There are 4,175 vacant beds at the refugee centers in Bulgaria by March 16, Bulgaria’s Minister of Interior Rumiana Bachvarova announced at the National Assembly. A total of 955 foreign nationals are accommodated in the country’s shelters for temporary accommodation. Only foreign citizens seeking international protection are accommodated in the territorial units of the State Agency for Refugees. The refugees can stay there until the end of the administrative proceedings aimed at providing protection to the foreign nationals. Foreign nationals who receive international protection have to reside at a previously stated address. They are obliged to visit the municipality of their future residence and get an entry in the population register, Minister Bachvarova added.
The European Commission is insisting on the urgent implementation of strict measures to eradicate the outbreak of sheep plague in Velingrad. In a statement, the Directorate-General for Crisis Preparedness in Food, Animals and Plants of the..
At a meeting of the caretaker government, Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev confirmed that the Dutch government has agreed with Bulgaria's full accession to Schengen. He said that according to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the benefits of the..
The government of the Netherlands is proposing the kingdom to agree to Bulgaria's accession to Schengen by land, BNR has learned. The cabinet has submitted its proposal to the country's parliament, as required by national..
The coalition BSP-United Left, which placed fifth in the parliamentary elections held on October 27, is starting a series of negotiations to gather..
North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Timčo Mucunski was heard in the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. He..
By order of the Minister of Education and Science, Prof. Galin Tsokov, January 3, 2025, has been declared a non-school day for all schools in Bulgaria...
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