Bulgarian President Plevneliev calls Consultative Council on National Security meeting for November 20
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has called a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security for November 20, to discuss
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Syrian refugees
Teenage Syrian refugee assaulted in Sofia
A 17-year-old Syrian refugee was assaulted on the night of November 3 2013 by two men near the Voenna Rampa
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Bulgarian government’s new goals in ‘action plan’ on refugee situation
Bulgaria’s Cabinet is to consider a draft plan on dealing with the refugee situation in the country, which includes seven
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Bulgarian nationalists march to demand expulsion of illegal migrants
Supporters of nationalist party the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation (VMRO) and ultra-nationalists Ataka staged weekend marches demanding the expulsion of
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European Commissioner Georgieva sketches scenarios for Syria
European humanitarian aid commissioner Kristalina Georgieva has sketched two likely scenarios for the way Syria is headed – either a
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Bulgarian Red Cross volunteers organise activities for refugee children
Bulgarian Red Cross volunteers started a programme involving interactive games, art classes and sport for refugee children on October 31
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Refugee influx continues to overwhelm Bulgaria’s facilities
Even with emergency opening of new facilities, accommodation for refugees in Bulgaria continues to overflow. The Interior Ministry said on
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Bulgarian, Turkish FMs discuss Syrian refugees, while tensions grow over issue in Bulgaria
Against a background of the Turkish-Bulgarian border being the main entry point into Bulgaria for Syrian refugees, the issue was
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Fence against refugee flow at Bulgaria’s border with Turkey ‘to be ready by end of February’
Building of a 170km-long wire fence between the villages of Lesovo and Krainovo along Bulgaria’s border with Turkey is to
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