Latest News from Bulgaria
Migrants Start Walking from Turkey's Edirne to Border with Greece
Thousands of migrants have set off on foot to the border with Greece after spending the past three days in makeshift camps in the fileds near the Turkish city of Edirne, Bulgaria's bTV station reported on Friday.
Police and gendarmerie forces later halted their advance. The migrants are now closer to Pazarkuke border crossing with Greece.
InvestBulgaria Agency Head Looks Forward to Major Chinese Investment in Bulgaria
Stamen Yanev, head of the InvestBulgaria Agency, has said that he hopes that the country will attract a substantial Chinese investment.
Speaking Friday ahead of a Chinese-Bulgarian business forum, he noted that a series of meetings and events with Chinese business representatives had helped overcome the skepticism towards the implementation of Chinese investments in Bulgaria.
Al Jazeera: 'In Bulgaria, Refugee Struggle Underlines Elusive European Dream'
Most refugees and migrants quickly find out they don't want to stay in Bulgaria and this adds to Europe's problem of controlling mass migration, Al Jazeera America has noted.
"The EU's poorest country has accepted an asylum seeker quota, but few want to live with so few social services," it goes on.
Swiss Company Trisa Opens Logistics Center in Bulgaria
Swiss company Trisa has opened its first logistics center in Bulgaria near the town of Elin Pelin.
The facility has a floor space of 3000 square meters and is located on a plot spanning 27 000 square meters owned by the company.
The entire land plot owned by the company is to be developed gradually over the next few years, according to money.bg.
Turkey to Remove Refugees from Border Region by Week's End, Edirne Governor Says
Hundreds of refugees hoping to cross the Turkish border into Greece or Bulgaria would have to return to refugee camps in southern Turkey, the governor of Turkey's Edirne province has said.
"They have to leave here tomorrow and the day after tomorrow," Anadolu Agency quoted Governor Dursun Ali Sahin as saying on Thursday.
Erdine province is bordering both Greece and Bulgaria.