Experts Expect Heightened Migrant Pressure on Bulgarian Borders in April
Experts are expecting heightened migrant pressure on the Bulgarian border with Turkey in April.
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Experts are expecting heightened migrant pressure on the Bulgarian border with Turkey in April.
The perpetrator of the suicide bombing, which occurred in Istanbul on Saturday, has been identified as Mehmet Ozturk, a suspected member of Islamic State (IS).
Macedonia's State Electoral Commission (DIK) has said it will need additional time and consultations to look into the possibility that fake voters constitute a sizable part of the electoral roll.
Traian Basescu, Romania's President between 2004 and 2014, is applying for Moldovan citizenship, local media say.
An suicide explosion has rocked Turkey's biggest city, leaving up to five people dead, including the perpetrator, local media report.
Bulgarian police officers and servicemen are conducting joint training on the country's border with Macedonia on Friday.
Balkan neighbours Bulgaria and Macedonia have agreed to conduct joint air and land operations for border control and protection in the context of the migration crisis in the coming days, the government in Sofia announced on Thursday.
The name of a former German labor minister appears on leaflets containing maps of alternative routes to cross into Macedonia from Greece, media from both countries report.
Three Bulgarian municipalities will have their access to cross-border EU funding cut as Turkey has banned any partnership with them, private bTV station reported.
Serbia’s Social Policy Minister Aleksandar Vulin has said that the inflow of irregular migrants into Serbia has been stopped.
Bulgaria might be affected to a bigger extent by the migrant crisis after the Western Balkans route is closed, EU border agency Frontex's Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri has said.
Bulgaria will send humanitarian assistance to the migrants and refugees stuck at Greece’s border with Macedonia in adverse weather conditions, the government in Sofia announced on Friday.
Bulgaria and Albania are beefing up security along their border with Greece in fear that "thousands of refugees may show up at their doorstep," Greek daily Kathimerini writes.
Turkish EU Minister and Chief Negotiator Volkan Bozkir said on Thursday that Ankara will not readmit migrants who are already on the Greek islands.
Macedonia has also moved to close its borders to migrants traveling on the so-called Western Balkan route.
Austrian criminal authorities are registering an increased preference by migrants for a route via Bulgaria and Hungary that will take them to Western Europe, Austrian media say.
Serbia announced on Tuesday that the so-called Balkans route used by migrants to reach western Europe will be de-facto closed following Slovenia’s decision to deny entry into the EU’s free-travel Schengen zone to migrants without valid visas and passports
Serbian authorities have declared on Tuesday state of emergency in fifteen municipalities across the country due to floods caused by heavy rainfall.
NATO decided to expand its deployment to the Aegean Sea in an effort to stem the migrant crisis.
Several people have been injured in a second day protests in front of the headquarters of Zaman media group which was taken over by the Turkish government on Friday, some local media report.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Saturday suggested Greece might make use of its northern neighbor's security forces to tackle the migrant crisis by cracking down on smugglers.
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