Patriotic politicians in Bulgaria have worked to protect the country and Europe from illegal migration, its defence minister said following the nation’s calls to close Europe’s borders.
TEL AVIV – An Israeli gymnast won gold on Saturday but not before breaking the world record in the clubs round at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup in Minsk.
(AP) — Bulgaria is rejecting signing bilateral deals with other European Union countries to readmit migrants who entered the EU through the Balkan country.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump has suggested that NATO allies not just hit the bare-minimum spending level required of members of the alliance, but double their spending beyond that as he continues to pile on the pressure in what is turning out to be a singularly exceptional NATO summit.
Bulgarian prime minister Boyko Borissov has said the migrant crisis can be solved if the EU can seal its external border, detain illegal migrants already present, and deport them back to where they came from.
In the lead-up to June 24 Turkish elections, the Erdoğan government is reportedly sending busloads of Bulgarian Turks to Bulgaria to vote as ex-pats, raising suspicions of voter fraud through double voting.
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian customs officials say they have seized 191 kilograms (420 pounds) of heroin found in a truck entering Bulgaria from Turkey.
Contents: Tense Turkey-EU summit in Bulgaria once again ends in failure; Other unresolved issues from the EU-Turkey summit meeting
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The prime ministers of Greece, Bulgaria and Romania have pledged support for Serbia’s membership in the European Union, saying it would boost stability in the Balkans.
The Bulgarian parliament has moved to criminalise the promotion of radical Islam, including advocating a caliphate, religious violence, and sharia law.
Brussels’ insistence on ordering European Union (EU) nations to accept third world migrants could lead to the bloc’s break-up, Poland’s president Andrzej Duda has warned.
Contents: Angela Merkel scores weak win in German national elections; Rise of far-right AfD party in Germany raises international alarm bells
Austria is sending 70 soldiers to secure its border with Italy at the Brenner Pass, as Bulgaria urges the European Union to defend its frontiers with “force of arms”. Austria’s government believes that between 700 and 1,000 migrants are infiltrating
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Major NATO exercises in Eastern Europe have begun in Bulgaria on Tuesday involving 25,000 military personnel from more than 20 allied and partner countries as the U.S. seeks to reassure NATO’s European allies.
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) – A court in Bulgaria has sentenced a 21-year-old man to four years in prison for planning to commit an act of terrorism. Sofia’s Special Criminal Court on Monday found John “Ivan” Zahariev, a dual Australian-Bulgarian citizen,
SOFIA (AFP) – Bulgaria’s government sparked an outcry Thursday after it announced that the country’s vice premier, a nationalist notorious for verbal attacks on Roma and migrants, would head a major panel on minorities. Valery Simeonov will head the National
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s government says it will temporarily limit the number of workers from European Union member states Bulgaria and Romania who can access Swiss jobs, after an influx from the countries in recent months. The Federal Council’s decision
Contents: European officials worry that Macedonia’s chaos could destabilize the Balkans; Macedonia comments reveal acrimonious divisions in the Western Balkans
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s parliament on Thursday approved the country’s new center-right government in a bid to restore stability, spur economic development and implement reforms.
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Near final results in Bulgaria show that a center-right, pro-European Union party is the clear winner in the country’s parliamentary election.
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) – Bulgarians are heading to the polls for the third time in four years in a snap vote that could tilt the European Union’s poorest member country closer to Russia. Polls on Sunday opened at 7 a.m.
SOFIA (AFP) – Bulgarian President Rumen Radev on Friday accused neighbouring Turkey of “interference” in the country’s March 26 general elections and warned his government would not accept it. “Turkey is our neighbour, friend and partner and we insist on developing good
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The trial of an Australian man charged with terrorism offenses in Bulgaria has been put on hold for three weeks after the court decided to hear testimony from additional witnesses.
Civilian militias patrolling the Bulgarian border to intercept and turn away illegal migrants say they are not nationalists, but merely patriots defending their country from Islamist infiltration. Journalists from NBC News interviewed members of Bulgarian National Movement Shipka – BNO Shipka for
A large majority of Bulgarians would support a total ban on citizens of Muslim-majority nations entering their country.
Immigration from Romania and Bulgaria to the United Kingdom is at its highest ever levels, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates. The Migration Statistics Quarterly Report for February 2017 records there has been a “statistically significant increase” in
Contents: New fighting between Ukraine and Russia flares up in eastern Ukraine; Thousands of US troops in Poland conduct joint drills with Polish troops
Contents: Poland welcomes biggest deployment of American tanks and troops in decades; US troop deployment in Poland angers Russia
Five people were killed and dozens more were injured on Saturday when a freight train transporting highly-flammable gas derailed and exploded in northeastern Bulgaria.
Contents: Mediterranean migrant traffic to Italy and Greece continues, despite cold weather; Europeans wonder if Turkey will reopen the refugee floodgates
After a massive riot which saw hundreds of Afghans fight with police and destroy parts of Bulgaria’s largest asylum camp, authorities have chosen to deport 250 migrants who took part.
(REUTERS) – Bulgaria will move migrants who clashed with police at a refugee camp to closed camps and hopes to start extraditing some to their native Afghanistan next month, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said on Friday.
Hundreds of migrants have been arrested for taking part in a huge riot in Bulgaria after they were quarantined due to the prevalence of infectious diseases in the camp.
3,000 migrants living in a camp in Bulgaria are on lockdown after reports that serious infectious diseases have been recorded among the group.
Contents: Bulgaria: Socialist pro-Russian Rumen Radev wins election as president; Moldova: Socialist pro-Russian Igor Dodon wins highly polarizing presidential election
EU member Bulgaria faced an uncertain future on Monday after centre-right Prime Minister Boyko Borisov quit following the crushing defeat of his presidential nominee at the hands of a Moscow-friendly general backed by the Socialist opposition.
SOFIA, (Reuters) – Bulgarians vote in a runoff presidential election on Sunday and are expected to choose a Russia-friendly former air force commander – Rumen Radev – possibly paving the way for months of political uncertainty. A newcomer to politics,
SOFIA, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Former air force commander Rumen Radev, backed by the opposition Socialists, has expanded his lead over ruling party candidate Tsetska Tsacheva and is poised to win Bulgaria’s presidential runoff on Sunday, two opinion polls showed.
KAPITAN ANDREEVO, Bulgaria (AP) — A new European border and coast guard force has been officially launched at a checkpoint on the European Union’s external border with Turkey in Bulgaria.
SOFIA (AFP) – Bulgaria’s parliament approved on Friday legislation outlawing face-covering Islamic veils in public, joining a small number of EU countries as debate rages across Europe about religious freedoms.
