According to an analysis of Eurostat about the implementation of the migration legislation in the EU countries, 14,120 foreign nationals from non-EU countries left Bulgaria in 2016. Meanwhile, a total of 2,170 foreign nationals were banned from entering that country. Data of the Bulgarian State Agency for Refugees shows that in the first six months of 2017 a total of 2,084 non-EU citizens sought asylum in Bulgaria. Over 800 of them were nationals of Afghanistan and the Syrians amounted to 545. 314 Iraqi citizens also sought asylum in Bulgaria in the first six months of 2017.
On Wednesday, the lowest temperatures will range between minus 8°C and minus 3°C, for Sofia around minus 7°C . During the day, snow showers in the northeastern regions will begin to stop, but in southeastern Bulgaria it will still snow in many places...
Career Foreign Service Officer Susan Falatko has arrived in Sofia on February 18 to assume the role of Chargé d’Affaires. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Falatko’s service includes assignments as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires at the..
Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev convened today a meeting of the National Security Advisory Council, dedicated to the risks and threats to national security arising from the spread of narcotic and intoxicating substances among the younger generation and..
The Bulgarian Ministry of Tourism will work to create a map of important, but hard-to-reach tourist and cultural-historical sites. The goal is then to..
Bulgarian Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova will travel to Brussels to provide an update on Bulgaria’s progress towards euro area accession. The..
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev named Sofia Airport after the Apostle of Freedom Vasil Levski, the press secretariat of the head of state announced...
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