Bulgarian Defence Minister admits ladders being used to climb over fence at border with Turkey
Bulgarian Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov admitted in a television interview on October 20 that ladders were being used to climb
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Bulgarian Prosecutor-General moves against foundation allegedly linked to Mestan’s DOST party
Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov had lodged an application in the district court in the southern city of Kurdhzali to shut
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What to do about Turkey?
Turkey will be on the menu as European leaders meet for dinner in Brussels on October 19, but it won’t
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Ankara calls for resolution to Turkey-US tensions
Turkey is calling for a normalization of relations with the United States following rising diplomatic tensions between the NATO allies.
Read moreCorruption claims: Another Bulgarian MEP comes to the defence of country’s border police
Bulgarian member of the European Parliament Emil Radev has become the second to come to the defence of the country’s
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Dutch MEP Piri: 200 complaints against Bulgarian customs officers
Responding to a letter from a Bulgarian nationalist MEP who challenged her to prove allegations of abuses by Bulgarian police
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Dutch MEP’s claims of corruption at Bulgarian-Turkish border rile nationalist MEP
A Bulgarian nationalist MEP has described allegations by a Dutch counterpart that Bulgarian police extort bribes from EU citizens at
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Dutch MEP: Bulgarian police shake down EU citizens crossing Turkish border
This past summer, thousands of European Union citizens again experienced serious obstacles because of corruption in Bulgaria, being forced to
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Bulgarian government gives further 1.2M leva for new section of fence at Turkish border
At a regular meeting on August 30, Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved 1.224 million leva (about 626 000 euro) for the construction
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