by CBBSS | Jul 22, 2021 | Regional News
In the latest bill in a series of legislation targeting radical Islam in Bulgaria, the nationalist coalition the Patriotic Front is proposing banning foreign citizens from preaching in the country and banning preaching in any language other than Bulgarian. Krasimir...
by CBBSS | Jul 20, 2021 | Regional News
Bulgaria arrested hundreds of migrants in special police operations this week, Balkan Insight reports. Police arrested 162 migrants in Sofia, and they stopped 45 migrants from crossing into Serbia. The migrants arrested on the Bulgarian-Serbian border were reportedly...
by CBBSS | Jul 15, 2021 | Regional News
Bulgaria and Romania are still threatening to veto an EU-Canada trade agreement, EurActiv reports. Sofia and Bucharest are demanding that Canada grant them visa-free travel. Ottawa reportedly does not want it to appear that it is bowing to pressure. Read...
by CBBSS | Jul 12, 2021 | Regional News
With Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov on a visit to Tehran, Iran proposed a transport corridor that would send gas and other Iranian exports to Bulgaria via Armenia and Georgia, Balkan Insight reports. Iran hopes to deliver gas to Europe while bypassing Turkey. Tehran is...
by CBBSS | Jul 11, 2021 | Regional News
Bulgaria torpedoed a proposal by Romania to create a NATO Black Sea fleet aimed at deterring Russia, New Europe reports. During the NATO summit over the weekend, Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov said from Bulgaria that he wants the Black Sea to be demilitarized. Turkey,...
