Boyko Borisov

At an extraordinary briefing by the Council of Ministers, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced two more cases of coronavirus in the country. This time they are in Sofia. With them, people in the country become 6.

Bulgaria's defence minister has hit out at "unreasonable" Greek plans to build a camp near their border to shelter asylum seekers amid a migration surge from Turkey, AFP reported, quoted by various media including Focus News Agency.

The Bulgarian government has canceled all indoor cultural events, including theaters, cinemas and all related cultural events. The original idea was for this to happen only in places where coronavirus infection was noted, but it changed.

Amid continuing tensions at the Greek-Turkish land border over a fresh migration crisis, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday added fuel to the fire, saying that he did not want to meet with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and telling German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the migration deal between Turkey and the European Union needs to be revised. 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he refused to meet with Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis, citing allegations that Greek police killed at least five migrants on the Turkish-Greek border.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Monday evening to discuss possible measures to deal with thousands of migrants seeking to leave Turkish territory and reach Western Europe via Greece or Bulgaria.

Borisov sought to convince Erdogan to come to Sofia later this week for a trilateral summit with Greece on the issue.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has refused to attend a meeting with the Greek prime minister in Sofia on March 6 upon the initiative of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov after reports that the Greek police killed two Syrian refugees on the Turkish-Greek border.

Bulgaria joined Greece on Friday in boosting border controls after Turkey said it would no longer prevent refugees from going to Europe.
"We sent police forces to our borders (with Turkey) early in the morning. It is worrying that the Turkish border guards have withdrawn," Prime Minister Boyko Borisov told journalists.

Greece and Bulgaria signed several memoranda of cooperation on security, economy, energy, transport, infrastructure and cross-border cooperation during the 4th Greece-Bulgaria High Level Cooperation Council in Alexandroupoli on Wednesday.

Greece and Bulgaria signed several memoranda of cooperation on security, economy, energy, transport, infrastructure and cross-border cooperation during the 4th Greece-Bulgaria High Level Cooperation Council in Alexandroupolis on Wednesday.