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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Bulgarian Interior Minister: Situation at Harmanli refugee camp ‘normalised’
The situation at Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee camp has normalised, while 110 people at the camp who had taken part in
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Bulgarian PM calls emergency meeting of ministers over unrest at Harmanli refugee camp
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov called an emergency meeting on November 25 of key Cabinet ministers and security chiefs in
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200 arrests, police injured, as thousands clash with police at Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee camp
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov made a late-night visit to Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee camp on November 24, when more than
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Hundreds clash with police at Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre
Hundreds of residents of the Harmanli refugee centre in Bulgaria clashed on November 24 with police and gendarmerie, who fired
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Bulgarian anti-migrant protest attracts a few dozen participants
A strong police presence was deployed as a protest was held in Bulgarian capital Sofia against illegal migration and demanding
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Bulgaria busts group smuggling migrants through Serbia to Western Europe
In a joint operation led by prosecutors from the north-western Bulgarian city of Vidin, officers from the Interior Ministry and
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