Cooperation in combating illegal migration and trafficking was the topic of discussion between Bulgarian Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova and Austrian counterpart Wolfgang Sobotka. The Austrian minister supported the position of Bulgaria that the dialogue with Turkey should continue. According to Bachvarova, the burden of care for migrants with refugee status must be evenly distributed. The two ministers also discussed the possibility of establishing centers for registration of asylum seekers near or in the countries of their origin. Rumyana Bachvarova has also met with the Deputy Director of the Frontex Agency, Berndt Koerner.
The crew of a cargo ship sailing under the flag of Cameroon with 10 Ukrainian sailors on board was rescued in an operation led by the Maritime Coordination Center in Varna, its head Rumen Nikolov announced. The ship "EILEEN" sank..
The main political war being waged in Bulgaria is related to the geopolitical orientation of the country in the future. This was what Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said in a speech at the opening of the Annual Meeting of the National Association of..
Bulgarian investigative journalist Christo Grozev was honored as European Journalist of the Year at the official ceremony of the PRIX EUROPA festival in Berlin. Bulgarian investigative journalist Christo Grozev named European Journalist of the..
Matan Angrest, who holds Bulgarian and Israeli citizenship, was among the twenty hostages released by Hamas in the Gaza Strip , the Israeli Ministry of..
An initiative committee led by the historian Georgi Markov, has proposed that a monument to Khan Asparuh, the founder of the Bulgarian state, be erected..
Education Minister Krasimir Valchev is set to propose a public debate on banning social media for children under 15, reports BNR correspondent Nezabravka..
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