Edirne

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.

Turkish authorities prevented 87 refugees from crossing into Greece and Bulgaria near the border city of Edirne on Monday, dailysabah.com reported.

The refugees from Iran, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia have opted for the land route across Turkey's northwestern border in their attempt to reach Europe as weather conditions in the Aegean Sea are worseninig.

The historic synagogue in Turkey's northwestern city of Edirne hosted a concert featuring pieces from Jewish composers on Oct. 18.

Turkey's Jewish community leader Silviyo Ovedya addressed the audience before the concert, saying they had come to Edirne in honor of the European Day of Jewish Culture, which is usually marked in Istanbul. 

The 14th Filmekimi (October of Films) Festival begins on Oct. 3, due to be held at four movie theaters in Istanbul before touring other cities across Turkey.

Turkey?s education system continues to discriminate against ethnic and religious minorities, reinforcing an exclusionist definition of ?Turkishness,? a joint report by the History Foundation and the Turkey branch of the Minority Rights Group has stated. 

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov clarified on Thursday his position on the possibility of Bulgaria hosting a hotspot reception centre for refugees.

Borisov dismissed earlier interpretations that he had requested for such a hotspot to be set up in Bulgaria during the extraordinary meeting of the European Council on Wednesday.

A Syrian refugee who led the Eid prayer near Turkey?s border with the European Union has preached to his compatriots that they should not go to Europe.

Vasil Valchev will be Bulgaria's new consul general in Edirne, Turkey, the government in Sofia announced on Wednesday.

Valchev has been Bulgaria's consul general in Thessaloniki, Greece from 2011 to 2015. He will take over from Lyubomir Popov, whose term of office as the consul general in Edirne has expired, the government said in a statement following a weekly meeting.

The migrants who held a sit-in protest inside Turkey close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria last week, demanding passage to western Europe, have been persuaded by the Turkish authorities to go back to the camps they had come from, a Bulgarian official has said.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said he will make a call to raise attention to the plight of Syrian refugees with letters to world leaders as thousands of refugees continue to flock to the northwestern province of Edirne, which borders Greece and Bulgaria.