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Bulgaria granted protection status to 885 people in 2019, a slight increase compared with 2018, according to figures released on April 27 by European Union statistics agency Eurostat. Of those […]
Eight long years of proxy war between Turkey and the Syrian regime have now morphed into direct confrontation between the two sides. In recent weeks, ...
Migrant pressure on Bulgaria is not serious at the moment and the situation at the country’s border with Turkey is calm, Prime Minister Boiko Bo ...
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister and its Border Police chief said on February 29 that there was zero migration through the Bulgarian border, statements ...
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov phoned European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Commission President Charles Michel to inform them of his discussions with Turkish President Erdoğan on […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov discussed the crisis in Syria and the situation with migrants in a telephone conversation with his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the government information service in […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed the situation in Syria and the migrant situation in a telephone conversation on February 28, agreeing to meet […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has ordered the military and gendarmerie to boost security at the country’s borders following reports that Turkey will not halt refugees from Syria from crossing […]
The European Commission is mobilising 663 million euro in humanitarian aid to continue major projects under the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey, the Commission said on October 31. Six hundred […]
Bulgaria’s Cabinet agreed on May 15 to grant 293 375 leva (about 150 000 euro) in aid to assistant in dealing with the humanitarian crises in Syria and Yemen, the […]
