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Bulgaria

'Citizen's arrest' of migrants in Bulgaria condemned by rights groups

Amateur video of a citizen’s arrest of three illegal migrants near Bulgaria’s border with Turkey has sparked controversy, with rights groups

12/04/2016

Bulgaria

Bulgaria: arrests made as 'money laundering plot' foiled

A large-scale money laundering scheme has been busted in Plovdiv, according to Bulgarian officials. At least nine people have been arrested on

08/01/2016

Bulgaria

Bulgarian nationalist leader arrested for hooliganism

The leader of Bulgaria’s nationalist Attack Party has been arrested along with a party colleague after the latest in a series of highly publicised

17/11/2015

Bulgaria

Oxfam confronts EU member Bulgaria over serious refugee complaints

Oxfam reports that refugees arriving in Europe through Bulgaria are claiming to have been abused by its police. A survey funded by the international

13/11/2015

Bulgaria

World Travel Market 2015 interview – Nikolina Angelkova, Bulgaria

04/11/2015

Sport

South Korea go top of Abu Dhabi Judo Grand Slam medals table

One hundred and seventy judoka were in action on Saturday as the Abu Dhabi Judo Grand Slam event continued. In the minus-63-kilos class France’s

31/10/2015

Bulgaria

Afghan refugee shot dead on Bulgarian - Turkish border

For the first time a refugee attempting to find shelter in Europe has been shot and killed. The victim was an Afghan attempting to cross the Turkish

16/10/2015

World News

Calls for more solidarity with refugees as Bulgarian border guard shoots Afghan migrant dead

Hundreds of Greeks marched in Athens on Thursday night to demand more solidarity with refugees, as it emerged that a Bulgarian border guard had shot

16/10/2015

Bulgaria

Suspected Afghan immigrant dies after being shot by border police

A man travelling with a large group of refugees from Afghanistan was shot by a border police officer near the southeastern Bulgarian town of Sredets

16/10/2015

Cinema

The Lesson: a tale of right and wrong from Bulgaria

Bulgarian filmmakers Grozeva Kristina and Peter Valchanov master the art of suspense in The Lesson, a morality tale centred around a theft. The film

02/10/2015

Culture news

Culture by the Black Sea at Bulgaria's Apollonia festival

The Apollonia Festival of Arts in the city of Sozopol is hailed as the most important cultural event in Bulgaria. Every August artists from all

31/08/2015

Hungary

Migrant crisis: Joint border patrols by Bulgarian and Hungarian police

Bulgarian police are helping Hungarian colleagues mount border patrols amid suspicions that gangs from Bulgaria are heavily involved in people

30/08/2015

Bulgaria

Nine hurt in Bulgaria train accident

Nine passengers have been injured in an accident at a railway station in Bulgaria. It is said to have happened in Bulgaria’s second city of Plovdiv

10/08/2015

Bulgaria

Bulgarian farmers clog access to petrol stations due to fuel row

Earlier this week it was the French, now farmers in Bulgaria are protesting. Producers are taking their heavy agricultural machinery for a “mass

24/07/2015

World News

Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria focus of EU cash fraud probes

03/06/2015

Bulgaria

Is Bulgaria's border wall forcing migrants to risk deadly crossings?

30/04/2015

Bulgaria

Bird flu alert in Bulgaria after virus found in dead pelicans

[Watch] Authorities in Bulgaria are dealing with a bird flu alert. They have discovered the H5N1 strain of the virus in two dead pelicans in a

27/03/2015

Bulgaria

Why is Bulgaria the EU's most unhappy country?

20/03/2015

Bulgaria

NATO holds military exercises in Black Sea

NATO ships are currently carrying out joint military exercises in the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Vrana as tensions between the West and Russia

09/03/2015

Sport

Fenninger turns up the heat with back-to-back wins in Bansko

On form Anna Fenninger boosted her overall world cup title hopes on Monday. The Austrian claimed her second win in as many days with success in the

02/03/2015