Construction has begun of a fence around the transit refugee center in Pastrogor, Southeastern Bulgaria, the Bulgarian National Radio correspondent in Haskovo has reported. The project will cost 1.1 million euro, of it 90% in gratuitous aid from the European Commission. The open-type center will become a closed-type one. The decision has been made in the wake of riots at the refugee camp in the town of Harmanli. Haskovo Regional Governor Minko Angelov stated that no new refugee centers would be built in this southeastern region of Bulgaria despite an agreement signed last year between the Interior Ministry and the European Commission. He added there was already high concentration of refugee centers in the region of Haskovo – the ones in Pastrogor, Lubimets and Harmanli with a total accommodation capacity of 3700.
Bulgaria’s Ambassador to North Macedonia Zhelyazko Radukov refused to accept the protest note regarding the absence of North Macedonia’s flag at the meeting between the presidents of Bulgaria and North Macedonia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and..
On Tuesday, the cloudiness will be significant over most of the country, there will be more sunny hours along the Danube and in Northeastern Bulgaria. Light rain will fall in some places in southern Bulgaria. The wind will be oriented from the..
More than 160 Bulgarian civil organizations, including the National Network for Children, have sent an open letter to a number of European institutions, organizations, embassies and diplomatic missions regarding the legislative changes banning..
Gorna Oryahovitsa will host a review of amateur creativity and a Festival of military brass bands of the Ground Forces. From September..
On Wednesday there will be scattered clouds, which will thicken up in the afternoon. In the Balkan Mountain and the massifs in..
MEP Elena Yoncheva is in the city of Sanaa, Yemen, aiming to reach the port city of Hodeidah on the Red Sea. There lies the hijacked ship Galaxy Leader,..
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