Vetoes by Netherlands and Austria bar Bulgaria, Romania from joining Schengen
Bulgaria and Romania will continue to remain outside the Schengen visa zone after failing to win unanimous support at a
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NSI poll: Close to 12% of Bulgarian women experienced physical or sexual violence
About 11.9 per cent of Bulgarian women aged between 18 and 74 have experienced at least one act of physical
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Bulgaria’s caretaker government urged to resume funding meals for Ukrainian refugees
Bulgaria’s Three Women Foundation, which since early March has been collecting humanitarian aid for Ukrainian refugees, has appealed in an
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Dutch, Austrian leaders on Bulgaria and Schengen: ‘Not yet’
Two days before European Union home affairs ministers are due to decide on whether to admit Bulgaria to the Schengen
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Bulgarian publisher’s campaign raises more than 530 000 leva for generators for Ukrainian city
The fundraiser initiated by Bulgarian publisher and former Democratic Bulgaria MP Manol Peykov has raised just more than 534 710
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Bulgaria threatens ‘countermeasures’ if Netherlands, Austria block it from Schengen
Bulgaria’s caretaker government is ready with “relevant decisions, including considering possible countermeasures” if the Netherlands and Austria veto its joining
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Bulgaria: Borissov’s party names candidate PM, seen as having no chance of being elected
Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF coalition has named Nikolai Gabrovski, a surgeon with no previous national political profile, as its candidate prime
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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 23 deaths, 1109 new cases
The deaths of 23 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing
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Dutch opposition to Bulgaria joining Schengen irks country’s leaders
Bulgarian government officials and political leaders have been irked by reported comments by Wopke Hoekstra, that it is “still to
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