Following a recommendation of the European Commission, Bulgaria’s National Assembly adopted amendments to the Law on Asylum of Refugees. Unaccompanied minors will be represented by a lawyer from the register of the National Legal Aid Bureau until they are accommodated with a parent, guardian or a trustee, BNR reports.
Foreign nationals who applied for international protection will resister at the State Agency for Refugees within 3 days. If foreign nationalя fail to present a personal document, an expertise will be performed to establish their age. If there is no clearly established age, the applicant is considered a minor. The “Safe Third Country” concept is also changed and the origin of a foreign national from such country is not a ground for rejecting the application.
Sofia Airport has been officially renamed to Vasil Levski Airport at a solemn ceremony on February 19 . The ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Grozdan Karadjov, CEO of the airport operator “SOF Connect” Jesus..
Bulgarian diplomacy, without showing off, is using its influence to free the Bulgarian citizens who are hostages of Hamas in Gaza. We thanked the Bulgarian Ambassador Slavena Gergova and the EU Ambassador to Israel Dimitar Tsanchev, the Bulgarian..
"The governance program will be discussed later this week at a meeting of the Council of Ministers, and I hope it will address all questions and expectations from the public'', announced Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov. He also commented on the..
In Plovdiv, experts discuss issues of the food industry, in accordance with the most up-to-date requirements of the Bulgarian and European regulatory..
Education must make children not only knowledgeable but also good people, said Minister of Education and Science Krasimir Valchev at a meeting with His..
On February 19th, the day when Bulgarians worldwide commemorate 152 years since the passing of the Apostle of Freedom, Vasil Levski, Bulgaria’s National..
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