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PM Boyko Borissov postpones visit to Hungary over Harmanli riot

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Outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has postponed his visit to Hungary, planned for today, over the tension at the registration reception migrant centre in Harmanli.
The prime minister is holding a briefing at the Council of Ministers with Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova, the heads of departments at the Ministry of the Interior and Chief of Defence General Constantin Popov, on the situation at the camp as it unfolds and the additional measures taken. 



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