At the end of the current or at the beginning of the next week medical examinations of some 3000 people will start in the refugee center in Harmanli. This was what head of the Regional Health Inspectorate in the town of Haskovo, Dr. Sonya Dimitrova,..
Refugees will be temporarily banned from leaving the accommodation center in Harmanli (Southeast Bulgaria) as of tomorrow, November 22. The measure was introduced due to fears of the local population over possible dissemination of infectious diseases...
Deputy Interior Minister Philip Gounev has announced that the government asked the European Commission for additional financial assistance of some 5 million euro, in order to be able to move at least one of the refugee centers out of the capital city of..
Changes to the Law on Asylum and Refugees provides for restricting the movement of refugees to a certain area. Currently the movement of refugees is restricted to the territory of the country, head of the State Agency for Refugees, Petya Parvanova, said..
“The number of refugees entering Bulgarian territory is down by almost 30 percent compared to the same period of last year,” said Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova in a televised interview. In her words this is due to several factors -..
Bulgaria is strongly interested in the quickest possible solution to the conflict in Syria and in stabilization, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said in his speech during the international forum entitled "Supporting Syria and the Region."..
If necessary, we are ready to provide full support in protecting the Bulgarian-Turkish border and could increase the size of the military contingent there, Bulgarian Minister of Defence Nikolay Nenchev told reporters in the town of Elhovo...
The European Commission has warned Bulgaria that it could face a penalty procedure for violation of European rules on providing conditions for accommodation of refugees in this country. The Commission wants the Bulgarian government to give its opinion..
