In 2019 Bulgaria has approved 885 applications for international protection, Eurostat data show. Sofia responded favorably to one out of three applications received. Most often, protection is given to Syrian citizens, who account for 70% of cases, followed by Iraqi citizens 11% and Afghani- 7%. Last year, 65 displaced migrants from other EU countries were welcomed to Bulgaria. In the EU, 295 785 foreigners were granted protection last year, a drop of six per cent in comparison to 2018. In Europe as a whole, 1 out of three applications for protection have been approved.
Around 45% of the country's eligible young people voted in the European Parliament elections on 9 June . The data comes from the Youth Participation in Democratic Life project, in partnership with the Centre for Human Resources Development and the..
The National Revenue Agency and the Customs Agency have launched a joint campaign to prevent and combat gambling and drug addiction, the NRA has announced. The efforts of the two tax authorities to target young people in the joint initiative are..
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev will hold a meeting with members of the parliamentary group "We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria" (PP-DB), the press service of the president announced. The conversation will be at Dondukov 2 at 4:00 p.m., on July..
Sunday will be sunny and hot. There will be a light, in the Eastern parts to moderate wind from the East-Northeast. Maximum temperatures 35-40° C.,..
Caretaker Premier Dimitar Glavchev and the Director of the General Directorate Fire Safety and Civil Protection, Chief Commissioner Alexander Dzhartov,..
Seven fires are burning in forest areas in the districts of Plovdiv, Haskovo, Kyustendil and Yambol, the Executive Forests Agency said. In..
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