Bulgarian police ‘abuse asylum-seekers, migrants, force them back to Turkey’ – HRW
Bulgarian law enforcement officials summarily return asylum seekers and migrants to Turkey, often after stealing their belongings and subjecting them
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Doctors Without Borders blasts EU migration policies
Humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) has denounced Europe’s migration policy of deterrence in 2015 as a “catastrophic
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Turkey’s economy sees fallout from terrorism, Russian sanctions
Terrorism and Russian sanctions have left Turkey’s already struggling economy bracing for the worst. Tourism seems sure to take hit,
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Ousted MRF leader Mestan says he will sue those who accused him of espionage and treason
Lyutvi Mestan, the ousted leader of Bulgaria’s third-largest party in Parliament, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), said on
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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry handed Turkish ambassador a note over his behaviour – PM
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry had handed Turkish ambassador Süleyman Gökçe (photo) a note about his actions and behaviour, Prime Minister Boiko
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IS blamed for Istanbul suicide bombing
Foreign tourists are said to be among those killed and injured in a suicide attack in Istanbul’s main tourism district.
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Turkey issues ‘limited’ media ban after suicide attack
The Turkish government has imposed what it called a “limited” media ban on news coverage following Tuesday’s suicide bombing in
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Sultanahmet explosion: Bulgaria advises nationals to exercise caution in Turkey’s big cities, tourist destinations
After a fatal bomb explosion in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet Square on January 12, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued an advisory to its
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Mitov: Bulgarian – Turkish relations cannot depend on a political crisis in a party
Bilateral relations between Bulgaria and Turkey cannot depend on a political crisis in one or another party or the actions
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