The human rights organization Amnesty International criticizes Bulgaria, in its annual report, for its approach to migrants. In 2015 authorities registered a fourfold increase in the number of refugees and migrants having entered BULGARIA through the border with Turkey; and that after a considerable decrease in their number in 2014 after the introduction of tighter measures for protecting the border. The report further claims that people, looking for international protection and trying to enter Bulgaria through border control checkpoints, have been turned away. In October a national of Afghanistan died after being hit by a ricocheted bullet from a warning shot produced by a policeman near the Bulgarian-Turkish border. Bulgaria’s Helsinki Committee voiced concern over the discrepancies between the versions of the authorities and the investigation, Amnesty International further maintains.
North Macedonia’s Minister of Health Arben Taravari and his Bulgarian counterpart Silvi Kirilov, together with the Foreign Ministers of Bulgaria and North Macedonia, Georg Georgiev and Timco Mucunski, visited the citizens of North Macedonia who were..
The initiative committee that organized the boycott of retail chains has announced the end of its protests. In a statement to the media, the organizers of the boycotts announced that their demands have been partially met by the draft law on the supply..
About 700,000 people with varying degrees of disability need various social services and support. This was announced by the Minister of Labor and Social Policy Borislav Gutsanov at the Center for Social Rehabilitation and Integration..
March 18, 2025 has been declared a National Day of Mourning in memory of the young people who died in the tragic fire in a nightclub in the town of..
The import of manpower from non-EU countries is record high, but does not cover the needs of the business sector. Since the beginning of the year, 4,202..
Six residents of the town of Kocani from North Macedonia are traveling to the Pirogov Hospital in Sofia to donate blood. They have the rare blood type..
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