President-elect Radev attends Bulgarian Socialist Party national council, praises Ninova
Roumen Radev, elected to take over as Bulgaria’s President in January 2017, attended a November 26 meeting of the opposition
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Bulgarian President-elect on Harmanli: Faster extradition, more EU aid needed
Bulgarian President-elect Roumen Radev has called for more urgent measures for extradition and more EU assistance, following the November 24
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Lufthansa flights at Sofia Airport resume, pilots not ruling out further strikes
Flights by German carrier Lufthansa to and from Sofia Airport were operating normally on November 26 after being cancelled the
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister holds talks with Afghanistan embassy on migrant crisis, Harmanli
The violent clashes between people housed at the Harmanli refugee reception centre and police were discussed at a meeting between
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Deutsche Welle: Refugees’ suffering grows in Bulgaria
“I wake up and I always find a long queue in front of the boys’ toilets. They think that with
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Trilateral Bulgaria-Greece-Turkey contact centre opened at Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint
A trilateral Bulgarian-Greek-Turkish contact centre opened at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint on November 25 2016, the culmination of five
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PM Borissov at Harmanli refugee camp: Lawbreakers will be expelled from Bulgaria
Visiting Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee camp for the second time in less than 24 hours, following violent clashes at the camp
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Clashes at Harmanli refugee centre spark political storm in Bulgaria
The violent clashes between people locked down in Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre and police prompted a political storm, with Parliament’s
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Bulgaria increases military retirement age to 55 to cope with shortage of personnel
Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on November 25 to approve the second reading of amendments to the Defence and Armed Forces Act
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