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.
I Hundreds of believers joined the open-air liturgy in the center of the second largest city in Bulgaria - Plovdiv, on the occasion of 1700 years since the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea and the feast of the heavenly patron of the city - the holy..
On the eve of Children's Day - June 1, the National Network for Children took out a protest march with a starting point - the Courthouse in Sofia against violence against children. The march under the slogan "Let's protect our children. Let's..
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on the social network "X" that he had a phone conversation with Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, who confirmed his participation in the Ukraine-Southeast Europe summit, the BNR's "Horizont"..
The construction of the Vertical Gas Corridor is a symbol of European partnership, technology transfer and the creation of cooperatives..
The need for a direct air connection Sofia - Dushanbe, the specific steps for its implementation, as well as the expansion of exports..
“The attempts to attack me over the fact that I enacted the law on adoption of the Euro are a vapid manipulation because there are absolutely no dates..
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