Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry reports increase in attempts at illegal crossings from Greece
Additional police and gendarmerie teams have been sent to the Bulgarian-Greek border following an increase in attempts by migrants to
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Bulgaria awards highest state honour to departing ambassador of Greece
Bulgaria has conferred its highest state honour, the Stara Planina first degree, on outgoing Greek ambassador Grigorios Vassiloconstandakis. Vassiloconstandakis, whose
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Lifting of capital controls in Greece finalised
After four years, the capital controls in Greece have finally been lifted. The grounds for such a development had been
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Greece’s Prime Minister announces abolition of capital controls
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on August 26 the complete abolition of capital controls. “In co-operation with the Bank
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Six tourists dead after violent storm hits Greece’s Halkidiki peninsula
Six foreign tourists died and about 60 people were injured after a violent storm hit the Halkidiki peninsula in northern
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Bulgarian PM congratulates Mitsotakis on landslide victory in Greece’s elections
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov telephoned the leader of Greece’s centre-right New Democracy party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to congratulate him on
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Greece’s elections: Mitsotakis’s New Democracy wins by landslide
With more than 92 per cent of votes counted in the early hours of Monday morning, the conservative New Democracy
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Interior Ministry takes steps to ease traffic at Bulgaria-Greece Kulata checkpoint
Five lanes will opened to ease the passage of cars from Bulgaria to Greece at the Kulata border checkpoint this
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Bulgarian Border Police: Flow of cars through Kulata to Greece 25% higher than last year
The flow of cars through the Kulata border checkpoint to Greece is 25 per cent higher than at this time
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