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Europe migrant crisis: No increased pressure on Bulgaria – Border Police chief

March 8, 2016March 9, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

There is no increase in the flow of migrants to Bulgaria’s borders, Border Police chief Antonio Angelov said on March

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Europe 

Creditors return to Athens; Eurogroup paves the way for debt relief talks

March 8, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Following a crucial Eurogroup meeting on Monday, president Jeroen Dijsselbloem said the top negotiators of Greece’s creditor institutions will return

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Europe 

Greece is currently hosting 36 419 refugees and migrants

March 8, 2016March 8, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Thirteen new refugee hosting structures are being developed all over Greece. Specifically, former military camps are being revamped in Malakasa,

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Europe 

As EU and Turkish leaders meet on migrant crisis, refugee camp at Greek-Macedonian border continues to grow

March 7, 2016March 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey

The refugee camp at Idomeni near the border between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia was continuing to grow on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria steps up security at strategic sites around the country

March 4, 2016March 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Armed security forces were deployed around various strategic sites in Bulgaria on March 4 as the country stepped up security

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Europe 

European Commission awards 3.5M euro emergency funding to Greece for reception facilities for migrants and refugees

March 4, 2016March 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece

The European Commission said on March 4 2016 that it has awarded 3.5 million euro in emergency funding to Greece.

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Europe 

Skopje appeals for refugees to be removed from the border area

March 4, 2016March 4, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

In the past 24 hours, only 316 refugees from Syria and Iraq have been allowed entry into the territory of

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Bulgaria 

Syrian, Iraqi refugees in Greece: We won’t go back

March 4, 2016March 7, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Hungry people are angry people. In the makeshift tent camp just meters from Macedonia, here on the Greek side of

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Bulgaria 

Europe migrant crisis: Bulgaria set for joint police-military training border control exercise on March 5

March 4, 2016March 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Columns of Bulgarian military vehicles headed along Struma Motorway towards the region near the Kulata border checkpoint ahead of the

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