
SOFIA, Dec 24 (Reuters) – The leader of Bulgaria’s ethnic Turkish party has been ousted from his post and expelled from the party, apparently for declaring support for Turkey in its row with Moscow over the downing of a Russian
by Reuters24 Dec 2015, 3:24 PM PST0

Contents: Decaying stadiums from 2004 Athens Olympics have new lives housing migrants; Greece transports migrants from Macedonian border back to Athens; Migrants blocked from Macedonia face difficult choices
by John J. Xenakis11 Dec 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A plane taking 161 tourists from Poland to Egypt landed in Bulgaria and was being checked for explosives after a passenger said there was a bomb on board, Bulgarian and Polish officials said Thursday. Georgy Tchipilsky,
by AP19 Nov 2015, 2:05 AM PST0

Ultra-modern security systems defending the Bulgarian border with Turkey have proved to be useless, as the border police of the European Union’s (EU) poorest state cannot afford to run them. Europeans were once told they could “rest easy” because the
by Sarkis Zeronian6 Nov 2015, 9:52 AM PST0

Contents: More EU countries threaten border closings, as refugee crisis worsens; Risk of new housing bubble collapse continues to grow; Illinois starts paying IOUs instead of lottery winnings
by John J. Xenakis25 Oct 2015, 7:38 AM PST0

SOFIA, Bulgaria – A man travelling with a large group of refugees from Afghanistan was shot by a border police officer near the south-eastern Bulgarian town of Sredets late on Thursday and died on his way to the hospital, a
by Reuters16 Oct 2015, 12:48 AM PST0

SOFIA (AFP) – Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church has called on its government not to let any more Muslim refugees into the country to prevent an “invasion”. The Balkan EU member has largely been bypassed by the hundreds of thousands of refugees
by AFP26 Sep 2015, 7:00 AM PST0

Bulgaria and Romania will attempt to leverage the European migrant crisis to gain admission to the borderless Schengen area. Prime ministers of both countries agreed the shared stance in a telephone call ahead of yesterday’s deadlocked EU interior and justice ministers meeting. Romania’s
by Sarkis Zeronian15 Sep 2015, 8:05 AM PST0

The migrant crisis currently overtaking Europe has experts focused upon one of the most remarkable examples of an effective border fence: the one Israel built along its border with Egypt.
by John Hayward4 Sep 2015, 10:10 PM PST0

Five men have been arrested as they attempted to cross the Bulgarian-Macedonian border with decapitation videos and Islamic State propaganda on their phones. The terrorist suspects had been posing as refugees. Bulgarian authorities near the Gyueshevo border checkpoint detained the
by Liam Deacon1 Sep 2015, 7:41 AM PST0

A 21-year-old Syrian hacker who allegedly belongs to the jihadi “Middle East Cyber Army” has been detained by authorities in Bulgaria, where he has lived with his family for most of his life. The most notorious achievement of which he has been accused involved hacking 3,500 websites around the world to post messages praising the slaughter at the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices in Paris.
by John Hayward18 Jul 2015, 7:28 AM PST0

Side-effects of the euro crisis are spreading beyond Greek borders into Bulgaria, Romania and Macedonia. Once seen as their poverty-stricken northern neighbours, Greeks are now looking to Bulgaria for some relief. Euobserver reports that with Greek banks closed and the state in
by Sarkis Zeronian3 Jul 2015, 9:22 AM PST0

An 18-year-old Brazilian citizen was arrested in Bulgaria after evidence surfaced that the teen, who had arrived in Bulgaria from Spain, was attempting to travel to Turkey and then Syria to join the Islamic State and wage jihad in the region.
by Frances Martel22 Dec 2014, 7:06 PM PST0

A former RAF serviceman who converted to Islam has been arrested on charges relating to terrorism, Greater Manchester Police have confirmed. Stephen Gray, 31, was arrested in the Old Trafford area of the city on suspicion of ‘commission, preparation or
by A.B. Sanderson1 Dec 2014, 8:44 AM PST0

More than 100,000 Romanians have applied to work in the UK over the last year, at least half of whom are thought to have already been resident in the country. Applications from Bulgaria also doubled during the last twelve months,
by Donna Rachel Edmunds28 Nov 2014, 4:03 AM PST0

A company that supplies vegetables to major UK supermarkets has claimed that Brits are too lazy to pick vegetables. The company has received planning permission from the government for 52 new caravans where it will house student migrant workers from
by A.B. Sanderson21 Nov 2014, 8:26 AM PST0

The French government is drawing up plans to ban any immigrant whose “personal behaviour” is deemed to pose a threat to “security or public order”. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has made it clear that he wants to keep certain
by Donna Rachel Edmunds21 Oct 2014, 7:06 AM PST0

Moscow is calling upon the government of Bulgaria to prevent the vandalism of Soviet-era monuments, ITAR-Tass reports. Soviet monument turned into American superheroes (Credit: Ignat Ignev/Wikicommons) Bulgaria’s Russian diplomatic outpost sent a note to its host country demanding officials fix
by Jordan Schachtel20 Aug 2014, 10:48 AM PST0

Neo-Nazis from Sweden are in Ukraine fighting for the cause of the pro-European Union, US-backed Kiev government. They are fighting with the Azov Battalion, a Ukrainian squad which flies a flag with Nazi symbols and which one Swedish soldier says
by M.E. Synon31 Jul 2014, 7:16 AM PST0

The British government spent £80,000 of taxpayers’ money flying 200 Eastern European immigrants back home, only for many to return just weeks later. The migrants were flown back to Romania and Bulgaria in the first three weeks of this year,
by Nick Hallett27 Jul 2014, 7:01 AM PST0

Bulgarian officials have revealed that the bomber behind the July 18, 2012 attack at the Burgas airport was 25-year-old Mohamad Hassan El-Husseini. Husseini held “dual Lebanese-French citizenship.” According to BBC News, Husseini “blew up a bus in Bulgaria…killing five Israeli
by AWR Hawkins21 Jul 2014, 2:02 PM PST0

(AFP) Fictional boy wizard Harry Potter made his first appearance in seven years on Tuesday, featuring as a nearly 34-year-old with grey hairs in a new short story by author J.K. Rowling. In an article on the “Pottermore” website written
by Breitbart News8 Jul 2014, 11:29 AM PST0

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Serbia will continue construction of the South Stream pipeline in July as Norwegian gas company Statoil told the European Union it will help with gas supplies. Russia cut off gas to Ukraine on Monday,
by Mary Chastain17 Jun 2014, 1:39 PM PST0

Ukraine and Russia gas talks are still going on, but nothing is resolved. Russia state owned gas company Gazprom extended Ukraine’s payment deadline to June 16 while the South Stream pipeline, a project to bypass Ukraine, meets setbacks. Russian President
by Mary Chastain11 Jun 2014, 1:57 PM PST0

There is some hope Ukraine and Russia will come to a gas deal by the end of the week. Russia’s gas giant Gazprom granted Ukraine an extension after gas supplies from February and March were paid off. Russia has been
by Mary Chastain3 Jun 2014, 2:01 PM PST0