Bulgaria’s 7M leva fence at the Turkish border is ‘useless’ – and temporary
The controversial fence built along 30km of the Turkish border at the orders of the now-departed Bulgarian Socialist Party government
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Bulgaria’s election commission denies there are unlawful polling stations in Turkey
In the latest twist in the controversy about polling stations in Turkey planned for Bulgaria’s October 5 2014 early parliamentary
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130 000 Syrian Kurds flee to Turkey as IS nears border
More than 130,000 refugees have flooded into Turkey from Syria in the past few days, as the jihadist group Islamic
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Turkey closes border to Syrian refugees
Clashes erupted on September 21 2014 as Turkey closed its border with northern Syria to halt a massive influx of Kurdish
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Bulgarian elections 2014: Election commission rejects court decision on closing polling stations in Turkey
Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has decided not to comply with a ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court not to
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Islamic State militants release 49 Turkish hostages
Turkey’s prime minister said 49 Turkish hostages seized by Islamic State militants in Iraq in June have been freed. Turkey
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Bulgarian elections 2014: Court cuts number of polling stations in Turkey
Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has ordered the reduction of the number of polling stations in Turkey for the October 8
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‘New evidence’ that Bulgaria forced Syrian asylum-seekers back to Turkey, Human Rights Watch says
Bulgarian border police have in the past month forced Syrian asylum seekers back to Turkey and beaten some of them,
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Bulgaria approves co-operation programmes with neighboring countries
Bulgaria’s cabinet has approved a series of cross-border co-operation programmes with Romania, Greece, Turkey, Serbia and Macedonia. The programmes are
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