Bulgaria

A new report by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Monitor) has revealed a significant disparity in the treatment of unaccompanied minors of asylum seekers compared to the accompanied...

Turkiye shipped its first cargo of natural gas to neighbouring Bulgaria as part of a deal to diversify south-east Europe's supply mix away from Russia and boost Ankara's credentials...

Bulgaria has signed a deal for gas imports via Turkiye, opening a new gas corridor from Turkish territory to Balkan countries and European Union member states. At a ceremony...

An investigation has revealed the inhumane conditions of 'black sites' used by the European Union's (EU) border agency to detain asylum seekers before illegally deporting them, representing its latest...

Bulgaria has been accused of shooting a refugee, after a new video emerged showing a young Syrian man being fired at on the border with Turkiye.

Bulgaria has deployed 350 troops and military equipment to strengthen controls along its borders with Turkey and Greece to prevent migrant inflows, Reuters reported the Ministry of Defence saying today. European...

European arms companies are "instrumental" in mass displacement and fuelling the refugee crisis, according to a report by Transnational Institute (TNI). TNI's report, Smoking Guns, revealed that weapons sold...

Germany's Interior Minister has said that far-right crimes in the country have hit a record high. Far-right offences accounted for more than half of all politically motivated crimes and...

Police forces in a number of European countries raided call centres and arrested suspects last month in connection with alleged investment scams linked to Israel, the Times of Israel...

Washington's position regarding Turkey's purchase of Russia's S-400 missile defence system remains unchanged, new agencies reported an official from the US State Department saying yesterday. The White House believes...

A Bulgarian court has sentenced two Lebanese men, in absentia, to life imprisonment without parole for their involvement in a 2012 bomb attack on an Israeli tour bus, Agence...

Turkey closed its borders with Greece and Bulgaria on Wednesday as part of measures against the novel coronavirus, Anadolu reports. Passengers will not be allowed to enter or leave...

Bulgaria has asked the United Arab Emirates to extradite gambling tycoon Vasil Bozhkov, charged in absentia with extortion, influence peddling and money laundering among other offences, the justice ministry...

Extending UNRWA’s mission is a pyrrhic victory

Bulgarian prosecutors have charged five Syrian citizens and a Bulgarian woman alleged to be members of a crime group which had sent more than 25 million euros ($28 million)...

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas granted Palestinian citizenship Friday to Swedish activist Benjamin Ladraa, who has been walking from Sweden to Palestine to raise awareness on human rights violations. "This...

The Bulgarian Foreign Minister's Special Advisor for the Middle East, Ambassador Rumen Petrov, said the Bulgarian position is firm and clear and will not recognise Jerusalem as the capital...

Swedish activist Benjamin Ladraa has completed two thirds of his trip to Palestine as he leaves Bulgaria and enters Turkey

Bulgaria's light weapons exports rose 60% in 2016 compared to 2015. It reached its highest levels – comparable to during the communist era – due to the plethora of...

A Catholic priest in Bulgaria has been subjected to a hate campaign for helping a Syrian refugee family. Paolo Cortesi offered lodging to a Syria refugee family but a...