Exhibition of Bulgarian Artifacts Drew Record Crowds in North America
After more than a year of touring, the Bulgarian treasures from the "First Rulers of Europe" exhibition have returned to Bulgaria
Bulgaria will have to accept 1500 refugees this year according to an updated migrant quota system of the EU.
If the figures, which were published in an article of Le Monde on Monday, turn out to be true, then Bulgaria will have to accept more refugees than it was initially foreseen.
The initially foreseen quotas in May, which were not adopted in the end, allocated 788 migrants to Bulgaria, daily Dnevnik informs.
The new proposal is expected to be officially presented by European Commission (EC) President Jean-Claude Juncker at the European Parliament (EP) in Strasbourg on Wednesday.
Bulgaria will be allocated 1.3 % of the people granted refugee status in Europe and the country has to accept two refugees for every 10 000 people of its population.
Germany and France will have to accept the highest number of refugees, respectively 31 433 and 24 031 in order to alleviate the burden of the three most affected countries – Italy, Greece and Hungary.
During his biannual news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday, French President Francois Hollande confirmed that his country will accept 24 000 refugees over the next two years.
The new quota system foresees the redistribution of 120 000 new refugees and the introduction of a compulsory principle for their acceptance.
The EU redistributed 40 000 refugees in July, but the member states promised to accept only 35 000 as back then a volunteer principle applied.
Bulgaria's Minister of Defense Todor Tagarev admitted the possibility that an explosive device might have been planted on board the crashed plane in which Yevgeny Prigozhin was traveling
The European Commission has announced that it is preparing criminal proceedings against Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, and Portugal for incorrect application of the rules on the exchange of data on criminal records and the establishment of the relevant
The European Commission has started an evaluation of the Plan for Reconstruction and Development of Bulgaria, said the spokesman of the European Commission Eric Mamer. The document was submitted to the Commission on 15 October.
58% of Bulgarians do not support the introduction of the euro as the official currency in the country. This shows a study prepared by Trend agency specifically for the financial forum NEXT DIFI 2021, organized by b2b Media for the fifth year. The data dur
Too late Bulgaria began to explain its own position towards North Macedonia, as it should have been clear to our European partners some time ago.
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