Citizens of the town of Harmanli (South-eastern Bulgaria) once again went out in protest against the presence of the refugee centre in the town "The number of residents should be up to 400 and they should be married couples with children, not..
26 March is Thrace Day – the date was included in the official Bulgarian calendar in 2006, but has been celebrated long before that. On this day in 1913 the Bulgarian army conquered the Edirne fortress, until then deemed “impregnable”. The defeat..
Having to flee one’s home and country and take the long road to an uncertain future – that is what refugees have invariably faced through the years, and for the same reasons. People have to flee because of war or their religious beliefs, their..
At an informal meeting in Brussels within the framework of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU in the Justice and Home Affairs Council alternatives to the temporary protection of refugees from Ukraine after the expiry of the period of..
The government has made no commitment other than to process asylum applications in a timely manner, as required by the Dublin Convention. This was Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov's response to a question from Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov in the..
With a capacity of 3,600 people, the refugee centers are 72% full, Mariana Tosheva, chair of the State Agency for Refugees, has told BNT. She has called for capacity to be increased to 5,000 places. "We have 6 refugee reception centers, two of..
Bulgaria could become the largest refugee camp in the world if the country signs the EU Migration Pact, believes the leader of the nationalist Vazrazhdane party Kostadin Kostadinov . "With it, we will be obliged to accept refugees who enter mainly..
King Charles III has awarded the title of Member of the Order of the British Empire to Gillian Clasby and Sadie Clasby-Jarrous for their significant contribution to humanitarian support for refugee children in Bulgaria. The two women founded the Play..
Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said today that "visible progress in the protection of the EU's external borders must be made in order for Bulgaria and Romania to be admitted to the Schengen area. "This means that the deployment of the military..
Bulgaria is preparing new measures aimed at assisting the full integration of the Ukrainian refugees in this country. “They should feel protected, but also fully accepted in this country,” said Minister of Labour and Social Policy Ivanka..
