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Long weekend: Bulgarian cops urge motorists returning from Greece to travel in good time

September 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

In the face of expected heavy traffic of Bulgarian holidaymakers returning from Greece on September 22 at the end of

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Migrant crisis: Bulgaria issues travel advisory on Germany, Netherlands, Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia

September 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has issued the latest in a series of travel advisories because of the migrant crisis in Europe,

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PM Borissov: Bulgaria can cope with a refugee quota of 1200

September 18, 2015September 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Syrian refugees, Turkey

Bulgaria could cope with a quota of 1200 refugees, and in this way the country would show solidarity and understanding

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Swastikas, hate speech cleaned off walls of schools in Sofia

September 18, 2015September 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, 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

September 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

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

September 18, 2015September 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

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

September 18, 2015September 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

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

September 17, 2015September 22, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

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

September 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia

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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