There has been an increase in unaccompanied minors in refugee centres along the Bulgarian border, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan. In an interview with BNR, the chairman of the State Agency for Refugees Petya Parvanova pointed out that Bulgaria was a..
Bulgaria’s caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Svetlan Stoev addressed a letter of condolence to the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken in connection with the terrorist attack at Kabul airport, which claimed the lives of dozens of..
Interior Minister in the caretaker government Boyko Rashkov stated, in parliament, that the migratory pressure on the country has gone up six fold. He pointed out that the maintenance of the fence along the border with Turkey is poor and urgent..
Dozens of migrants have been found in the hunting reserve above the town of Ihtiman. They all say they come from Afghanistan and are fleeing from the conflict in the country. The operation for their detention lasted for hours, some of the men..
Four Bulgarian citizens were evacuated from Kabul onboard a Romanian military plane. The plane landed at an air base near Bucharest. The Bulgarian nationals were evacuated together with 15 Romanians, Romania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs..
About a hundred people from the Afghan community in Bulgaria joined a march in Sofia in support of the Afghan people against Taliban rule and in order to show sympathy for Afghan refugees across the world.
Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Svetlan Stoev has discussed the latest events in Afghanistan at an extraordinary video-conference meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of NATO Members. Minister Stoev has expressed his gratitude..
At an Emergency EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on Afghanistan, Bulgarian MEP Elena Yoncheva asked whether the EU will commit to the relocation of refugees from Afghanistan if the migratory pressure builds along Bulgaria’s border which is an..
The situation in Afghanistan is complex, and Bulgaria’s immediate top priority is to evacuate its citizens from the country, said Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Svetlan Stoev during the Emergency EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. At the meeting the EU..
No requests for assistance or for evacuation of Bulgarian citizens from Afghanistan have so far been received, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs press centre has announced. The Ministry has information of 11 Bulgarian citizens working for..
