Fifty servicemen have been deployed to the Bulgarian-Turkish border to support 300 of their colleagues in response to a possible refugee wave as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, Military Minister Todor Tagarev said. "The army is helping to..
The European Commission will provide Bulgaria with funds for the technical equipment needed to guard the border with Turkey and for the salaries of more than 1,200 border police officers . This was stated by Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev at the..
The question whether the EU will finance the construction of a new, stronger fence along the Bulgarian-Turkish border remains open. In the words of Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev, the EC has expressed very clear support and even intends to do a..
Bulgaria’s Minister of Interior Valentin Radev met in Sofia with the Hessian Minister of Interior and Sports Peter Beuth and with Saxony’s Minister of Interior Markus Ulbig. Ministers Radev, Beuth and Ulbig assessed highly the bilateral relations..
President Rumen Radev and European Council President Donald Tusk discussed in Sofia the situation in the Balkans, the processes of migration and issues, connected with Brexit. After the meeting, President Radev stated there was a proposal for..
“The refugee crisis is a problem jeopardizing the national security of Bulgaria directly . We shall commit ourselves to protecting our state borders most earnestly,” said Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev after a meeting with military personnel in..
Regarding Serbia’s decision to dispatch additional forces along its border with Bulgaria over doubts whether this country will be able to cope with the protection of our shared border, Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Georgi Kostov stated that it was..
“Austria is going to support Bulgaria in different ways”, that country’s Federal Minister of the Interior Johanna Mikl-Leitner told the press in Burgas. „One way is by providing security of borders. Secondly, we plan to further our stable cooperation..
