Bulgaria boosts border security after reports Turkey not stopping refugees
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has ordered the military and gendarmerie to boost security at the country’s borders following reports
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Syrian refugees
EU mobilises 663M euro in humanitarian assistance for refugees in Turkey
The European Commission is mobilising 663 million euro in humanitarian aid to continue major projects under the EU Facility for Refugees
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Bulgaria grants close to 300 000 leva for humanitarian aid for Syria and Yemen
Bulgaria’s Cabinet agreed on May 15 to grant 293 375 leva (about 150 000 euro) in aid to assistant in
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Bulgaria granted asylum to 760 people in 2018, most Syrians
Bulgaria granted asylum to 760 people in 2018, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said on April 25. Of the people
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UNHCR welcomes Bulgaria’s new ordinance on refugee integration but points to gaps
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees’ office in Bulgaria has welcomed the government’s efforts to improve the integration of refugees
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Bulgarian caretaker government approves humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria
At what is likely to be one of its last few meetings, Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet has approved the provision of
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Bulgaria elections 2017: The week that was, March 12
With two weeks to go to Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections, the past few days have seen matters
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Belene case Catholic priest: ‘Where are you, Patriarch Neofit? Where are you, Mr President Radev?’
Father Paolo Cortese, the Roman Catholic priest recalled from Bulgaria after getting death threats for sheltering a Syrian refugee family,
Read moreProtest held in Sofia over Roman Catholic priest recalled from Bulgaria after death threats for sheltering Syrian refugees
A group of Bulgarians from a civil society pressure group held a protest outside the Presidency in Sofia on March
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