22 long weekend weather – sunny turning to rain
Bulgaria heads into a long weekend from September 19 to 22, with the weather in major cities promising warm and
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Bulgaria sharply increases penalties for people-traffickers
Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on September 17 to sharply increase the penalties for people-traffickers, in a step taken against the background
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Migrant crisis: Bulgaria issues travel warning to motorists about Croatia, Slovenia and Hungary
Against the background of the continuing migrant crisis in Europe, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued its latest travel warning,
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Bulgarian Constitutional Court rejects MPs’ query on judicial reform
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on September 17 to reject as inadmissible the query made by a group of 144 MPs
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Bulgaria removes statute of limitations for crimes by communist regime
Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, voted on September 17 2015 to remove the statute of limitations for the prosecution
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Migrant quotas: Bulgaria wants ‘balance’, mainly families, mainly from Syria
Bulgaria has told the European Commission that in the system for reallocating refugees, the country would prefer to have a
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